Re: linux firewall distro that includes LVS?

From: Matthew Lenz (matthew_at_nocturnal.org)
Date: 05/27/05 

Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 18:43:47 GMT

On Thu, 12 May 2005 11:19:05 +0200, Jose Maria Lopez Hernandez wrote:

> Matthew Lenz wrote:
>> I'm saying I want to use it as a firewall. I don't want separate LB and
>> FW hardware. I asked on the LVS-users list and it looks like there are no
>> projects anyone knows about that includes LVS support in their linux
>> firewall distro.
>
> Then have in mind that using conntrack can slow down LVS a little, the
> people at the LVS project recommends not to use conntracking, but I have
> used it with no problems under not very heavy loads.
>
> I don't know any firewall distro with LVS support, but you can include
> it in any of them. You can take the Smoothwall ISO, include the LVS
> support you need and you are done.
>
>> I'll check again, but like I mentioned, I did ask on the lvs-users list
>> already. Looks like its homebrew only currently :)
>
> Yes, that't it. You can take a distribution, install LVS and a firewall
> or take a firewall distribution and include LVS. It's not hard to do
> any of this two things.
>
>> -Matt
>
> Regards.

I was hoping to find a distro that already had load balancing
functionality included into a user friendly configuration interface along
with the firewall configuration. Almost all commercial fw solutions
offer LB with their firewall configuration interfaces. Which makes me
wonder if there are any commercial quality linux firewall distros out
there. :(

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