Stateless cryptographic protocol-based hardware acceleration

摘要

According to one embodiment of the invention, a method comprises an operation of commencing a first phrase and passing control of an authentication handshaking protocol. The first phase is commenced for establishing a secure communication path by a data path processor within a first network device. The first phrase comprises an exchange of data during an authentication handshaking protocol. The passing of control for authentication handshaking protocol by the data path processor to a control path processor is conducted to complete the authentication handshaking protocol.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
commencing, using a first processor within a first network device, a particular networking protocol; transferring control of the particular networking protocol from the first processor to a second processor within the first network device; completing the particular networking protocol using the second processor within the first network device.