A Guide to Security Processors and Accelerators,
Seventh Edition
     
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Preface
xvii
Executive Summary 
xix
   
Chapter 1.   Security-Processing Concepts
1
        Cryptography Basics
1
             Why Use Encryption?
1
             What Is Encryption?
1
        Cryptography Concepts
2
             Keys and Key Exchange
2
             Hashing
3
             Authentication
3
        Cryptography Applications
4
             Virtual Private Networks
4
             Secure Browsing
4
             Wireless Voice and Data Security
4
        TCP and Network-Level Security
5
             TCP Termination and Proxies
6
             Denial-of-Service Attacks
7
             Firewalls
7
             Intrusion Detection and Prevention
9
             Regular-Expression Matching
9
        Content Inspection
11
             Compression
11
             Virus and Spam Prevention
12
             Application-Level and XML Security
12
Chapter 2.   Security Standards
15
        Cryptographic Algorithms
15
             DES and 3DES
15
             Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
16
             RC4
16
             SHA-1, SHA-2, MD5, and HMAC
17
             Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange
17
             RSA
18
             DSS and DSA
19
             Elliptic-Curve Cryptography
19
             LZS and Deflate
19
        Security Protocols and Standards
20
             IPSec
20
             IKE
22
             IPComp
23
             L2TP and PPTP
23
             SRTP
24
             SSL and TLS
24
             FIPS 140
25
             Port-Based Network Access Control and MACSec
26
        Wireless Security Protocols
26
             Wi-Fi and 802.11
26
             3G Wireless and WiMAX
27
Chapter 3.   Security-Processor Background
29
        Integrated Security Processors
29
             Common Characteristics
30
        Content-Inspection Accelerators
31
        VPN and SSL Accelerators
32
             Accelerating Encryption
32
             Common Features
33
        Software Issues
35
        Measuring Performance
36
             Algorithms
36
             Measuring Wire Speed
37
             Packet Size
38
             Protocol Throughput
38
             Content Inspection
39
Chapter 4.   Trends and Market Overview
41
        Network-Security Equipment
41
             VPN / Firewall
41
             Single-Application Appliances
42
             Layer 4–7 Switches With SSL Termination
42
             Unified Threat Management Systems
43
        Technology Trends
43
             Emergence of Integrated Security Processors
43
             Multicore Performance Scaling
43
             SSL VPNs
44
             Advances in Cryptography
45
             IP Licensing
45
        Market Data
46
             Market Size and Segmentation
46
             Market Share by Vendor
47
             Market Forecast
47
Chapter 5.   Integrated Security Processors
49
        Cavium Octeon
49
             Company Background
49
             Key Features and Performance
50
             Security-Design Details
52
             Product Roadmap
55
             Conclusions
55
        Freescale MPC8548 and MPC8572
56
             Company Background
56
             Key Features and Performance
57
             Security-Design Details
58
             Product Roadmap
61
             Conclusions
61
        Intel Tolapai
62
             Company Background
62
             Key Features and Performance
63
             Conclusions
64
        Netronome
65
             Company Background
65
             Key Features and Performance
66
             Security-Design Details
68
             Product Roadmap
70
             Conclusions
70
        RMI XLR and XLS
71
             Company Background
71
             Key Features and Performance
72
             Security-Design Details
74
             Product Roadmap
76
             Conclusions
77
        Tilera Tile64
78
             Company Background
78
             Key Features and Performance
78
             Conclusions
80
Chapter 6.   Content-Inspection Accelerators
83
        cPacket
83
             Conclusions
84
        LSI (Tarari)
84
             Company Background
84
             Key Features and Performance
85
             Design Details
87
             Product Roadmap
89
             Conclusions
89
        NetLogic NETL7
90
             Company Background
90
             Key Features and Performance
91
             Conclusions
92
        Sensory Networks
92
Chapter 7.   VPN and SSL Accelerators
95
        Broadcom BCM58xx
95
             Company Background
95
             Key Features and Performance
96
             Design Details
97
             Conclusions
98
        Cavium Nitrox
99
             Key Features and Performance
99
             Design Details
101
             Conclusions
103
        Hifn ASP
104
             Company Background
104
             Key Features and Performance
104
             Design Details
106
             Conclusions
109
        SafeNet SafeXcel
109
             Key Features and Performance
110
             Design Details
112
             Conclusions
115
Chapter 8.   Product Comparisons
117
        Integrated Security Processors
118
             SMB-Class Processors
118
             Enterprise-Class Processors
120
             High-Throughput Data-Plane Processors
123
        Content-Inspection Accelerators
125
        VPN and SSL Accelerators
128
             Lookaside VPN Accelerators
128
             Flow-Through VPN Accelerators
130
             SSL Accelerators for E-Commerce
131
Chapter 9.   Conclusions
133
        Vendor Outlook
134
        Market Directions
136
Appendix: Further Reading
139
Index
141
 
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