Re: "3Com Secure NIC"

[Marco Cappuccio <marco@cappuccio.org>]

Have you seen the Intel ethernet card that does encryption in hardware? 
The US&Canadian version supports 3DES. The Intel sku# is PILA8464BUS. 
Their microsite for the card is
http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/pro100/pro100sman/index.ht
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Intel also has an "Introductory" offer page with great prices on their 
other networking cards.
http://www.adviceforpcs.com/network/category.asp?category=adapters

-Marco

>> I just went to ZDnet.com.au and was reading the news and noticed a
>> banner ad for a 3Com NIC with a "3XP Processor" for an "evaluation price"
>> of A$89.  The marketing bumph that goes with it claims it's "uniquely
>> optimised for Windows 2000" and apparently offloads some of the functions
>> of IPSec operation onto the card itself (the desktop version supports 15
>> SA's and the server version supports 1024 with it's additional SRAM).
>
>We have no idea what these things are like.  A peek at the card shows
>a large chip that says "ARM" on it.  This may be an ARM7 core.  Who
>knows.  We have asked for documentation, but until and unless we get
>some, this is not going anywhere.
>