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- ↑ "VIA PadLock - Wicked Fast Encryption". www.logix.cz.
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- ↑ – FreeBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual
- ↑ "openssl/engines/e_padlock.c". GitHub.
- ↑ "Added new instructions for next version of VIA PadLock core. · bminor/binutils-gdb@30d1c83". GitHub.