Big Data

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Big Data: Storage, Sharing, and Security

Management block

Authentica-

tion block

Configura-

tion block

Virtual firewall database

Load balancing block

Figure 9.3: Access front virtual router framework.

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Authenticating all VF nodes and establishing a secure channel.

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Managing load balancing policies over different firewall nodes.

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Maintaining and updating VF resources database.

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Applying the proposed load balancing strategies decided by the management module.

As illustrated in Figure 9.3, each feature is represented by a block (module) on the access front

virtual router framework:

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The management block manages all network operations involving traffic load