Patent ID: 8615010

Claim:
An apparatus for routing a packet over a network, comprising: a replication component that generates a replicate packet for each received packet; and a non-transitory distribution component in communication with the replication component, wherein the distribution component is arranged to perform actions, including: if a first mode is selected, forwarding the replicate packet to each of a plurality of probes while forwarding the received packet to at least one server, wherein the plurality of probes comprises two or more security probes that each perform a different security analysis on the replicate packet; if a second mode is selected: selecting which one of the plurality of probes to forward the replicate packet based at least on an application associated with the replicate packet and further based on a load-balancing mechanism; and forwarding the replicate packet to the selected one of the plurality of probes while forwarding the received packet to at least one server; and if a response packet received from at least one probe in the plurality of probes includes a reset command to the at least one server, terminating a connection between the at least one server and a client associated with the received packet.