Network Traffic Data Scrubbing With Services Offered via Anycasted Addresses

A method of data scrubbing network traffic, the method comprising:

• assigning a first anycast Internet Protocol (“IP”) address to each of a plurality of servers;
• assigning a second anycast IP address to each of one or more data scrubbing appliances in at least one data scrubbing appliance network’
• establishing, in a routing table at one or more network elements, a first route directing traffic that is addressed to the first anycast IP address to the at least one data scrubbing appliance network;
• receiving, at one or more data scrubbing appliances of the at least one data scrubbing appliance network, network traffic addressed to the first anycast IP address;
• filtering, with the one or more data scrubbing appliances, the network traffic to block undesirable network traffic;
• transmitting the filtered network traffic to one or more servers of the plurality of servers;
• and
• load balancing the filtered network traffic to the one or more servers.

A system for data scrubbing network traffic, the system comprising:

• a plurality of servers, each comprising one or more processors, each of the plurality of servers having assigned thereto a first anycast Internet Protocol (“IP”) address;
• a plurality of data scrubbing appliances in at least one data scrubbing appliance network, each comprising one or more processors and each having assigned thereto a second anycast IP address;
• one or more network elements having stored thereon a routing table, the routing table comprising a first route directing network traffic that is addressed to the first anycast IP address to the second anycast IP address of the one or more of the plurality of data scrubbing appliances in the at least one data scrubbing appliance network;
• wherein the plurality of data scrubbing appliances are configured to:
• receive network traffic addressed to the first anycast IP address and directed to the second anycast IP address;
• filter the network traffic to block undesirable network traffic;
• transmit the filtered network traffic, via one or more network tunnels, to one or more of the plurality of servers;
• and
• load balancing the filtered network traffic to the plurality of servers.