Patent ID: 8326961

Claim:
A system comprising: a first apparatus comprising: a first security device; and a first memory to store: first information relating to processing a first flow associated with one or more first packets received from a network, and second information relating to processing a second flow associated with one or more second packets received from the network and intended for a second apparatus, the first flow being different than the second flow, the second apparatus being different than the first apparatus, the first apparatus to: determine whether a failover event, associated with the second apparatus, has occurred, activate the second information in the first memory when the failover event, associated with the second apparatus, has occurred, and process packets, associated with the second flow, using the first security device and the activated second information when the failover event, associated with the second apparatus, has occurred, packets, associated with the first flow, being processed using the first security device and the first information when the failover event, associated with the second apparatus, has not occurred.