Zero Packet Loss Processing for Government Security Applications

Government market sectors like cyber security, intelligence, surveillance and secure communications have become increasingly important in recent times. They also come with a unique set of challenges when it comes to protection from criminal activity taking place across the internet.

These types of applications have to support the strictest security measures as well as aggressive data bandwidths. We work with Netcope Technologies to provide programmable hardware accelerators that guarantee wire-speed traffic processing with zero packet loss on 100G, 40G and 10G Ethernet.

In combination with ready-to-use firmware, these accelerators provide both per-packet and stateful filtering, which is a basic element of lawful interception and data retention systems.

Together with support for multiple network technologies(100G, 40G, 10G and 25G Ethernet), this protects future investments when moving to higher speeds. Specifically, Netcope Session Filter (NSF) implements smart pre-processing of network traffic, based on keeping track of network flows directly in hardware.

NSF surpasses competing solutions due to its ability to dynamically adjust the level of traffic details transferred to software. Smart cooperation between intelligent software and powerful hardware allows implementation of reliable interception systems for the highest-speed networks, which is not possible with conventional solutions.

For more information about how Netcope and Sarsen can support your Law Enforcement, Cyber Security or Intelligence applications please get in touch - info@sarsen.net

BittWare and nCk Research Collaborate to Provide an FPGA-based 100G Network Packet Broker with PCAP Filtering

As one of the market leading manufacturers in their field, new announcements from BittWare are always exciting...

The latest from the BittWare team in Concord, NH, is a collaboration with nCk Research - an innovative supplier of FPGA IP. This dream team have worked together to come up with a 100G network packet broker with PCAP filtering, which is implemented on BittWare's new PCIe board featuring Xilinx's UltraScale Virtex FPGA.

BittWare XUSP3S - Xilinx UltraScale 3/4-Length PCIe Board with Quad QSFP, DDR4, QDR-IV, and QDR-II+

PCAP processing expressions are used by many packet broker systems, but the point-to-point fabric from nCk Research is the first in the industry to optimise user inputs before loading resource settings into registers in the FPGA. This optimisation allows more rules to be packed into a smaller space and increases packet processing efficiency. The packet broker IP also provides configurable support for RMON1, line rate policies, aggregation, decimation, and de-duplication.

The XUSP3S is backward compatible with 10G/40G, and with nCk's IP supports up to 4x 100G ports and/or up to 16x 10/25G ports on each board. It can also be configured to implement any combination in between, allowing users to deploy with some 10G today and easily upgrade to all 100G in the field.


"We're pleased to be able to work with nCk to add innovative and comprehensive application IP to our already well established FPGA platforms," said Ron Huizen, Vice President of Systems & Solutions at BittWare.
"Their advanced filter IP component lets programmers use standard PCAP syntax to filter packets at full 100G line rate, and they can modify the filters on the fly- without having to reconfigure the FPGA. This, combined with nCk's other packet processing IP running on the most advanced FPGAs in the world, creates a compelling solution."


"FPGAs are the ideal choice for 100G at full line rate, and we're pleased to be able to partner with BittWare to build on their best-in-class FPGA platforms," said Matthew Chabot, President of nCk Research. "Their XUSP3S UltraScale board with support for quad 100G is a perfect fit."

Learn more:
10/25/40/100G Ethernet Filter IP Core for FPGA 
10/25/40/100G Packet Broker with PCAP Filtering 



Terabox
Up to 8 XUSP3S application cards can be installed in a BittWare TeraBox 4U rackmount system to handle up to 32x 100G ports and/or up to 128x 10/25G ports, allowing users to build virtually any packet processing solution with nCk network IP libraries; coupled with an optional PCIe DMA or NIC interface, it becomes possibly the most feature rich packet processing appliance in the industry.

Packet Broker with PCAP Filtering IP & Appliance Pricing and Availability
This configuration is available for purchase now, please contact Sarsen Technology for more information.