async crypto

[mscdex]

Are there any plans to add async (executing in the threadpool) versions of (most of) the available crypto functions that don't have an async counterpart already?

[buschtoens]

As the crypto interface now uses streams, this could be closed.

[isaacs]

As the crypto interface now uses streams, this could be closed.

I disagree. Streams !== async. The actual work in the streaming interfaces still happens in the main thread. It would perhaps be worthwhile to have the streaming interfaces do their work on the thread pool.

[buschtoens]

Oh, then... make it async! :D

[brendanashworth]

I'll close this in favor of discussion at nodejs/node#678.