Patent ID: 11882196
Assignee: VMWARE LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method implementing a distributed security proxy that performs a security operation, the method comprising:
at a first computer:
operating a first security proxy that stores first state information related to security operation performed on the first computer during a first communication session for a first workload machine running on the first computer;
receiving a migrated second workload from a second computer and second state information related to a security operation performed on the second computer by a second security proxy during a second communication session for the second workload machine running on the second computer,
storing the second state information for the first security proxy on the first computer; and
using the first security proxy on the first computer and the stored second state information to resume the second security operation and the second communication session associated with the migrated second workload.