Python support for AES-NI

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Is there a way to make use of AES-NI in Python? I do want to make HMAC faster by making use of my hardware support for AES-NI. Thanks.

You should react on answers Hamza, and please read the FAQ, especially regarding the use of tags. E.g. this question should definitely be tagged [[tag:python]] and [[tag:cryptography]] — Maarten Bodewes, Feb 21 '13 at 21:01

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 24 '12 at 13:33

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HMAC is using a secure cryptographic hash, not a symmetric cipher. You can make a "normal" MAC such as AES-CMAC perform better, but not a HMAC.

answered Dec 24 '12 at 13:33

Maarten Bodewes

There is still no answer to the question, which could come handy for others finding this tread. – ArekBulski Jul 10 '16 at 19:29
@ArekBulski Negative answers are also answers. You cannot make HMAC faster through use of AES-NI, not unless you can use a hash that is sped up using it. Note that on later Intel processors SHA-2 operations are also sped up and there is AES-CMAC. So I don't see the point of using a non-standard hash. – Maarten Bodewes Jul 10 '16 at 20:06

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