On 30.01.2014 01:22, shmick@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > serpent decryption is vastly faster, twofish in general but seems AES isn't > > # Algorithm | Key | Encryption | Decryption > aes-cbc 128b 150.2 MiB/s 180.4 MiB/s > aes-cbc 256b 117.5 MiB/s 136.0 MiB/s > aes-xts 256b 171.3 MiB/s 176.6 MiB/s > aes-xts 512b 131.4 MiB/s 134.1 MiB/s Just to get a little indication of the "smidge" better performance of hardware accelerated AES. This is what i get for AES on Core i7 4770 (a.k.a. Haswell) # Algorithm | Key | Encryption | Decryption aes-cbc 128b 753.2 MiB/s 3305.0 MiB/s aes-cbc 256b 551.4 MiB/s 2509.0 MiB/s aes-xts 256b 2799.0 MiB/s 2853.0 MiB/s aes-xts 512b 2154.0 MiB/s 2162.0 MiB/s -- Matthias _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt