There is provided a system and method for controlling network traffic. The method is conducted at a destination controller accessible by a server computer. Telemetry data is received by the destination controller from a plurality of network nodes managed by the server computer. A data transfer request originating from a user device is received by the destination controller. The destination controller accesses a list of stored network node addresses and applies one or more rules to the list of network node addresses to identify a network node address pointing to a network node for handling network traffic originating from the user device that generated the data transfer request. The network node identified by the destination controller then services the data transfer request, and transmits updated telemetry data of the network node to the destination controller where the list is updated.