diff --git a/net/balance/Makefile b/net/balance/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0ae0c5cad7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/balance/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.1.1.1 2001/06/25 23:05:44 lebel Exp $
+
+COMMENT=		"tcp proxy with load balancing and failover mechanisms"
+
+VERSION=		2.24-1
+DISTNAME=		balance-${VERSION}
+PKGNAME=		balance-${VERSION:S/-/./g}
+CATEGORIES=    		net
+NEED_VERSION=		1.414
+
+HOMEPAGE=		http://balance.sourceforge.net/
+
+MAINTAINER=		Jason Peel <jsyn@nthought.com>
+
+PERMIT_PACKAGE_CDROM=	Yes 
+PERMIT_PACKAGE_FTP=	Yes 
+PERMIT_DISTFILES_CDROM=	Yes
+PERMIT_DISTFILES_FTP=	Yes
+
+MASTER_SITES=		${MASTER_SITE_SOURCEFORGE}
+MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	balance
+
+ALL_TARGET=		balance
+
+do-install:
+	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/balance ${PREFIX}/bin
+	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/balance.1 ${PREFIX}/man/man1
+
+post-install:
+	@${STRIP} ${PREFIX}/bin/balance
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/net/balance/files/md5 b/net/balance/files/md5
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7f376162d3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/balance/files/md5
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+MD5 (balance-2.24-1.tar.gz) = b7e199e720bda1d7e53c969cb2cc3119
+RMD160 (balance-2.24-1.tar.gz) = cc7d1ab85316b23593b17dd91e3ee6a316103a4a
+SHA1 (balance-2.24-1.tar.gz) = 6f33bf2518ee00708f577337145eb517686747fd
diff --git a/net/balance/patches/patch-balance_c b/net/balance/patches/patch-balance_c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..919a14bfc25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/balance/patches/patch-balance_c
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+$OpenBSD: patch-balance_c,v 1.1.1.1 2001/06/25 23:05:45 lebel Exp $
+--- balance.c.orig	Sun Jan  7 05:56:58 2001
++++ balance.c	Mon Jun 25 19:03:00 2001
+@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
+ #include <netinet/in.h>
+ #include <arpa/inet.h>
+ #include <signal.h>
+-#include <malloc.h>
++#include <stdlib.h>
+ 
+ #ifdef __FreeBSD__
+ #define MYBSD 1
+@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ static usage() {
+   if((revision_copy=(char*) malloc(strlen(revision)+1))==NULL) {
+     fprintf(stderr,"malloc problem in usage()\n");
+   } else {
+-    strcpy(revision_copy, revision);
++    strlcpy(revision_copy, revision, sizeof(revision_copy));
+     token=strtok(revision_copy," ");
+     token=strtok(NULL," ");
+     version=token!=NULL?token:"*undefined*";
+@@ -1083,10 +1083,10 @@ char	*argv[];
+   serv_addr.sin_family      = AF_INET;
+   if(bindhost != NULL) {
+     setipaddress(&serv_addr.sin_addr, bindhost);
+-    sprintf(bindhost_address, inet_ntoa(serv_addr.sin_addr));
++    snprintf(bindhost_address, sizeof(bindhost_address), inet_ntoa(serv_addr.sin_addr));
+   } else {
+     serv_addr.sin_addr.s_addr=htonl(INADDR_ANY);
+-    sprintf(bindhost_address,"0.0.0.0");
++    snprintf(bindhost_address, sizeof(bindhost_address), "0.0.0.0");
+   }
+   serv_addr.sin_port=htons(source_port);
+ 
+@@ -1096,7 +1096,7 @@ char	*argv[];
+      struct stat buffer;
+      int fd;
+ 
+-     sprintf(rendezvousfile,"%sbalance.%d.%s",SHMDIR,source_port,bindhost_address);
++     snprintf(rendezvousfile, sizeof(rendezvousfile), "%sbalance.%d.%s",SHMDIR,source_port,bindhost_address);
+ 
+      if(stat(rendezvousfile, &buffer) == -1) {
+        // File existiert (noch) nicht ...
diff --git a/net/balance/pkg/DESCR b/net/balance/pkg/DESCR
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8e43e081c24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/balance/pkg/DESCR
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Balance is a simple but powerful generic tcp proxy with round robin
+load balancing and failover mechanisms. Its behaviour can be
+controlled at runtime using a simple command line syntax.
+
+The latest release now supports the definition of channel groups
+and connection counting and handling boosting the power and versatility
+of balance one big step further.
+
+WWW: ${HOMEPAGE}
diff --git a/net/balance/pkg/PLIST b/net/balance/pkg/PLIST
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..676d461e070
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/balance/pkg/PLIST
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+@comment $OpenBSD: PLIST,v 1.1.1.1 2001/06/25 23:05:45 lebel Exp $
+bin/balance
+man/man1/balance.1
diff --git a/net/balance/pkg/SECURITY b/net/balance/pkg/SECURITY
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a41fa189f33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/balance/pkg/SECURITY
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+$OpenBSD: SECURITY,v 1.1.1.1 2001/06/25 23:05:45 lebel Exp $
+
+Fixed several strcpy/sprintf issues.
+
+