From owner-freebsd-security Thu Aug 9 18:22: 4 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from gnjilux.srk.fer.hr (gnjilux.srk.fer.hr [161.53.70.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AFCA37B401 for ; Thu, 9 Aug 2001 18:22:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ike@gnjilux.srk.fer.hr) Received: from gnjilux.srk.fer.hr (ike@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (8.12.0.Beta16/8.12.0.Beta16/Debian 8.12.0.Beta16) with ESMTP id f7A1Lw5J008577 for ; Fri, 10 Aug 2001 03:21:58 +0200 Received: (from ike@localhost) by gnjilux.srk.fer.hr (8.12.0.Beta16/8.12.0.Beta16/Debian 8.12.0.Beta16) id f7A1Lw0L008574 for freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 10 Aug 2001 03:21:58 +0200 From: Ivan Krstic Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 03:21:58 +0200 To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: distributed natd Message-ID: <20010810032158.T3889@gnjilux.cc.fer.hr> References: <200108100115.LAA20997@tungsten.austclear.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.17i In-Reply-To: <200108100115.LAA20997@tungsten.austclear.com.au>; from ahl@austclear.com.au on Fri, Aug 10, 2001 at 11:15:04AM +1000 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi, On Fri, Aug 10, 2001 at 11:15:04AM +1000, Tony Landells wrote: > I've been thinking about ways to improve the robustness of my firewall > and I came up with the following idea, so I thought I'd run it past > some other people for feedback. I'm not sure I understood correctly - what are you aiming for? The performance increase due to two firewalls simultaneously processing traffic or the reduncancy of having one firewall take over if the other fails? If it's the latter, I believe there are simpler solutions than rewriting natd. -- Ivan Krstic - ike " life is the road beneath my feet, love is the girl I wait to meet, and art is everything I create, rob me of any and I will hate, you, my God, my devil, my fate " To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message