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Hifn Targets iSCSI Security: Page 3 of 3

The new chips also are able to handle other quirks of storage networking traffic, such as highly asynchronous sessions and a preponderance of large packets (380 bytes on average), Doud says.

Like the 8300 and 8350, the 4300 and 4350 handle all aspects of an IPSec session, including key exchange and encryption. The 4300 comes with a single, full duplex, Gigabit Ethernet interface, for up to 2 Gbit/s of processing if you count both directions. The 4350 uses two Gigabit Ethernet interfaces.

For more information on HIPP III and competing processors, see Light Reading's report: Security Processors.

Craig Matsumoto, Senior Editor, Light Reading