Combined firewall load balancing and cluster-based server dispatcher
First Claim
1. A computer device for interfacing a plurality of firewalls to a plurality of servers, the computer device including at least one input for receiving packets directly from the firewalls and at least one output for forwarding said packets to the servers, the computer device being configured for dispatching each packet received from one of said firewalls to one of said servers for processing.
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Abstract
A computer device for interfacing a plurality of firewalls to a plurality of servers includes at least one input for receiving packets directly from the firewalls and at least one output for forwarding said packets to the servers. The computer device is configured for dispatching each packet received from one of said firewalls to one of said servers for processing. A computer-implemented method of interfacing a plurality of firewalls to a plurality of servers includes receiving packets directly from the plurality of firewalls, and dispatching each received packet to one of a plurality of servers for processing.
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- 1. A computer device for interfacing a plurality of firewalls to a plurality of servers, the computer device including at least one input for receiving packets directly from the firewalls and at least one output for forwarding said packets to the servers, the computer device being configured for dispatching each packet received from one of said firewalls to one of said servers for processing.
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7. A computer-implemented method of interfacing a plurality of firewalls to a plurality of servers, the method comprising:
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receiving packets directly from the plurality of firewalls; and
dispatching each received packet to one of a plurality of servers for processing. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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- 14. A computer device for interfacing an external computer network to a plurality of servers via a plurality of firewalls, the computer device including an input for receiving packets from the external network, the computer device configured for routing each packet received from the external network to one of the firewalls, the computer device being operable for dispatching packets routed through the firewalls to the back-end servers for processing.
- 17. A secure cluster-based server system comprising a plurality of firewalls, a plurality of back-end servers, a logically external firewall dispatcher for interfacing the plurality firewalls to an external network, and a logically internal firewall dispatcher for interfacing the plurality of firewalls to the back-end servers, wherein the external firewall dispatcher is configured for routing packets received from the external network through one or more of the firewalls to the internal firewall dispatcher, and the internal firewall dispatcher is configured for dispatching packets received from said one or more firewalls to one or more of the back-end servers for processing.
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