IPsec is a suite of communication protocols which enable the securing of communications networks at the IP layer and is increasingly making up a larger proportion of the total packet processing workload of data plane applications. In this presentation, we will introduce a new IPsec library for DPDK, designed and developed to be performant and scalable, with native support for hardware acceleration. We will describe the modular architecture of the library and outline the proposed development roadmap. Finally, we will discuss how an IPsec solution in DPDK can be used to drive the adoption of IPsec hardware acceleration in data plane applications and infrastructure.
