Software accelerates content security processing.
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Hifn Pattern Matching accelerates compute-intensive pattern and signature recognition tasks for enterprise and carrier-class networks, as well as content inspection of packets traveling through network. Operating at gigabit speeds on GHz CPUs, program scans payload content for worms, viruses, and other malware. Applications include unified threat management appliances, intrusion detection and prevention systems, anti-virus gateways, anti-spam appliances, and deep packet inspection firewalls.
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Hifn Pattern Matching Accelerates Content Security Processing
SAN JOSE, Calif., RSA Conference, Feb. 14 / -- Network- and storage-security market leader Hifn(TM) (NASDAQ:HIFN) announced today Hifn Pattern Matching (HPM), a new high-performance content processing software. HPM accelerates compute-intensive pattern and signature recognition tasks for Enterprise and Carrier-class networks, as well as content inspection of packets traveling through the network.
HPM contains "rule compression" technology that creates a highly compact rules database format. The database, along with HPM's small code footprint, resides in a microprocessor cache enabling unprecedented runtime performance. Network edge security devices and Unified Threat Management (UTM) appliances all have the same fundamental limitation: they can only process packets at the speed they can detect signatures. HPM's performance advantages dramatically improve the overall throughput of these security systems.
"Hifn's HPM product offers a revolutionary new technology at a disruptive performance level enabling our OEM customers to enhance their existing products and position themselves well for the next-generation security products," said Robert Friend, director of product marketing at Hifn. "Memory speed is the primary bottleneck to Regular Expression content processing performance. As a result, HPM enables content inspection software to out-perform hardware."
The market for network security is expected to be one of the fastest growing segments within the technology sector over the next decade, as service providers, enterprises, consumers and government agencies increase their deployment of security systems. In fact, market research firm Infonetics predicts, in their 3Q CY2005 report, worldwide network security appliances and software revenue will hit $6.0 billion by 2008.
The ability to perform content inspection at line rate and across multiple packets and flows is essential to enabling the next generation of application- layer switches, routers, and network security equipment. Typical applications for HPM content processor software include unified threat management (UTM) appliances, intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDS/IPS), anti-virus (AV) gateways, anti-spam appliances, and deep packet inspection (DPI) firewalls.
HPM scans payload content of selected packets for worms, viruses, and other malware and operates at gigabit speeds on GHz CPUs. HPM content processing software is compatible with and optimized for all general-purpose CPUs (Intel and AMD) and embedded processors (MIPS and PowerPC). The software's simplified interface makes it easy to integrate into networking and security systems, which enables customers to accelerate their time to market and lower engineering costs.
Availability
HPM v2.0 will be available in the second quarter of CY 2006. To demonstrate the power of HPM content security acceleration capabilities, an evaluation version is available to prospective customers.
About Hifn
Hifn combines network processing, security, compression, content search, and flow classification technology into solutions for networking, security and storage suppliers. Hifn's solutions are deployed in virtually all market-leading networking and security products. Founded in 1996, Hifn is headquartered in Los Gatos, California. For more information on Hifn solutions, please visit: www.hifn.com/ .
NOTE: Hi/fn(R) is a registered trademark of hi/fn, inc. Hifn and MeterFlow are trademarks of Hi/fn, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
CONTACT: Hifn, Inc. Corporate Communications, +1-408-399-3500, or press@hifn.com
