Offloading the Processing of ESP-Protected and AH-Protected Packets (NDIS 5.1)

Note   NDIS 5. x has been deprecated and is superseded by NDIS 6. x. For new NDIS driver development, see Network Drivers Starting with Windows Vista. For information about porting NDIS 5. x drivers to NDIS 6. x, see Porting NDIS 5.x Drivers to NDIS 6.0.

This section describes the offload processing of ESP-protected and AH-protected packets.

This section includes the following topics:

Background Reading on IPsec

Requirements and Restrictions That Apply to IPsec Offloads

Adding a Security Association to a NIC

Deleting a Security Association from a NIC

Offloading IPsec Tasks in the Send Path

Offloading IPsec Tasks in the Receive Path

Impact of Network Interface Changes on IPsec Offloads

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