Re: RedHat Enterprise Linux AS as realservers?

[Mike McLean <mikem@xxxxxxxxxx>]

David Osborne wrote:
> I couldn't find anything about this in the list archives...
>
> I've set up a couple of machines running RHEL AS 3 which I'd like to add
> to our Squid cluster, in which the other realservers run RH9. However, I
> have a problem with patching the kernel to add the hidden flag. None of
> Julian's patches apply cleanly, I think because the 2.4.21-4.ELsmp
> kernel I'm using has some backported features from 2.6. I also tried
> Maurizio Sartori's noarp module but it didn't compile because
> /usr/include/linux/config.h didn't say that the kernel included
> netfiltering.
>
> Is there a way to use the standard EL kernel? After all, RedHat's
> Cluster Suite (formerly Piranha) presumably works with it. Or do I have
> to build a new kernel? If so, what would people recommend -- the latest
> 2.6?
Use transparent proxy.  Or wait until update 2 comes out and use 
arptables_jf to block the arp packets.
The noarp flag hasn't worked since the 2.2 kernel.

I'm not familiar with arp_ignore flag in the 2.6 kernel, but 2.6 
features aren't going to help you with RHEL3.