What is OCF?
OCF (Open Cryptography Framework) is a standard control plane and Linux networking stack API used by software to interface crypto engines. The 6WINDGate uses this API to ease the portability of security software on different platforms using either built-in crypto engines (multicore processors such as Cavium Octeon, NetLogic XLR or Freescale QorIQ) or external accelerators (x86 with PCI external accelerators). Thanks to the OCF API, your applications (for instance SSL) can transparently benefit from crypto engines; independently of the underlying hardware.