Array Networks AVX Network Functions PlatformWeb Application Firewall (WAF) & Next-Gen Firewall (NGFW) SSL/TLS Offload Performance
Sponsor: Array Networks, Inc.
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Document Number: 219113
Publication Date: 4/9/2019
Page Count: 8
Abstract
Virtual appliances (VAs) provide a cost-effective method for deploying
perimeter security elements such as web application firewalls (WAFs) and next-generation
firewalls (NGFWs). However, security solutions can suffer from severe
performance degradation when cryptographic tasks like secure-sockets layer
(SSL)/Transport Layer Security (TLS) processing are performed. By deploying on
an Array Networks AVX Network Functions Platform – which provides hardware
SSL/TLS acceleration – performance for 3rd-party security virtual appliances can
be improved dramatically.
Array Networks commissioned Tolly to benchmark the performance of WAF
and NGFW security VAs, from a market leading WAF vendor and from a market
leading NGFW vendor. Testing was done first running unassisted and then
benefiting from the Array Networks AVX hardware SSL/TLS offload capability.
Tests showed dramatic improvement in both transaction processing and overall
throughput when SSL/TLS processing was offloaded to the Array AVX platform.