US Patent 9591084 Network devices using TLS tickets for session persistence

Processing a connection request is disclosed. The connection request is received. It is determined whether the connection request identifies a Transport Layer Security (TLS) ticket that identifies a previously load balanced session. In the event it is determined that the TLS ticket identifies the previously load balanced session, (1) the previously load balanced session that corresponds to the connection request is identified, wherein the previously load balanced session is load balanced to a selected server among a plurality of servers, and (2) the connection request is associated with the identified previously load balanced session.