'''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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
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