... the way I thought they should be done, and was always available to discuss ideas and problems. I would also like to thank my committee members Professor Steve Reinhardt and Professor Gary Tyson for reviewing this document and serving on the defense committee. Other people that have worked on the CryptoManiac project include Chris Weaver for hardware design and synthesis support, Jerome Burke and John McDonald for earlier versions of ISA extensions code modifications. Page 7 4/22/01 Abstract The growth of the Internet as a vehicle for secure communication and electronic commerce has brought cryptographic processing performance to the forefront of high throughput system design. Cryptography provides the mechanisms necessary to implement accountability, accuracy, and confidentiality in communication. This trend will be further underscored with the widespread adoption of secure protocols such as secure IP (IPSEC) and virtual private networks (VPNs). Efficient cryptographic processing, therefore, will become increasingly vital to good system performance. In this thesis, we explore hardware/software-design techniques to improve the performance of ...

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