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Mo<strong>de</strong>rn <strong>network</strong> <strong>card</strong>s<br />

They do not only connect the host to the <strong>network</strong>.<br />

◮ Hardware architectures are complex:<br />

◮ several processors,<br />

◮ different kind of memories,<br />

◮ multiple <strong>network</strong> interfaces;<br />

◮ Embed<strong>de</strong>d softwares (firmwares) do more than <strong>you</strong> think:<br />

◮ remote administration: ASF, IPMI, AMT, etc,<br />

◮ TCP segmentation offloading,<br />

◮ radio with temporal constraints: GSM, 802.11, etc.<br />

SGDSN/ANSSI – http://www.ssi.gouv.fr/<strong>trust</strong><strong>network</strong><strong>card</strong> 2/51

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