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Title:
VIRTUAL FIREWALL MOBILITY
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/057380
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A cloud management device determines that a virtual machine should be migrated from a first host to a second host, the virtual machine being associated with a virtual service, such as a virtual firewall, in the first host. The cloud management device verifies if fonctionality corresponding to the virtual service is available in the second host if the required ninctionality is not available, a new virtual service is instaicted to be instantiated in the second host State synchronization can be performed between the virtual services in the first and second hosts. The cloud management device instructs the virtual machine to be instantiated in the second host.

Inventors:
ZHU ZHONGWEN (CA)
POURZANDI MAKAN (CA)
Application Number:
PCT/IB2013/058857
Publication Date:
June 05, 2014
Filing Date:
September 25, 2013
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Assignee:
ERICSSON TELEFON AB L M (SE)
ZHU ZHONGWEN (CA)
POURZANDI MAKAN (CA)
International Classes:
H04L29/06; G06F9/455
Foreign References:
US20090249438A12009-10-01
Other References:
GAO XIAOPENG ET AL: "VNSS: A network security sandbox for virtual computing environment", INFORMATION COMPUTING AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS (YC-ICT), 2010 IEEE YOUTH CONFERENCE ON, IEEE, 28 November 2010 (2010-11-28), pages 395 - 398, XP031914174, ISBN: 978-1-4244-8883-4, DOI: 10.1109/YCICT.2010.5713128
ZAHRA TAVAKOLI ET AL: "A Framework for Security Context Migration in a Firewall Secured Virtual Machine Environment", 29 August 2012, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES, SPRINGER BERLIN HEIDELBERG, BERLIN, HEIDELBERG, PAGE(S) 41 - 51, ISBN: 978-3-642-32807-7, XP047012979
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
RAHMER, David et al. (8400 Decarie BoulevardTown Mount Royal, Québec H4P 2N2, CA)
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