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TIMING MANAGEMENT IN A LARGE FIREWALL CLUSTER

  • US 20150188884A1
  • Filed: 02/10/2015
  • Published: 07/02/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions stored thereon that when executed cause one or more processing units to:

  • initialize a firewall cluster comprising a plurality of nodes, each node operable to selectively permit or block traffic flowing between the firewall cluster and an external network;

    receive a report from a first node of the firewall cluster that the first node is ineligible to be a primary node;

    receive a report from a second node of the firewall cluster that the second node is eligible to be a primary node;

    designate the second node as a primary node; and

    notify the remaining nodes of the firewall cluster that the second node is the primary node for the firewall cluster.

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