[squid-users] Hardware acceleration quest

[Amos Jeffries]

On 16/01/2026 05:38, Jonathan Lee wrote:
> We use to be able to use ssl engine and set it to something like devcrypto, is there anyway to utilize any hardware acceleration with new squid versions to access something like a SafeXcel or other newer crypto chips ?


FWIW, I have submitted a patch for initial OpenSSL provider support
at <https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/pull/2357>.

I have tested this with the legacy, null, and default providers built 
into OpenSSL. Currently have not seen any mention of providers which do 
hardware acceleration, and the OpenSSL mentions a 'fips' provider which 
is not available on my OS.

If anyone has info on those it would be helpful to mention.


Cheers
Amos