That's funny, 50% of our demo clusters are running Linux FW's :-) See
www.rainfinity.com for Linux support. It is beta, but then, so is the
Linux FW-1 on the CP2000 CD, according to the release notes. As far as
issues go, the only thing I've run into is that the CPFW boot scripts
(fw1boot and firewall1) go by default well ahead of the networking
startup, which makes for a lot of junk in the log and possibly some
instability (as in the instability went away when I rearranged the boot
order).
Hardware boxes will be fast and will do a good job of load-balancing.
They'll also be expensive because they need to go all over the place
(sandwiching in multiple dimensions).
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Mark Ingles wrote:
>
> I'm looking for load balancing software/hardware for two Linux firewalls.
> This will eventually become 3 or 4 when I get more bandwidth. I saw that
> StoneBeat supports Linux, but Rainwall doesn't...
> As for hardware, I saw demos of Radware and Foundry in March at the
> Checkpoint User's Group, but don't know of any others. I realize the
> hardware doesn't care what OS the firewall is running, I just don't know
> too much about it.
> Does anyone have any experiences, good or bad, with Linux and load
> balancing? I just looked through a ton of messages in my list archives and
> Nokia, Solaris, and NT, but I didn't see anything specific to Linux.
> I currently have about 15 megs of bandwidth, and will be adding about 100
> more in the next few months. In theory, the total bandwidth could reach
> about 320 mbit within the next year, but I doubt it. However, I do need to
> account for it in my plans. That is why I would like to know more about the
> hardware options.
> I do use NAT, but no VPNs, if that matters.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Mark Ingles
>
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