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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2001
Chih-tang Sun, San Jose, CA (US);
Kiho Yum, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abraham R. Matthews, San Jose, CA (US);
Chih-Tang Sun, San Jose, CA (US);
Kiho Yum, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abraham R. Matthews, San Jose, CA (US);
Fortinet, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A flexible, scalable hardware and software platform that allows a service provider to easily provide internet services, virtual private network services, firewall services, etc., to a plurality of customers. One aspect provides a method and system for delivering security services. This includes connecting a plurality of processors in a ring configuration within a first processing system, establishing a secure connection between the processors in the ring configuration across an internet protocol (IP) connection to a second processing system to form a tunnel, and providing both router services and host services for a customer using the plurality of processors in the ring configuration and using the second processing system. A secure communications tunnel is formed by routing all packets for the tunnel through an encrypting router at the sending end to obtain encrypted packets, and routing the encrypted packets through a decrypting router at the receiving end of an IP connection.