Networking and security split architecture
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- JP · JP
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC
- Filing Date
- 2026-02-27
- Publication Date
- 2026-06-02
AI Technical Summary
Existing security solutions struggle with efficiently handling high-bandwidth network environments, particularly in cloud-based setups, due to the computational expense of performing security tasks, leading to challenges in achieving high throughput and elasticity in networking and security processing.
Implementing a networking and security split architecture that separates security functions into a networking anchor layer handling tasks like IPSec termination and routing, and a security offload layer performing security tasks such as Layer 7 content inspection, allowing for efficient offloading of CPU-intensive operations.
This approach enhances performance by reducing the computational burden on the networking layer, enabling it to manage more networking resources and allowing the security layer to be deployed flexibly, resulting in improved throughput and cost savings without compromising security integrity.
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