RE: Linux Firewall/LoadBalancer

From: Mike (mike_at_superiorholidayadventures.ca)
Date: 11/17/03

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    Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 13:57:40 -0500
    To: "red" <red@gato.net>, <security-basics@securityfocus.com>
    
    

    I think any simple bash script should be able to accomplish this. Check
    out:

    http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/03/linuxhacks.html

    It's not exactly as you need, but it's a good starting point.

    You could also look at link aggregation:
    http://linux-ip.net/html/ether-bonding.html

    And be sure to read up on http://www.linux-ha.org/

    Mike Fetherston

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: red [mailto:red@gato.net]
    > Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 12:53 PM
    > To: security-basics@securityfocus.com
    > Subject: Linux Firewall/LoadBalancer
    >
    > All,
    > I have two pipes coming into my office.
    > I would like to create a redundant situation with the two networks.
    > I have seen the commercial boxes that do this but I would like to do
    > this with some type of Linux solution.
    >
    > So I would like to have one pipe running all the time , then when it
    > fails , have the other take over.
    >
    > Any ideas?
    >
    >
    > thanks
    > -red
    >
    >
    >
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