Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 14 Jun 2001 14:37:53 -0700 (PDT) | From | Kip Macy <> | Subject | Re: 3com Driver and the 3XP Processor |
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So it would seem. Here is the polite message I received in response my inquiry regarding the crypto interface to the card: > > > Thank you for your inquiry. We do not offer the > technical spec;s for the IPSec > features of this NIC, due to the intellectual > property-heavy nature of this > product. We will, however, be releasing a Linux > driver which supports this > feature in the very near future under the beta > section of our support site. The > base driver for the 990 will be open source, the > advanced driver (offloads, > etc.) will not be open source. Hope that somewhat > helps you.
On Thu, 14 Jun 2001 nick@snowman.net wrote:
> Erm, that is going to be a problem. Crypto benifits more from open source > than any other market segment, and binary only drivers for linux are not > the way to go. I guess I need to get rid of my 5-10 3cr990s and replace > them with someone else's product? > Nick > > On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, Kip Macy wrote: > > > IPsec support will be binary only. > >
As I mentioned previously IP heavy is a euphemism for commodity.
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