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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
May. 31, 2002
Applicants:
Joseph Tardo, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Mark Buer, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Joseph Tardo, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Mark Buer, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for performing authentication and decryption operations in a cryptography accelerator system. Input data passed to a cryptography accelerator from a host such a CPU includes information for a cryptography accelerator to determine where to write the processed data. In one example, processed data is formatted as packet payloads in a network buffer. Checksum information is precalculated and an offset for a header is maintained.