1In this directory you will find a benchmark script "benchmark.pl" 2that will test the performance of all Crypt::CBC compatible 3encryption modules available on CPAN at the time of this writing 4(November 2003). Of course, it will only test those modules that 5are installed on your system. 6 7The results are writting into an HTML file "benchmark.html" (and 8other files linked from there). The benchmarking is surely not 9bullet-proof but the results should give you an idea of the 10performance of the various modules on your(!) machine. Please 11note, that the performance of all modules can vary a lot depending 12on the operating system and hardware. 13 14The file "benchmark.html" shipped with Crypt::Twofish_PP shows the 15results for one of my machines. You should not over-estimate the 16absolute numbers but rather see the results as a whole and only 17compare the performance indicators relative to each other. 18 19For more reliable results you will probably increase the time 20per test. You can do that by modifying the constant "SECONDS" 21in the source code of "benchmark.pl". 22 23Improvements to the script (command-line options for more flexible 24usage?) are welcome! 25 26Guido Flohr 27