Patent ID: 9571566
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method performed by a network device, the method comprising: receiving, at the network device and from a client device, a request for a resource, accessing, by the network device, a table that includes one or more items of information, determining, by the network device, that information provided in the request matches at least one of the one or more items of information provided in the table; terminating, by the network device, a connection for the request based on determining that the information provided in the request matches the at least one of the one or more items of information provided in the table; providing, by the network device and to the client device, an indication that the connection is terminated based on terminating the connection for the request; selecting, by the network device and based on terminating the connection for the request, a target device for the resource requested by the request; and obtaining, by the network device, the resource from the target device via the network.