SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIRECTLY RESPONDING TO DISTRIBUTED NETWORK TRAFFIC

摘要

Systems and methods are disclosed for directly responding to distributed network traffic received from a plurality of client devices. One method includes receiving, at a source device, client requests including a packet having a reserved portion, a source portion, and a destination portion; determining, for each client request, a target device from a plurality of target devices to respond to the client request; modifying, for each client request by the source device, the destination portion of the packet to an address of target device; modifying, for each client request by a switching layer prior to the target device receiving the modified client request, the destination portion; and responding directly to each client request by the target device without traversing the source device.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for directly responding to distributed network traffic received from a plurality of client devices, the method including:
receiving, at a source device, client requests from a plurality of client devices, each client request including a packet having a reserved portion, a source portion set to an address of the respective client device, and a destination portion set to an address of the source device; determining, for each client request, a target device from a plurality of target devices to respond to the client request; modifying, for each client request by the source device, the destination portion of the packet to an address of a target device determined to respond to the client request and modifying the reserve portion to indicate the address of the source device; transmitting, by the source device, the modified client request to the determined target device; modifying, for each client request by a switching layer prior to the target device receiving the modified client request, the destination portion of the packet to the address of source device based on the reserve portion; and responding directly to each client request by the target device without traversing the source device, each response including a packet having a source portion set to the address of the source device and a destination portion set to the address of the respective client device.