Computer software and hardware for monitoring and securing network data, enable multiple services to run on a server, moving application processing into a network adapter, increasing message rates and reducing latency, packet capture and storage, and network management; Communications software for connecting and interfacing computer networks; Computer software for administration of computer networks; Computer, network, and telecommunications software for implementing network communications, accelerating network applications, implementing network protocol stacks, network time synchronization, activate or deactivate adapter functions and network functions, providing active protection for network servers and network adapters by detecting packet content, detecting network traffic, recording packet content or network traffic, capturing packet content or network traffic, monitoring packet content or network traffic, filtering packet content or network traffic, attack blocking, namely, blocking or rate limiting network traffic, network security event management and reporting of data security risks and network intrusion; Software for creating, centrally managing, maintaining, and executing firewall filters and to prevent unauthorized access to network resources and data; Software to improve network input/output rates, bandwidth, and message rates