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Date:      Mon, 10 Jun 2002 16:10:56 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Mike Hoskins <mike@adept.org>
To:        <security@freebsd.org>
Subject:   firewall 'stateful failover'
Message-ID:  <20020610155455.Y96521-100000@snafu.adept.org>

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Is there a way to handle the state table in ipfw/ipf?  I could write
scripts to do 'failover', but I'm wandering if there's a way to 'share'
the state table between active and standby units or to pass the state
table from one firewall to another over a crossover.

I've briefly searched Google for 'BSD Firewall Failover', but didn't find
a whole lot.  I'm looking for pointers to existing solutions, as well as
generalized ideas (about good ways to do this, if it hasn't been done
yet).  Of course I ideally want pointers to opensource solutions...  If
none exist, this could be a fun project.  However, I find it hard to
believe this wheel hasn't already been carved out of stone.

Later,
-Mike

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 safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."  --Benjamin Franklin


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