Corrent Takes Industry Lead With Delivery of Single-Chip Gigabit Speed Internet Security Processors.Business Editors & Technology Writers TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 10, 2001 Company Announces Immediate Sampling and Availability of Its First Socket Armor(TM) Products Seven months after unveiling its plans to design a high-speed network security architecture from the ground up, Corrent today announced the delivery of the industry's highest performing gigabit-speed SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) The leading security protocol on the Internet. Developed by Netscape, SSL is widely used to do two things: to validate the identity of a Web site and to create an encrypted connection for sending credit card and other personal data. processors. The first two products in Corrent's Socket Armor(TM) family of processors are now available for sampling, with production parts available in the first quarter of 2002. "While developing the Socket Armor product family, we focused on providing the security sector with a solution specifically designed for high speeds," said Richard Takahashi, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Corrent Corp. "With no legacy architecture to drag us down, we were able to design a scalable solution based on industry standard protocols, interfaces and design methodology that protects Internet traffic without impacting overall network data rate performance." The CR7020 is a single-chip, full-duplex-gigabit security processor that accelerates e-commerce transactions using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) standards. It provides 5000 RSA (1) (Rural Service Area) See MSA. (2) (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman) A highly secure cryptography method by RSA Security, Inc., Bedford, MA (www.rsa.com), a division of EMC Corporation since 2006. It uses a two-part key. decrypts per second (1024-bit modulus with CRT (1) (C RunTime) See runtime library. (2) (Cathode Ray Tube) A vacuum tube used as a display screen in a computer monitor or TV. The viewing end of the tube is coated with phosphors, which emit light when struck by electrons. ). The part can also be used in Virtual Private Network (VPN) applications using the Internet Protocol Security architecture (IPsec). The CR7020 provides system developers a single chip solution that supports current cryptographic standards with an easy transition path to the next-generation high-speed network infrastructure. The processor's high-performance architecture supports AES, DES, 3DES and ARC4 encryption algorithms. Its on-chip modulo A mathematical operation (modulus arithmetic) in which the result is the remainder of a division. Also known as the "remainder operator," it is used to solve a variety of problems. For example, the following code in the C language determines if a number is odd or even. engine features Key Blaster(TM) public key acceleration technology for RSA, DSA, and Diffie-Hellman algorithms; its SmartHash(TM) technology runs HMAC-SHA-1, HMAC-MD5, SHA-1 and MD5. In designs running SSL/TLS SSL/TLS Secure Socket Layer/Transport Security (IETF) and IPsec applications, the processor can handle both protocols simultaneously. The CR7020 has the industry's best available performance in SSL/e-commerce applications as measured by both speed and by public key per second capabilities. Corrent's second new product, the CR7000, is a stand-alone modulo engine designed for use in VPN Internet Key Exchange Internet key exchange (IKE) is the protocol used to set up a security association (SA) in the IPsec protocol suite. Overview IKE is defined in RFC 2407, RFC 2408 and RFC 2409. IKEv2 is defined in RFC 4306. operations or in protocol handshaking Signals transmitted back and forth over a communications network that establish a valid connection between two stations. 1. handshaking - Predetermined hardware or software activity designed to establish or maintain two machines or programs in synchronisation. for SSL/TLS and digital signature computations. The part can be used alone or in conjunction with the CR7020. The CR7000 accelerates modulo functions for public key cryptography An encryption method that uses a two-part key: a public key and a private key. To send an encrypted message to someone, you use the recipient's public key, which can be sent to you via regular e-mail or made available on any public Web site or venue. , providing 5000 RSA decrypts per second (1024-bit modulus with CRT). The CR7000 also makes use of Key Blaster Technology for accelerating public key encryption See public key cryptography. and digital signature computations and contains a 3-grade "True" digital randomizer In telecommunication, the term randomizer has the following meanings: 1. A device used to invert the sense of pseudorandomly selected bits of a bit stream to avoid long sequences of bits of the same sense (also referred to as scrambler). . "Corrent's security solutions process packets at the speed of optical networks, making the burden associated with handling encryption `transparent' to the systems," said Bob Merritt, vice president, Semico Research Group. "This `network transparency' equates to higher data throughput by offloading the system processor while maintaining optical data rates and gives the OEM system designer a `hand-off and forget' security solution." Corrent's Socket Armor family of products will be used in load balancers, content switches, and e-commerce servers to meet the demand of e-commerce Web sites as more Internet traffic is secured. Until recently, all SSL encryption and public key exchange handshaking were done in software on a standard server, dragging performance to a crawl. Existing hardware accelerator solutions have provided some relief but continue to be the bottleneck to high-speed deployment of Internet security solutions. Corrent security processors enable e-commerce products to run securely at gigabit speeds and above. Pricing for the CR7020 is $350 in quantities of 1,000 and the CR7000 is $250 in quantities of 1,000. About Corrent Corp. Corrent Corp.'s high-performance Internet security solutions secure private data within both public and private IP networks at gigabit speeds and beyond. Corrent's scalable, channelized Refers to an architecture that transmits data in channels. It often refers to the 64 Kbps channels in T1 lines, which were originally developed to handle digitized voice streams (TDM). See TDM. , high-performance architecture performs encryption at the fastest data rates in the industry -- doubling the performance of existing solutions. Advanced design techniques deliver a complete sub-system solution to designers of next-generation networks, while providing ease of integration and time-to-market advantages. Corrent's products are designed for use in networking infrastructure equipment such as routers, switches, Web servers, access concentrators, and dedicated IP-services systems. For more information visit www.corrent.com. |
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