Internet key exchange
First Claim
1. An Internet Key Exchange method, wherein an IKE Main Mode is implemented in hardware in parallel with system software loading.
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Abstract
The invention relates to Internet Key Exchange (IKE). IKE Main Mode generally takes a substantial and significant amount of time in which to implement and, where IKE is implemented in software, Main Mode cannot be given until full system start up has occurred, operation systems loaded etc. The method of the present invention proposes an accelerated form of IKE in which IKE Main Mode is carried out in hardware in parallel to system start up so that, once a system has started up and come fully on-line, the results of IKE Main Mode are already available and the IKE daemon may proceed directly with one or more Quick Modes.
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- 1. An Internet Key Exchange method, wherein an IKE Main Mode is implemented in hardware in parallel with system software loading.
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11. A method substantially as herein described with reference to FIG. 2 onwards.
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