Interphase and SafeNet Partner on Integrated Carrier-Grade IPsec Solution

Interphase, an embedded networking and communications solutions company, announced its partnership with SafeNet, a company specializing in information security, to provide a pre-integrated, carrier-grade IPsec network security hardware and software solution for accelerated development of IP-based applications.

The company said the QuickSec 5.0 toolkit from SafeNet has been integrated with the Interphase iSPAN 36CA OCTEON Plus AdvancedMC Packet Processor and iSPAN 55CA Quad GE to PCI-x Packet Processor, both Cavium Networks OCTEON-based multicore packet processor cards.

"As an industry leading security package, SafeNet will provide our customers with a high performance IPsec software toolkit optimized for the OCTEON architecture of our packet processors," said Ian MacMillan, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Interphase.

Product features, the company said, include:

- New generation of convergent broadband solutions based on 3G/4G technologies (LTE, ASN Gateways / WiMax, Femtocell, IMS)

- High-performance security appliances such as Wireless LAN Gateways, VPN Gateways, and Session Border Controllers

- Line-rate packet processing with content inspection (deep packet inspection) for solutions such as load balancers, routers, and gateways

"SafeNet continues to support our customers with this convenient and effective pre-integrated solution. The reliability and processing power of the Interphase OCTEON-based cards plus the easily integrated advanced security features of our QuickSec 5.0 enable network equipment vendors to efficiently add best-in-class security - faster, cheaper, and more secure than any in-house solutions," said Simon Blake-Wilson, Managing Director, Embedded Security Solutions at SafeNet.

More Information:

www.iphase.com

www.safenet-inc.com

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