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Cryptographic accelerator
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<h2 id="operating-system-support">Operating system support</h2> <p>Several operating systems provide some support for cryptographic hardware. The <a href="/facts/Berkeley_Software_Distribution/XQKcURrh">BSD</a> family of systems has the <a href="/facts/OpenBSD_Cryptographic_Framework/Soq4rE5j">OpenBSD Cryptographic Framework</a> (OCF), <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a> systems have the <a href="/facts/Crypto_API_(Linux)/9TCbRQra">Crypto API</a>, <a href="/facts/Oracle_Solaris/KPfT98EJ">Solaris</a> OS has the Solaris Cryptographic Framework (SCF) and <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Microsoft Windows</a> has the <a href="/facts/Microsoft_CryptoAPI/yTtHjHhN">Microsoft CryptoAPI</a>. </p><p>Some cryptographic accelerators offer new <a href="/facts/Assembly_language/7XuV0cla">machine instructions</a> and can therefore be used directly by programs. Libraries such as <a href="/facts/OpenSSL/aXvs5fo2">OpenSSL</a> and <a href="/facts/LibreSSL/9UnXD0lm">LibreSSL</a> support some such cryptographic accelerators. </p><p>Almost all <a href="/facts/Unix-like/YAKrAxzd">Unix-like</a> operating systems use <a href="/facts/OpenSSL/aXvs5fo2">OpenSSL</a> or the fork <a href="/facts/LibreSSL/9UnXD0lm">LibreSSL</a> as their cryptography library. These libraries use cryptographic accelerators such as <a href="/facts/AES_instruction_set/NomFEB4w">AES-NI</a> if available.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/TLS_acceleration/cezn2K9o">TLS acceleration</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Hardware-based_encryption/b4NXY5s4">Hardware-based Encryption</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Support for OpenSSL 3.0.x libraries from UNIX operating systems". help.hcl-software.com. Retrieved 2024-10-03. <a href="https://help.hcl-software.com/workloadautomation/v1022/common/src_gi/eqqg1OpenSSLFromOS.html" target="_blank">https://help.hcl-software.com/workloadautomation/v1022/common/src_gi/eqqg1OpenSSLFromOS.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>