SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NETWORK LOAD BALANCING

摘要

A system and method for load balancing. A packet is received at a firewal l, which implements a rule and refers the packet to a load balancing proxy. The proxy performs a load balancing analysis at the load balancing proxy. Based on the results of the load balancing analysis, the proxy determines a load balancing rule, whi ch is implemented by the firewall. At the end of the session to which the received packet belongs, the load balancing rule is deleted at the firewall.