How to check if AES-NI is enabled for OpenSSL on Linux | Linux Today

How to check if AES-NI is enabled for OpenSSL on Linux

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Nov 30, 2016

Intel Advanced Encryption Standard New Instructions (AES-NI) is a special instruction set for x86 processors, which is designed to accelerate the execution of AES algorithms. AES-based symmetric encryption is widely used in a variety of security applications and protocol implementations (e.g., IPSec, SSL/TLS, HTTPS, SSH). OpenSSL crypto library supports AES-based ciphers as well.

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