Hardware crypto (IPsec) acceleration on the RB3011

Hardware MikroTik hardware general
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Hi!

The recently released hAP ac², cAP ac and RB1100AHx4 are all ARM-based devices that offer hardware acceleration of cryptographic operations (for IPsec).

As far as I can understand, the IPQ8064 which the RB3011 is based on has the same or similar offerings for hardware acceleration. Are there any plans to implement support for this? The RB3011 will be an extremely attractive platform for enterprise and government if this feature is implemented.

Cheers.

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It seems to be one of those RouterOS v7 things:

http://forum.mikrotik.com/t/rb3011-ipsec-hardware-encryption/104985/5

In other words, don’t hold your breath.

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Thanks! I won’t hold my breath, but I’ll remain cautiously optimistic.