Virtual Private Network Adapter for Linux

Pete Popov writes "RedCreek communications makes Virtual Private Network (VPN) products which are IPSEC compliant and include 3DES encryption, MD5 and SHA1 authentication, etc. One of these products is a PCI based adapter, the PCI45, and I recently posted a driver for it at here. The driver will also be available at RedCreek's web site soon. The "importance" of this hardware/driver is that, I believe, it's the only encryption hardware currently on the market which works with Linux. RedCreek OEMs this adapter to Cisco and other large OEMs, but it will very soon be available pretty much off the shelf. This will make it possible to build high performance, low cost VPNs using Linux. "