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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2004
Somnath Viswanath, San Jose, CA (US);
Mohammad Maniar, Saratoga, CA (US);
Jeffrey Dwork, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert Alan Williams, Cupertino, CA (US);
Somnath Viswanath, San Jose, CA (US);
Mohammad Maniar, Saratoga, CA (US);
Jeffrey Dwork, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert Alan Williams, Cupertino, CA (US);
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a network interface system for interfacing a host system with a network. The network interface system includes a bus interface system, a media access control system, and a security system. The security system is operative to selectively authenticate incoming and outgoing data. The security system includes a pipeline that masks mutable fields from incoming data prior to authentication.