2010/12/29 John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com>: > On 12/28/10 1:55 PM, Nataraj wrote: >> >> - fast enough to do openvpn encryption on WAN links ranging from 50mb >> to 100mb > > THAT is a tough requirement. > > > I was going to recommend the Alix boards. they run pfSense really > nicely, and should be able to run a stripped down centos install OK. > with pfSense, you can boot from a CF card, so no HD at all. > > The Alix cards use a 433-500Mhz AMD Geode ultra-low power processor, on > a 6x6 card. they use 5 watts fully configured. > > but, 100Mbit/sec SSL encryption, ouch. don't know. you'd probably > have to benchmark that. you need hardware encryption hardware or core2duo like processor .. -- Eero