PowerCrypt Encryption Accelerator Endorsed by OpenBSD; Open Source OS Provides Full Accelerated IPSec Support.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 2, 2000 Global Technologies Group, Inc. (GTGI GTGI Gas Turbine Generator Inspection ) today announced that the PowerCrypt(TM) encryption accelerator has been endorsed by OpenBSD (www.openbsd.com). Kernel-level support for PowerCrypt was developed by OpenBSD, with device drivers and IPSec code written by members of the OpenBSD community. PowerCrypt is an intelligent, bus-mastering PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). board that incorporates the Hi/fn 7751 chip. It is a dedicated, high-speed hardware resource for acceleration of processor-intensive functions, such as encryption and compression for Internet security ''This article or section is being rewritten at Internet security is the process of protecting data and privacy of devices connected to internet from information robbery, hacking, malware infection and unwanted software. devices and applications. PowerCrypt provides full hardware support for the complete IPSec protocol stack, including DES, 3DES, SHA-1, and MD5, as well as RC4 encryption, and LZS LZS Ludowe Zespoly Sportowe (Polish organization that promotes sports in rural areas) LZS Lempel Ziv STAC (data compression algorithm used in IPSEC protocol) and MPPC (Microsoft Point-to-Point Compression) A data compression method from Microsoft that is used to reduce the amount of data sent over a virtual private network (VPN) and thus speed up transmission. See MPPE. data compression schemes. Further information is available at www.powercrypt.com. About Global Technologies Group, Inc. GTGI is a manufacturer of OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and and enterprise-wide encryption products, including data protection for laptop and desktop PCs. GTGI provides information security solutions to corporations, banks, and government agencies. Visit GTGI's website at www.gtgi.com. About OpenBSD OpenBSD is a free 4.4BSD-derived Unix-like operating system, developed by volunteers and contributors to the non-profit OpenBSD Project. OpenBSD focuses on high security (including built-in strong cryptography and a full audit of all code in the system), code correctness, standards compliance and multi-platform support. More information on OpenBSD, the project and its goals can be found at www.openbsd.org. |
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