Paper Info
Title
Zodiac: System architecture implementation for a high-performance Network Security Processor
Abstract
The last few years have seen many significant progresses in the field of application-specific processors. One exemplar is Network Security Processors (NSPs) that perform various cryptographic operations specified by network security protocols and help to offload the computation intensive burdens from Network Processors (NPs). This paper proposes a high-performance NSP intended for both IPSec and SSL protocols acceleration. With a programmable descriptor-based instruction set architecture, the novel design of system architecture leads to a Gbps rate NSP named Zodiac, which is programmable with domain specific instructions for Gbps throughput IPSec and SSL applications. Synthesized with a 0.18 μm CMOS technology, the peak throughput of IPSec ESP tunnel mode can reach up to 1.651 Gbps and over 1000 full SSL handshakes per second are attainable.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1109/ASAP.2008.4580160
ASAP
Keywords
DocType
ISSN
system architecture implementation,network security processors,network processors,high-performance nsp,ssl application,system architecture,ipsec esp tunnel mode,peak throughput,gbps rate,ssl protocols acceleration,high-performance network security processor,programmable descriptor-based instruction set,network processor,instruction set architecture,network security,cryptographic protocols,national security,data security,engines,security,cmos technology,microcomputers,cryptography,computer architecture,protocols,acceleration,throughput,central processing unit
Conference
2160-0511
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
6
0.58
5
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Haixin Wang1546.79
Guoqiang Bai27514.56
Hongyi Chen39510.61