nForce

In situations where highly sensitive information is being secured with SSL, nCipher’s nForce tamper-resistant SSL Offload card not only accelerates the SSL throughput, but also secures the cryptographic keys that underpin SSL. If the SSL keys are left unprotected on the server, they are vulnerable to key finding attacks. An attacker can not only decrypt all the traffic that is going to and from your servers but can also spoof your site, as secrecy of the SSL private key underpins the legitimacy of the SSL certificate — the outward proof to your users that the site they are visiting is legitimate.

nCipher's nForce is a high performance PCI Cards that replace a server's Network Interface Card (NIC) to offload all SSL processing from the application. https ciphertext passing through the nForce's network interface is translated and provided in plaintext TCP/IP, providing a complete SSL subsystem for any IP-enabled application running on Windows, Solaris or Linux Operating Systems.

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