WebbThesis

Code and Data Repository for thesis:
Comparative Performance Analysis of Cryptographic Workloads Across Cloud Providers:
A Multi-Language Study on FaaS and IaaS Platforms by Jeremiah Webb @ Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Chosen benchmark configurations

Languages Tested

• Python3.11
• Rust 1.86.0
• Go 1.24.6
• TypeScript 5.9.2 (Node 23.4.0)
• C# (Dotnet v8)
• Java 21

Cryptographic Workloads:

• SHA256 Hash Generation
• SHA384 Hash Generation
• AES256 Encrypt
• AES256 Decrypt
• ECC (256, 384) Sign
• ECC (256, 384) Verify
• RSA (2048, 3072, 4096) Encrypt
• RSA (2048, 3072, 4096) Decrypt

Function-as-a-Service (FaaS) configurations

AWS Lambda: 128, 512, 1024, 1769, 3008 (In MB)

(Currently set quota, see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/gettingstarted-limits.html)

Azure Functions: Not available, dynamic

All in x86 and Arm64 bit

Infrastruction-as-a-Service (IaaS) configurations

All OS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (All Burstable machines)

x86

AWS EC2:

• t2.medium (2 vcpu, 4Gb mem)
• t2.xlarge (4 vcpu, 16Gb mem)
• t2.2xlarge (8 vcpu, 32Gb mem)

Azure Virtual Machines:

• B2s (2 vcpu, 4Gb mem)
• B4ms (4 vcpu, 16Gb mem)
• B8ms (8 vcpu, 32Gb mem)

Arm 64 bit

AWS EC2:

• t4g.medium (2 vcpu, 4Gb mem)
• t4g.xlarge (4 vcpu, 16Gb mem)
• t4g.2xlarge (8 vcpu, 32Gb mem)

Azure Virtual Machines:

• B2pls_v2 (2 vcpu, 4Gb mem)
• B4ps_v2 (4 vcpu, 16Gb mem)
• B8ps_v2 (8 vcpu, 32Gb mem)