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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2012
Non-intrusive method and apparatus for automatically dispatching security rules in cloud environment
BO Gao, Beijing, CN;
Steven D. Ims, Apex, NC (US);
Ling Lan, Beijing, CN;
Jason R. Mcgee, Apex, NC (US);
LI Yi, Beijing, CN;
Yu Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Bo Gao, Beijing, CN;
Steven D. Ims, Apex, NC (US);
Ling Lan, Beijing, CN;
Jason R. McGee, Apex, NC (US);
Li Yi, Beijing, CN;
Yu Zhang, Beijing, CN;
GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC., Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a non-intrusive method and apparatus for automatically dispatching security rules in a cloud environment. The method comprises: forming a composition application model of an application in the cloud environment, said composition application model including at least types of various servers for deploying said application; generating a topology model of said various servers in the cloud environment; automatically generating security rules to be adopted by the server-side firewalls of respective servers based on the application context of said application, said composition application model and said topology model; and dispatching said security rules to each server-side firewall based on said composition application model and topology model.