Zone-based firewall policy model for a virtualized data center
US8516241B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 12, 2011 |
| Grant date | Aug 20, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 27, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2009/45595
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques are provided for implementing a zone-based firewall policy. At a virtual network device, information is defined and stored that represents a security management zone for a virtual firewall policy comprising one or more common attributes of applications associated with the security zone. Information representing a firewall rule for the security zone is defined and comprises first conditions for matching common attributes of applications associated with the security zone and an action to be performed on application traffic. Parameters associated with the application traffic are received that are associated with properly provisioned virtual machines. A determination is made whether the application traffic parameters satisfy the conditions of the firewall rule and in response to determining that the conditions are satisfied, the action is performed.
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