Re: Connection synchronization.

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On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 02:09:45PM +0200, Carles Xavier Munyoz Baldó wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a master FW with a failover FW that I have configured using Keepalived 
> (http://keepalived.sourceforge.net/index.html).
> The problem I have now is that when the failover FW is activated due a fault 
> in the master FW, the current connections are lost.
> 
> Is there any utility for keep linux netfilter connections synchronization
> between the two firewalls ?

not yet, but under development.

> I have seen that this is done by the Linux Virtual Server 
> (http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/), but I don't want a Linux Virtual Server 
> director, I only want a FW box with a failover FW with synchronized 
> connections.

This cannot be compared to conntrack sync.  The LVS problem is way
simpler than ours.

> Greetings.
 

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- Harald Welte <laforge@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>             http://www.netfilter.org/
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