[cgl_discussion] Hardware support for IPSec

Randy.Dunlap rddunlap at osdl.org
Wed Feb 5 15:26:53 PST 2003


On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Makan Pourzandi (LMC) wrote:

| Hi,
|
| Useful info regarding hardware support for IPSec:
|
| http://samba.org/~jamesm/crypto/hardware_notes.txt
|
| the above link comments on the crypto hardware support, even if I didn't check all cards, many of the cards mentioned in the doc support ipsec.
|
| In the doc, there is no mention of intel cards. Is it possible for Intel people to find out if there is any support for hardware crypto/ipsec support from Intel?
|
| Any info or comments regarding a standard API for crypto card support? Is there somebody who knows what happened to a standard hardware crypto API proposed I believe by James Morris?

You noticed that the URL you quoted contains ~jamesm == James Morris?

The crypto API has been added to 2.5.x.
See recent Documentation/crypto/api-intro.txt for more into.

-- 
~Randy

| Makan
|
| from the document:
|
|
| Hardware documentation status:
|
|   HiFn
|     Documentation for Hifn cards available via download at their web site.
|
|   IBM
|     Can provide driver source for the card, and some general documentation is
|     available at http://www.ibm.com/security/cryptocards/
|     Software development toolkit is export controlled (contact IBM for more
|     info).
|
|   Motorola
|       http://e-www.motorola.com/brdata/PDFDB/docs/MPC190UM.pdf
|       http://e-www.motorola.com/brdata/PDFDB/docs/MPC184UM.pdf
|
|   Intel
|     Crypto documentation for NICs unavailable.
|
|   3COM
|     Crypto documentation for NICs unavailable.
|
|   Broadcom
|     In disucssion.
|
|   AEP/Baltimore
|     Limited documentation available, can study the existing driver code.
|
|   Corrent
|     Unknown (not contacted yet).
|
|   Eracom
|     Contacted some time ago, documentation had to be purchased (expensive).
|     Not sure if this has changed.
|
|   Safenet
|     Unknown (not contacted yet).
|
|
| GPL Driver status:
|
|   HiFn 7751
|     James Morris (in progress).
|
|   HiFn 7951
|     David Bryson (in progress).
|     Also see http://sourceforge.net/projects/hifn7951/
|
|   HiFn 7901
|     See http://sources.colubris.com/en/projects/FreeSWAN/
|
|   Motorola MPC190, MPC184
|     Steve (in progress).
|
|   IBM 4758
|     Available from IBM on request.
|
|   AEP paep
|     A dual licensed GPL/BSD driver available with some kernels (Red Hat 7.2+).
|
|   BCM5820
|     GPL driver available with some kernels (Red Hat).
|
| Summary:
|    I don't think we have enough documentation yet, notably none for NICs
|    with crypto hardware.




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