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.