APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACCELERATION OF SECURITY APPLICATIONS THROUGH PRE-FILTERING

摘要

A first security processing stage performs a first multitude of tasks and a second security processing stage performs a second multitude of tasks. The first and second multitude of tasks may include common tasks. The first security processing stage is a prefilter to the second security processing stage. The input data received as a data stream is first processed by the first security processing stage, which in response, generates one or more first processed data streams. The first processed data streams may be further processed by the second security processing stage or may bypass the second security processing stage. The first security processing stage operates at a speed greater than the speed of the second security processing stage.