Non-intrusive method and apparatus for automatically dispatching security rules in cloud environment
US9444787B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 12, 2012 |
| Grant date | Sep 13, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 22, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/10
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention relates to a non-intrusive method and apparatus for automatically dispatching security rules in a cloud environment. The method comprises: forming a composition application model of an application in the cloud environment, said composition application model including at least types of various servers for deploying said application; generating a topology model of said various servers in the cloud environment; automatically generating security rules to be adopted by the server-side firewalls of respective servers based on the application context of said application, said composition application model and said topology model; and dispatching said security rules to each server-side firewall based on said composition application model and topology model.
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