Patent ID: 7171681
Filing Date: 2007-01-30
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer system for providing proxy firewall services for a computer network, comprising: a dispatch host computer, said dispatch host computer being connectable to an external network; and at least one load host computer coupled to said dispatch host computer, said at least one load host computer configured to provide proxy firewall services, said at least one load host computer being connectable to one or more application servers, wherein said connection from the external network is distributed from said dispatch host computer to a particular load host computer based on an analysis of the type of protocol of the connection and an analysis of activity across the load host computers; wherein said at least one load host computer and said dispatch host computer communicate information regarding the connection of said at least one load host computer to the computer system; wherein said dispatch host computer includes a configuration file with information relating to load host computers in the computer system, wherein upon the connection of another load host computer to the computer system, said configuration file is updated to reflect the availability of said another load host computer in the computer system.