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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2024
Fortinet, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Liwu Liu, Cupertino, CA (US);
FORTINET, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Packet traffic flow control includes receiving a packet, by a first virtual machine network security appliance (VMNSA), and determining whether the packet is to be processed by a first path or a second path; in response to determining that the packet is to be processed by the first path, processing the packet by a first traffic flow controller (TFC) of the VMNSA, forwarding the packet by the first TFC to a first transmitter, and sending the packet by the first transmitter; and in response to determining that the packet is to be processed by the second path, processing the packet by the first TFC, forwarding the packet by the first TFC to a second TFC of the VMNSA, processing the packet by the second TFC, forwarding the packet by the second TFC to a second transmitter, and sending the packet by the second transmitter.
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