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Re: LVS and fault-tolerant Firewall.

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Subject: Re: LVS and fault-tolerant Firewall.
From: mb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 07:25:46 +1000
Quoting Kjetil Torgrim Homme <kjetilho@xxxxxxxxxx>:

> do you really need LVS?  you only need failover, not load balancing,
> right?

Correct.

> 
> keepalived does the failover bit nicely.
> 

Excellent! - Exactly what I was looking for.

Regards,
MB

> (Julian Anastasov is working on making LVS integrate with Netfilter.
> LVS passes on the packets before firewall rules are applied.  if the
> code is completed, Netfilter integration will be an option since the
> performance penalty is quite noticable.)
> -- 
> Kjetil T.                     |  read and make up your own mind
>                               |  http://www.cactus48.com/truth.html
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