Bi-directional affinity within a load-balancing multi-node network interface

摘要: A new network load balancing/firewall node for use in a system including multiple nodes is disclosed. The applies bi-directional balancing affinity with regard to requests from external clients and corresponding responses internal servers. An adapter executes load-balancing algorithm determine whether received client request accepted by the node. firewall utility processes maintains state information associated request. ensures that same accepts response an server