Hi, > If anyone has such a machine handy, could you please run "sysctl > machdep.cpu.brand_string; /usr/bin/openssl speed rsa" and post the > results for comparison? I've included results from the (much slower) macports openssl build too. On a 2009 iMac: $ sysctl machdep.cpu.brand_string machdep.cpu.brand_string: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E7600 @ 3.06GHz $ uname -a Darwin ... 17.7.0 Darwin Kernel Version 17.7.0: Thu Jun 21 22:53:14 PDT 2018; root:xnu-4570.71.2~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64 $ /usr/bin/openssl speed rsa Doing 512 bit private rsa's for 10s: 8244 512 bit private RSA's in 8.66s Doing 512 bit public rsa's for 10s: 91959 512 bit public RSA's in 9.04s Doing 1024 bit private rsa's for 10s: 1512 1024 bit private RSA's in 9.65s Doing 1024 bit public rsa's for 10s: 31387 1024 bit public RSA's in 9.81s Doing 2048 bit private rsa's for 10s: 241 2048 bit private RSA's in 9.49s Doing 2048 bit public rsa's for 10s: 8382 2048 bit public RSA's in 9.49s Doing 4096 bit private rsa's for 10s: 36 4096 bit private RSA's in 9.63s Doing 4096 bit public rsa's for 10s: 2240 4096 bit public RSA's in 9.26s LibreSSL 2.2.7 built on: date not available options:bn(64,64) rc4(ptr,int) des(idx,cisc,16,int) aes(partial) blowfish(idx) compiler: information not available sign verify sign/s verify/s rsa 512 bits 0.001050s 0.000098s 952.0 10172.5 rsa 1024 bits 0.006382s 0.000313s 156.7 3199.5 rsa 2048 bits 0.039378s 0.001132s 25.4 883.2 rsa 4096 bits 0.267500s 0.004134s 3.7 241.9 $ /opt/local/bin/openssl speed rsa Doing 512 bit private rsa's for 10s: 83569 512 bit private RSA's in 9.02s Doing 512 bit public rsa's for 10s: 965220 512 bit public RSA's in 8.93s Doing 1024 bit private rsa's for 10s: 29196 1024 bit private RSA's in 9.16s Doing 1024 bit public rsa's for 10s: 452033 1024 bit public RSA's in 9.69s Doing 2048 bit private rsa's for 10s: 3671 2048 bit private RSA's in 8.05s Doing 2048 bit public rsa's for 10s: 75199 2048 bit public RSA's in 5.04s Doing 4096 bit private rsa's for 10s: 596 4096 bit private RSA's in 9.56s Doing 4096 bit public rsa's for 10s: 37562 4096 bit public RSA's in 9.37s OpenSSL 1.0.2o 27 Mar 2018 built on: reproducible build, date unspecified options:bn(64,64) rc4(ptr,int) des(idx,cisc,16,int) aes(partial) idea(int) blowfish(idx) compiler: /usr/bin/clang -I. -I.. -I../include -fPIC -fno-common -DOPENSSL_PIC -DZLIB -DOPENSSL_THREADS -D_REENTRANT -DDSO_DLFCN -DHAVE_DLFCN_H -arch x86_64 -O3 -DL_ENDIAN -Wall -DOPENSSL_IA32_SSE2 -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_MONT -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_MONT5 -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_GF2m -DSHA1_ASM -DSHA256_ASM -DSHA512_ASM -DMD5_ASM -DAES_ASM -DVPAES_ASM -DBSAES_ASM -DWHIRLPOOL_ASM -DGHASH_ASM -DECP_NISTZ256_ASM sign verify sign/s verify/s rsa 512 bits 0.000108s 0.000009s 9264.9 108087.3 rsa 1024 bits 0.000314s 0.000021s 3187.3 46649.4 rsa 2048 bits 0.002193s 0.000067s 456.0 14920.4 rsa 4096 bits 0.016040s 0.000249s 62.3 4008.8 On a 2011 Mac Mini server: $ uname -a Darwin ... 17.6.0 Darwin Kernel Version 17.6.0: Tue May 8 15:22:16 PDT 2018; root:xnu-4570.61.1~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64 $ sysctl machdep.cpu.brand_string machdep.cpu.brand_string: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2635QM CPU @ 2.00GHz $ /usr/bin/openssl speed rsa Doing 512 bit private rsa's for 10s: 10541 512 bit private RSA's in 10.01s Doing 512 bit public rsa's for 10s: 170035 512 bit public RSA's in 10.00s Doing 1024 bit private rsa's for 10s: 1683 1024 bit private RSA's in 10.01s Doing 1024 bit public rsa's for 10s: 38692 1024 bit public RSA's in 10.01s Doing 2048 bit private rsa's for 