[squid-users] Hardware acceleration quest

Jonathan Lee jonathanlee571 at gmail.com
Mon Jan 19 20:51:33 UTC 2026


Thanks 
Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 19, 2026, at 11:53, Amos Jeffries <squid3 at treenet.co.nz> wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
> _______________________________________________
> squid-users mailing list
> squid-users at lists.squid-cache.org
> https://lists.squid-cache.org/listinfo/squid-users


More information about the squid-users mailing list