Firewall configuration versioning
US11082400B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 21, 2016 |
| Grant date | Aug 3, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 26, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2212/62
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Some embodiments provide a method for managing firewall protection in a datacenter that includes multiple host machines that each hosts a set of data compute nodes. The method maintains a firewall configuration for the host machines at a network manager of the data center. The firewall configuration includes multiple firewall rules to be enforced at the host machines. The method aggregates a first set of updates to the firewall configuration into a first aggregated update and associates the first aggregated update with a first version number. The method distributes a first host-level firewall configuration update to a first host machine based on the first aggregated update and associates the first host machine with the first version number. The method aggregates a second set of updates to the firewall configuration into a second aggregated update and associates the second aggregated update with a second version number.
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