ARC Extends Its Security Software with Secured
Socket Layer and Secured Socket Shell Protocols and Hardware
Accelerated Encryption
ARC(TM) International today announced the
addition of Secured Socket Layer (SSL) and Secured Socket Shell
(SSH) protocols and integration with several on-chip encryption
accelerators for IPSec, SSL and SSH to IPShield(TM), its
security software product. This allows secure
internet-to-internet data transmission, secure web transmission
and VPN encryption for TCP/IP for a wide range of networking and
industrial applications requiring protection from outside
vulnerabilities. See related press release "ARC International
Announces Security Software for Embedded Networking
Applications" in August 2003.
The IPShield software is compliant with Internet
Engineering Task Force (IETF) standards, including IPSec and
Internet Key Exchange (IKE), SSL and SSH protocols, and it
supports a variety of security algorithms, including DES, 3DES,
AES, MD5 and SHA. With the addition of on-chip encryption
accelerator support in IPShield for the Motorola MPC875/MPC885
and MPC8248/MPC8272 PowerPC(TM) processor families, developers
achieve optimal security performance for their applications by
offloading CPU intensive cryptographic operations without having
to write the code themselves. And as more aspects of
day-to-day-life, such as paying taxes and voting, require
increased security levels, semiconductor vendors will deliver
more powerful and advanced on-chip security solutions,
continuing to drive up the complexity of embedded software
applications. ARC's security-focused software minimizes the
development risks and allows designers to focus on product
differentiation and innovation rather than repetitive
development and integration effort.
"Enabling safe and secure communication is
critical with the proliferation of connected embedded devices.
Our close customer relationships allow us to develop security
solutions in tune with our customers design focus today and in
the future," said Jeri Ann May, ARC Software Marketing Director.
"ARC is dedicated to advancing our security portfolio with new
security protocols and off-the-shelf support for on-chip
hardware-accelerated encryption of network traffic, so
developers can achieve optimal performance and minimal cost for
their designs."
Pricing and Availability
The IPShield-IPSec software is shipping today
with pricing starting at $30,000 for a single product license.
On-chip hardware accelerator algorithms for IPShield-IPSec will
be included starting in Q2 2004. The IPShield-SSL and
IPShield-SSH protocols and on-chip hardware accelerator
algorithms will be available in Q2 2004 with pricing starting at
$25,000 for a single product license. All software from ARC is
royalty free with source code provided. ARC will be
demonstrating its IPShield software for Motorola PowerPC and
ColdFire processors at the Motorola Smart Network Developer
Forum in Dallas, booth #500.
