>> I'm looking for a solution (and I'm not afraid of devving one if necessary) >> to load-balance SSH logins over several mostly identical systems. > > This sounds like a job for LVS. Have a look at > http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/ Thanks Sebastian. I should have mentioned however that I have looked at this and I'd like to avoid it. I'm not afraid of compiling my own kernel or software, but here at work we avoid using anything but our distribution's standard kernel package. If it comes down to the choice between using LVS and not providing the load-balancing service at all, I will probably have to choose the latter. -- Drew Leske :: Systems Group/Unix, Computing Services, University of Victoria dleske@xxxxxxx / +1250 472 5055 (office) / +1250 588 4311 (cel)