10s: 257 2048 bit private RSA's in 10.03s Doing 2048 bit public rsa's for 10s: 9275 2048 bit public RSA's in 10.00s Doing 4096 bit private rsa's for 10s: 39 4096 bit private RSA's in 10.24s Doing 4096 bit public rsa's for 10s: 2516 4096 bit public RSA's in 10.01s LibreSSL 2.2.7 built on: date not available options:bn(64,64) rc4(ptr,int) des(idx,cisc,16,int) aes(partial) blowfish(idx) compiler: information not available sign verify sign/s verify/s rsa 512 bits 0.000950s 0.000059s 1053.0 17003.5 rsa 1024 bits 0.005948s 0.000259s 168.1 3865.3 rsa 2048 bits 0.039027s 0.001078s 25.6 927.5 rsa 4096 bits 0.262564s 0.003979s 3.8 251.3 $ /opt/local/bin/openssl speed rsa Doing 512 bit private rsa's for 10s: 124906 512 bit private RSA's in 9.98s Doing 512 bit public rsa's for 10s: 1395820 512 bit public RSA's in 9.98s Doing 1024 bit private rsa's for 10s: 45272 1024 bit private RSA's in 9.99s Doing 1024 bit public rsa's for 10s: 640749 1024 bit public RSA's in 9.98s Doing 2048 bit private rsa's for 10s: 6342 2048 bit private RSA's in 9.97s Doing 2048 bit public rsa's for 10s: 214408 2048 bit public RSA's in 9.98s Doing 4096 bit private rsa's for 10s: 900 4096 bit private RSA's in 9.96s Doing 4096 bit public rsa's for 10s: 58470 4096 bit public RSA's in 9.96s OpenSSL 1.0.2o 27 Mar 2018 built on: reproducible build, date unspecified options:bn(64,64) rc4(ptr,int) des(idx,cisc,16,int) aes(partial) idea(int) blowfish(idx) compiler: /usr/bin/clang -I. -I.. -I../include -fPIC -fno-common -DOPENSSL_PIC -DZLIB -DOPENSSL_THREADS -D_REENTRANT -DDSO_DLFCN -DHAVE_DLFCN_H -arch x86_64 -O3 -DL_ENDIAN -Wall -DOPENSSL_IA32_SSE2 -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_MONT -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_MONT5 -DOPENSSL_BN_ASM_GF2m -DSHA1_ASM -DSHA256_ASM -DSHA512_ASM -DMD5_ASM -DAES_ASM -DVPAES_ASM -DBSAES_ASM -DWHIRLPOOL_ASM -DGHASH_ASM -DECP_NISTZ256_ASM sign verify sign/s verify/s rsa 512 bits 0.000080s 0.000007s 12515.6 139861.7 rsa 1024 bits 0.000221s 0.000016s 4531.7 64203.3 rsa 2048 bits 0.001572s 0.000047s 636.1 21483.8 rsa 4096 bits 0.011067s 0.000170s 90.4 5870.5 On a more recent Mac Mini (five years old? Anyway, it's the last model with configurable memory): $ uname -a Darwin ... 17.7.0 Darwin Kernel Version 17.7.0: Thu Jun 21 22:53:14 PDT 2018; root:xnu-4570.71.2~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64 $ sysctl machdep.cpu.brand_string machdep.cpu.brand_string: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3210M CPU @ 2.50GHz $ /usr/bin/openssl speed rsa Doing 512 bit private rsa's for 10s: 10275 512 bit private RSA's in 9.96s Doing 512 bit public rsa's for 10s: 161424 512 bit public RSA's in 9.96s Doing 1024 bit private rsa's for 10s: 1641 1024 bit private RSA's in 9.96s Doing 1024 bit public rsa's for 10s: 36294 1024 bit public RSA's in 9.97s Doing 2048 bit private rsa's for 10s: 251 2048 bit private RSA's in 9.99s Doing 2048 bit public rsa's for 10s: 8943 2048 bit public RSA's in 9.96s Doing 4096 bit private rsa's for 10s: 38 4096 bit private RSA's in 10.22s Doing 4096 bit public rsa's for 10s: 2470 4096 bit public RSA's in 9.96s LibreSSL 2.2.7 built on: date not available options:bn(64,64) rc4(ptr,int) des(idx,cisc,16,int) aes(partial) blowfish(idx) compiler: information not available sign verify sign/s verify/s rsa 512 bits 0.000969s 0.000062s 1031.6 16207.2 rsa 1024 bits 0.006069s 0.000275s 164.8 3640.3 rsa 2048 bits 0.039801s 0.001114s 25.1 897.9 rsa 4096 bits 0.268947s 0.004032s 3.7 248.0 [macports openssl not installed] Hope this helps :-) Dylan Harris --- https://dylanharris.org/ _______________________________________________ openssh-unix-dev mailing list openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev