Hi Jack,
The really funny part is that your web site only mentions Linux in a drop
down list box on the download page. Jules pointed out Rainfinity's Linux
supprot after my first post (thanks).
Thanks for the pointers,
Mark Ingles
At 10:41 PM 5/21/00 , Jack Coates wrote:
>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).
>--
>Jack Coates, Rainfinity SE
>e: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>t: 650-962-5301
>m: 650-280-4376
>
>
>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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