Patent ID: 7876712

Claim:
A method for routing network traffic between a client and server using a plurality of access point devices intermediary to the client and the server, the method comprising: (a) receiving, by a first access point device in communication with a plurality of a clients, a request from a client to access an application; (b) selecting, by the first access point device, a route from a plurality of routes between the first access point device and one or more access point devices that provide access to the application via one or more servers, the first access point device maintaining a secure transport layer connection to each of the one or more access point devices; (c) transmitting, by the first access point device to a second access point identified from the selected route, the request via the secure transport layer connection between the first access point device and the second access point device; (d) determining, by the second access point responsive to receiving the request from the first access point, via a forwarding table a server from a plurality of servers to which to send the request; and (e) forwarding, by the second access point responsive to the determination, the request to the server.