VIA secures mesh networking with on-chip encryption
Wireless networks running the open-source MeshAP will be able to handle encrypted traffic almost as fast as unencrypted
A hardware-based cryptographic technology developed by VIA Technologies could allow distributed wireless networks to transmit encrypted data much faster than before.
The VIA PadLock ACE (Advanced Cryptography Engine) runs on top of VIA's C5P Nehemia core processor. It is capable of encrypting or decrypting data at a maximum rate of 12.8 Gigabits per second, and can cope with 128-bit, 196-bit and 256-bit keys.
Because it handles the algorithms used in AES (advanced encryption standard), the PadLock ACE is compliant with the US government's cryptographic standards.
VIA announced late last week that Britain's mesh-networking company LocustWorld was the first commercial software developer to include support for PadLock ACE in its code.
