GMP vs BN

[Torbjorn Granlund]

mts.spb.suxx at mail.ru writes:

  Hello Torbjorn,
  
  Tuesday, March 15, 2005, 11:01:04 PM, you wrote:
  TG> Again, GMP outperforms OpenSSL. On average about twice as fast.
  
  TG> This can continue with many platforms.  On OpenSSL's home turf
  TG> (RSA), GMP 4.1.4 is usually between 2 and 3 times faster.
  
  TG> That factor will substantially increase in the future.  :-)
  
  Is OpenSSL (and OpenSSH too) command aware of this?
  Or they have "their own pride" and will never use GMP?
  Or is it the licensing issue?

I believe they are aware of the performance problems.

I know they are considering to switch to GMP (or so they have
told me several times in the past).  That seems to imply that the
license isn't a concern for them.

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Torbjörn