Re: Securing web site with redundancy ?

From: _ (nightelf_at_tartarus.uwa.edu.au)
Date: 08/21/04

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    Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 21:07:01 +0800
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    > B?noni MARTIN wrote:
    > >I was wondering if there was a way to set up 2 "redundant" web
    > >servers (identical web sites), i.e. when one crashes, the other one
    > >takes the connection over. The same thing which is already available
    > >for firewalls (high disponibility), but with web servers.

    You could setup the webservers/firewalls on OpenBSD and use CARP:
    www.openbsd.org
    http://www.countersiege.com/doc/pfsync-carp/

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