US 12,273,321 B2
Systems and methods of autonomously implementing firewall rules
Lin Lin, Tottenham (CA); and Ping Lin, Tottenham (CA)
Assigned to Avaya Management L.P., Durham, NC (US)
Filed by Avaya Management L.P., Durham, NC (US)
Filed on Sep. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/487,578.
Prior Publication US 2023/0106840 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01)
CPC H04L 63/0263 (2013.01) [G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); H04L 63/0236 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of automatically configuring a firewall, the method comprising:
receiving, by one or more processors, one or more flows between computing devices;
automatically detecting, by the one or more processors, hardware elements of a computing environment, wherein detecting the hardware elements of the computing environment comprises detecting the number of servers of a particular type within the computing environment;
automatically generating a firewall configuration based on the automatically detected hardware elements of the computing environment and the received one or more flows; and
automatically configuring the firewall within the computing environment with the firewall configuration.