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 x has been deprecated and is superseded by NDIS 6.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:
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