SSL Acceleration

SSL Acceleration is a method of offloading the processor-intensive public key encryption algorithms involved in SSL transactions to a hardware accelerator. Typically, this is a separate card that plugs into a PCI slot in a computer that contains a co-processor able to handle much of the SSL processing.

Vendors Providing SSL Accelerators

• Array Networks
• Coyote Point Systems Inc
• Nortel Networks
• Redline Networks, Inc.

External Links

• Overview of SSL Acceleration Implementations
• SSL Acceleration and Offloading: What Are the Security Implications?

See Also

• Co-Processor
• Public-key cryptography
• SSL