Patent ID: 7437548
Filing Date: 2008-10-14
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of negotiating security and compression of packets independently from an operating system, the packets being transmitted between a first computer having a first CPU running a first operating system and a first network processor and a second computer having a second CPU running a second operating system and a second network processor, the method comprising: sending a first message over a network from the first network processor directly to the second network processor indicating existence of the first network processor having security protocol and compression protocol capability without prompting from the first operating system; and sending a second message from the second network processor directly to the first network processor in response to the first message, the second message acknowledging existence in the second network processor of security protocol capability and compression protocol capability; and the first network processor responding to receipt of the second message by directly sending packets which are compressed and encrypted over the network to the second network processor.