Network device with datagram transport layer security selective software offload

Abstract

In one embodiment, a system includes a networking device including a network interface to receive network packets having headers including datagram transport layer security (DTLS) headers from a remote device over a packet data network, packet processing circuitry to identify first packets of the received packets for DTLS processing in the packet processing circuitry, identify second packets of the received packets to bypass DTLS processing in the packet processing circuitry and to be provided to software to perform DTLS processing on the second packets, and perform DTLS processing on the first packets, and a host interface to provide the DTLS processed first packets to the software, and provide the second packets to the software to perform DTLS processing on the second packets.

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