Patent ID: 8595479

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a receive logic device to receive a data packet associated with an aggregated crypto virtual group (ACVG), where the ACVG is associated with distributing data to aggregate bandwidth in a distributed forwarding architecture; a hash logic device to generate a hash value associated with the data packet, where the hash value is based on an element of the data packet, where the element is one of, a non-encrypted portion of the data packet, and a non-encrypted portion of the data packet header; an outbound mapping data store device to store a set of mappings between a set of hash values and a plurality of cryptography engines, where the set of mappings comprises the hash value generated for the data packet; and a distribution logic device to determine a cryptography engine, of the plurality of cryptography engines, based, at least in part, on the hash value and the set of mappings, and selectively distribute the data packet to the cryptography engine, where the cryptography engine is to encrypt the data packet for secure distribution across a data connection associated with the ACVG.