SSL on a chip, EE Times
M Taylor
mctylr at privacy.nb.ca
Tue Oct 2 06:22:50 EDT 2001
Startup eyes SSL security ICs
By Loring Wirbel
EE Times
(10/01/01, 3:57 p.m. EST)
http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20011001S0084
AUSTIN, Texas -- A security-processor startup has become the latest
advocate of hardwired acceleration of Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
session creation. Layer N Networks Inc. is aligning with the likes
of Broadcom Corp. and Andes Networks Inc. in promoting SSL for
secure transactions, instead of programmable encryption and Internet
Protocol tunneling.
The Austin-based startup is gambling that the market for this
technology will mature at the same pace as its own product development,
so that there will be customers when it is ready to start shipping
product. Layer N is aiming to deliver a chip set in early 2002, and
chief executive officer Mike Salas believes the market will be mature
enough by then to warrant an IC-level product.
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