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Network interface controller The NetXtreme architecture<br />

The firmware in the NetXtreme<br />

Different firmwares:<br />

◮ ASF (Alert Standard Format protocol);<br />

◮ TSO (TCP Segmentation Offloading).<br />

The firmware is:<br />

◮ loa<strong>de</strong>d from an EEPROM;<br />

◮ or by the driver from the filesystem:<br />

◮ Linux driver only has TSO,<br />

◮ Windows drivers rarely have a firmware,<br />

◮ the firmware seems protected;<br />

◮ loa<strong>de</strong>d to memory (SRAM) during execution.<br />

SGDSN/ANSSI – http://www.ssi.gouv.fr/<strong>trust</strong><strong>network</strong><strong>card</strong> 9/51

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