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Warren Volz wrote:
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> Joe,
>
> > on the assumption that the traffic being LVS'ed and the traffic being
> > bridged are independant, there should be no problem doing this.
>
> That I think is where I'm sorta hung up. The function of the LVS machines
> would be to run the filtering apps on the incoming traffic from the net.
> For example, a SMTP session is passed off to one of the LVS real servers
> and then gets sent on to a machine on the local network (off of the
> firewall/switch).
You have a 3-tier system then. If you can't send from the realservers
to the 3rd-tier by regular methods, you could get yourself into a lot
of hot water this way. I wouldn't suggest it as a first choice
Joe
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