delayed binding

Delayed binding, also called TCP connection splicing, is the postponement of the connection between the client and the server in order to obtain sufficient information to make a routing decision.{{cite book

| last = Kopparapu

| first = Chandra

| authorlink =

| title = Load Balancing Servers, Firewalls, and Caches

| url = https://archive.org/details/loadbalancingser00kopp_218

| url-access = limited

| edition = 1st

| date = 2002-01-25

| publisher = John Wiley & Sons

| location = Hoboken, New Jersey

| isbn = 0-471-41550-2

| pages = [https://archive.org/details/loadbalancingser00kopp_218/page/n74 60] – 64

| chapter = Server Load Balancing: Advanced Concepts

}} Some application switches and routers delay binding the client session to the server until the proper handshakes are complete so as to prevent denial-of-service attacks.{{cite book

| last1 = Syme

| first1 = Matthew

| authorlink1 =

| last2 = Goldie

| first2 = Philip

| authorlink2 =

| title = Optimizing Network Performance with Content Switching: Server, Firewall and Cache Load Balancing

| date = 2003-07-12

| publisher = Prentice Hall

| location = Upper Saddle River, New Jersey

| isbn = 0-13-101468-4

| page = 115

| chapter = Content-Aware Server Load Balancing

}}