The Cisco VPN Acceleration Module 2+ (VAM2+) for Cisco 7200 Series routers and the Cisco 7301 provides high-performance encryption/compression and key generation services for IP Security (IPSec) VPN applications. The Cisco VAM2+ features hardware acceleration for Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)128, 192 and 256-bit key sizes, Data Encryption Standard (DES), and Triple DES (3DES), providing increased performance for site-to-site and remote-access IPSec VPN services.