Improving distributed firewalls performance through vertical load balancing

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Abstract

In this paper we present an extension to an existing hash based packet classification technique in order to improve its performance in a distributed network access control environment. We show that such architecture can be modified so that flow states can be kept in a distributed fashion thus reducing the space needed for packet filtering in each component of the architecture. We also show how such approach can, in some cases, improve the overall time complexity of packet filtering operations by reducing the number of packet classification operations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
EditorsNikolas Mitrou, Kimon Kontovasilis, George N. Rouskas, Ilias lliadis, Lazaros Merakos
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages25-37
Number of pages13
ISBN (Print)9783540246930
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2004
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume3042
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

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