CloudShield's deep packet module supports packet-over-SONET/SDH traffic

May 13, 2005 Sunnyvale, CA -- CloudShield Technologies has introduced its Deep Packet Processing Module (DPPM) 600 for its CS-2000 In-Network Computing platform. According to the company, the module provides flexible deep packet processing capabilities for Packet-over-SONET/SDH (PoS) networks.

According to the company, with the module, network operators can deploy network applications for protecting and managing their infrastructures directly onto their high-speed optical networks. The module executes policies and applications written in the company's RAVE open packet processing application development language.

"Our partners and customers wanted the same high performance and flexibility provided for Gigabit Ethernet and Ethernet networks by our CS-2000 configured with the DPPM-500, to be made available for their SONET/SDH Networks," explains Peder Jungck, CloudShield's CTO. "Additionally, all of the RAVE applications our partners and customers have developed on the DPPM-500 will run on the DPPM-600, enabling rapid deployment into the network."

According to the company, the module provides the following enhancements: two OC-48c / STM-16 interfaces for processing of Packet-over-SONET/SDH (PoS); one Copper Gigabit Ethernet interface; support for a a future system software release that will enable (8) interfaces operating at OC-3 / STM-1 or OC-12 / STM-4; provisioning for inline inspection and control or passive monitoring of content; compatibility with and support for policies and applications written in the RAVE language; application content inspection and control at sustained rates of 2.5 Gbit/sec; line rate deep packet inspection and modification capabilities including Regular Expression Pattern Matching, IP Decoding, Switching, Checksum Verification and Recalculation, Silicon Database Flow Record Lookups and Updates; protocol agnostic and fully reconfigurable functionality at layers 2-7, with hardware accelerator support for HDLC, PPP, Ethernet family, MPLS, IPv4, IPv6, TCP, UDP, and ICMP; compliance with GR-253, ITU G.707, G.957, and Telcordia (Bellcore) and ITU-T SONET and SDH configuration, fault, and performance management parameters, and support for "hot swap" replacement, as well as remote software diagnostics and upgrading.