Netronome updates flow processing software

Network Flow Management (NFM) software framework including new application kits for next-generation firewalls (NGFW), IPsec, intrusion prevention systems (IPS) and SSL inspection, Yahoo Finance reports.

Netronome's NFM provides a comprehensive suite of production-ready reference software for the NFP-3240 network flow processors (NFP) that accelerates a wide variety of cyber security applications to industry-leading throughputs.

“Netronome's new software application kits provide an extensive set of building blocks for security applications,” said Joe Byrne, senior analyst at The Linley Group. “That enables OEMs to focus on development of their applications, while significantly increasing performance with Netronome's flow processors.”

Netronome's IDS/IPS application kit accelerates x86-based IDS/IPS applications through hardware-based packet classification, stateful management of flows, and an integrated, dynamic load balancer, Reuters writes.

“Networking OEMs are designing 100Gbps applications that require full visibility into all layers of network traffic, including encrypted communications,” said Jarrod Siket, senior VP of marketing at Netronome. “With Netronome's innovative, workload-specific processing architecture, vendors can combine Netronome's flow processors and software application kits with standard x86 processors to bring high-performance security products to market quickly.”