I've got a networking application upon which I'm working that requires high-speed DES capability that can be clocked up to around 20 megabytes/second. We're going to have to do circuit board level design, so I can't plug a stand-alone box on the ass-end of the network device - it's got to be planted into our network controller. This thing is going to provide ATM/SONET communications. Does anyone know of any chip sets that can run at this speed? Input regarding either commercial or R&D sources would be appreciated. I know that two years ago at the Internet Security meeting in San Diego we saw a parallel processor configuration of DES chips, but I can't remember which University in North Carolina was working on this. If anyone knows if this research went anywhere, I'd appreciate hearing about that as well. Thanks for the help! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |So, I went walking through the street. |Mark Aldrich | |I saw you strung up in a tree. |GRCI INFOSEC Engineering | |A woman knelt there, said to me, |maldrich@grci.com | |Hold your tongue, man, hold your tongue. |MAldrich@dockmaster.ncsc.mil | |_______________________________________________________________________| |The author is PGP Empowered. Public key at: finger maldrich@grci.com | | The opinions expressed herein are strictly those of the author | | and my employer gets no credit for them whatsoever. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------