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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2021
Palo Alto Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Philip Kwan, San Jose, CA (US);
Sudeep Padiyar, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Palo Alto Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An indication that a change associated with adjusting capacity to provide security services to network traffic in a network environment is received. In response to receiving the indication, a set of instructions for configuring at least one of: a network device and a security appliance is determined. As a result of applying the instructions, at least one of: an amount of network traffic provided by the network device to the security appliance will increase, or at least a portion of network traffic that would otherwise be provided by the network device to the security appliance will instead be provided to another security appliance. The set of instructions is transmitted.