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Re: Load Balancing Firewall

To: Timothy Webster <tdwebste@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Load Balancing Firewall
Cc: <lvs-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 19:46:03 +0300 (EEST)
        Hello,

On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Timothy Webster wrote:

> I am using a 2.4.10 kernel. You are correct in that I plan on using LVS-NAT. 
> This is perfectly adequate for dsl lines and saves investment in a router. 
> The actual firewall i am constructing has 5 lines, 3 internet connections and 
> 2 private connections. I plan on using TEQL between the 2 private 
> connections. All devices connected to the firewall in the DMZ have a similar 
> configuration.

        I'm still developing the 2.4 version of the above mentioned patch,
you know, lockings, another NAT system, so many problems :)

> It would be great if we could make this work for LVS-DR in the future. The 
> LVS-DR is pure genious for high bandwidth requirements. "Let the fast dumb 
> hardware to the balancing under the LVS's direction". For the future, is 
> there anyway I force LVS to use an external balancing algorithm. I am 
> thinking intergration with zebra. Currently i am only planing on using LVS 
> load balancing on one side. In the future I will definately want to use LVS 
> load balancing in both directions.

        Yes, agreed.

> >     Many, for example:
> >
> >ip route add local 0/0 dev lo rtmark 1
> >ipvsadm -A -rtmark 1 ...
> >
>
> So far I have patched the 2.4.10 kernel with the ipvs 2.4.9 kernel patch. 
> Compiled ipvsadm.
> Will be testing today and tomorrow.

        Hey, this is an example how this could be solved, it is not
implemented, it is only an idea.

> --tim.

Regards

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Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx>



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