Cisco 168 bit 3 DES VPN Feature license hardware firewall

Cisco Secure PIX Firewall VPN Accelerator Card 168-bit 3DES IPsec VPN software license The VPN Accelerator Card (VAC) for the Cisco Secure PIX Firewall series provides high-performance, tunneling and encryption services suitable for site-to-site and remote access applications. This hardware-based VPN accelerator is optimized to handle the repetitive but voluminous mathematical functions required for IPsec. Offloading encryption functions to the card not only improves IPsec encryption processing, but also maintains high-end firewall performance. As an integral component of the Cisco virtual private network (VPN) solution, the VPN Accelerator Card provides platform scalability and security while working seamlessly with services necessary for successful VPN deployments—encryption, tunneling, and firewall.