[Coco] Tcp off-loading on CoCo

[Mark D. Overholser]

On 09-Apr-17 10:05, Brett Gordon wrote:
> More brain barf:
>
> Ok.  What I want from a piece of network hardware is many layers of
> software interface.   Yes, I want to send eth frames, and IP. I also see a
> great value to providing an interface at the "tls" and TCP layer.   How big
> of a processor will it take to provide this?   Is Jim's NIC card a fat
> enough pipe to a raspi? I'm certain an expanded lwwire server could easily
> provide all the layers we (I) want, it becomes more of a smop.  Linux
> provides easy enough interface to what ever network layer we want... you
> want wireless?  Just stick a usb NIC in the 'pi and there you go.
>

A Raspberry Pi of any vintage should have enough Memory and Speed to 
handle TLS and SSL...

My original Pi B has Ethernet and 256M of RAM.


> But could simpler controller work? Im kind of doubtful a fpga could handle
> the complexity?   Is there an uC that has tls/oauth libs already?
>

The question is Code Size verses RAM Size...   If Tables have to be 
Built on a Per Connection basses, you will probably need a bit of RAM... 
I would guess that any Modern FPGA will have the Speed, does it have the 
RAM to make it work...


> brett
>


MarkO