Configuration and extension of embedded processors to optimize IPSec protocol execution

IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 605-609

  Potlapally, Nachiketh R ^a   Ravi, Srivaths ^b   Raghunathan, Anand ^b   Lee, Ruby B ^a   Jha, Niraj K ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Configurability; Embedded processors; Embedded security; Embedded systems; Extensibility; IPsec; Performance; Security protocols

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOGRAPHY; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; SECURITY OF DATA; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EMBEDDED PROCESSORS; EMBEDDED SECURITY; IPSEC; SECURITY PROTOCOLS;

INTERNET PROTOCOLS;

EID: 34249820822     PISSN: 10638210     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVLSI.2007.896912     Document Type: Article

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