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Virtual firewall load balancer

  • US 9,584,479 B2
  • Filed: 06/11/2015
  • Issued: 02/28/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for load balancing between a virtual component within a virtual environment and a Host Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS), the method comprising:

  • receiving a trusted connection table from the HIPS, wherein the trusted connection table contains a plurality of trusted connection information;

    receiving a network packet from a virtual switch, wherein the network packet has a plurality of connection information;

    determining if the plurality of connection information matches the plurality of trusted connection information;

    sending the network packet to a destination based on determining that the plurality of connection information matches the plurality of trusted connection information; and

    sending the network packet to the HIPS based on determining that the plurality of connection information does not match the plurality of trusted connection information.

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