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     performance even for the software case.      performance even for the software case.
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 <li><b>HiFn 7751</b><br>  <li><b>HiFn 7751</b><br>
     Cards using the 7751 can be used as a cryptographic accelerator (ie.      Cards using the <a href="http://www.hifn.com/products/7751.htm">HiFn 7751</a>
       can be used as a cryptographic accelerator (ie.
     <a href="http://www.powercrypt.com">PowerCrypt</a>).      <a href="http://www.powercrypt.com">PowerCrypt</a>).
     Current performance using a single Hifn 7751 on each end of a tunnel      Current performance using a single Hifn 7751 on each end of a tunnel
     is 63Mbit/sec for 3DES/SHA1 ESP, nearly a 600% improvement over      is 63Mbit/sec for 3DES/SHA1 ESP, nearly a 600% improvement over
     using a P3/550 cpu.  Further improvements are under way to resolve a      using a P3/550 cpu.  Further improvements are under way to resolve a
     few more issues, but as of April 13, 2000 the code is considered      few more issues, but as of April 13, 2000 the code is considered
     stable.<p>      stable.  We wrote our own driver for supporting this chip, rather
     The 7751 is considered slow by industry standards and many vendors have      than using the (USA-written)
     faster chips (even HiFn now has a faster but much more expensive chip).      <a href="http://www.powercrypt.com">powercrypt</a> driver, as well
     We are already looking at supporting other chips such as      our driver links in properly to the IPSEC stack<p>
     <a href="http://www.ire.com/OEM/OEMTechnologyDefault.htm">IRE 2141</a>,      The 7751 is now considered slow by industry standards and many vendors
     <a href="http://www.bluesteelnet.com/product.html">Bluesteelnet 5501</a>,      have faster chips (even HiFn now has a faster but more expensive
     <a href="http://www.pcc.pijnenburg.nl/pcc-ises.htm">Pijnenburg PCC-ISES</a>,      chip). We are moving towards supporting other chips such as:
     perhaps the      <p>
     <a href="http://www.3com.com/promotions/3c990promo/index.html">3com 3c990</a>,      <ul>
     and others. IRE and Bluesteelnet in particular  have already been very      <li><a href="http://www.ire.com/OEM/OEMTechnologyDefault.htm">IRE 2141</a>
       <li><a href="http://www.bluesteelnet.com/product.html">Bluesteelnet 5501</a>
       <li><a href="http://www.pcc.pijnenburg.nl/pcc-ises.htm">Pijnenburg PCC-ISES</a>
       <li>perhaps the
       <a href="http://www.3com.com/promotions/3c990promo/index.html">3com 3c990</a>
       <li>and others
       </ul>
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       IRE and Bluesteelnet in particular have already been very
     friendly, and have given us all the information we need to support their      friendly, and have given us all the information we need to support their
     hardware.      hardware.  Other vendors are on our list, but we are focusing on the
       fast+cheap solutions first.
     Intel (and 3com to a lesser degree) don't yet fully understand how      Intel (and 3com to a lesser degree) don't yet fully understand how
     they could benefit from giving us documentation for their cryptography      they could benefit from giving us documentation for their cryptography
     cards, so feel free to contact them independently and encourage them.      cards, so feel free to contact them independently and encourage them.
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