Yeah, the web site is going through major revamping, so the minor
revamping has been slipping through the cracks. Fancy new site should be
out RSN :-)
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Jack Coates, Rainfinity SE
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Mark Ingles wrote:
>
> 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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