Method and an apparatus for automatic creation of secure connections between segmented resource farms in a utility computing environment
US7840902B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 26, 2005 |
| Grant date | Nov 23, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 30, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/20
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for automatic creation of secure connections between segmented resource farms in a utility computing environment. According to one embodiment, farms are automatically created using visual representations of the farms as a specification. A shared subnet is created as the basis of a secure connection, visual representations of one or more farms are associated with the shared subnet to form the secure connection between the one or more farms.
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