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Patent No.:

US 9515993 B1

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Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016

Filed:

May. 13, 2015
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Jinho Hwang, Ossining, NY (US);

Jill L. Jermyn, Stony Brook, NY (US);

Harigovind V. Ramasamy, Ossining, NY (US);

Maja Vukovic, New York, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0263 (2013.01); G06F 17/30958 (2013.01); H04L 43/045 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, a computer program product, and a computer system for automatically migrating servers into an environment of multiple firewalls. A computer creates a graph representing the servers and connectivity, based on connectivity strengths and resource requirements. The computer groups the servers into multiple groups by using a graph based partitioning algorithm which considers the connectivity strengths and the resource requirements. The computer creates two adjacency matrices, one for local rules and the other for global rules. The computer adds endpoints to a local adjacency list, in response to determining that the endpoints are in a respective one of the multiple groups. The computer adds endpoints to a global adjacency list, in response to determining that the endpoints are not in respective one of the multiple groups. The computer converts the adjacency lists to firewall rules for the respective one of the multiple groups.


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