The user himself will never know, as long as the certs match and all. The browser does have to re-establish the link when going to each new server, though.
-Tim On Thu, 2001-11-08 at 12:36, Dustin Puryear wrote: > Hmm, will the reestablishment of an SSL session be transparent to the end > user? > > Regards, Dustin > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Behalf Of Tim Fournet > > Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 12:12 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [brluglist] Speaking of SSL.. > > > > > > [cross-post of my reply to Dustin's cross-post to the Lafix list] > > > > We're doing SSL clustering here using Foundry ServerIrons. These have an > > option to make connections "sticky" which keeps a client hitting the > > same server during his session. SSL also works without it, but then the > > sessions have to be re-established which kinda hurts performance. > > > > Foundry's products have been really great for us. They have a Cisco-like > > configuration language, as well as web front-end. If anyone has any > > questions about them, I'll be happy to help. > > > > -Tim > > > > > > On Thu, 2001-11-08 at 10:22, john beamon wrote: > > > I'm aware of a few recent ads in some sys admin magazines for "hardware" > > > load balancers (that run load balancing software) that do SSL processing > > > on-board. The SSL tickets and sessions get managed in front of the > > > servers. I've searched the last two months of SysAdmin and this month's > > > Linux Journal without finding them, but that's definitely the way to go. > > > I'll keep my eyes open. > > > > > > -- > > > -j > > > > > > On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Dustin Puryear wrote: > > > > > > > Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 10:16:25 -0600 > > > > From: Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], > > [EMAIL PROTECTED], > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED], > > > > "[EMAIL PROTECTED] Org" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Subject: [brluglist] Speaking of SSL.. > > > > > > > > We are using a configuring a cluster from Linux NetworX to > > serve as a web > > > > cluster and we were recently informed by the client that they > > want to use > > > > SSL now. It's simple enough to setup SSL with Apache, but now > > we have an > > > > issue with how SSL will interact with our load balancing and > > fail-over on > > > > the cluster. > > > > > > > > We are using pirahna (we were told it had been modified a > > bit) on a RH6.2 > > > > based cluster. Has anyone done this before with SSL? The > > obvious problem is > > > > that our redirector (one of the nodes) may redirect users to > > different web > > > > servers, which would break established SSL sessions. > > > > > > > > Any suggestions, advice, or links? I am going to start doing > > some research, > > > > but leads are always helpful. We would like to not be > > required to purchase > > > > additional hardware or software if possible. I would imagine > > that pirahna > > > > has this capability, or could be modified as desired. Well, > > at least I hope. > > > > > > > > Regards, Dustin > > > > > > > > --- > > > > Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > http://members.telocity.com/~dpuryear > > > > In the beginning the Universe was created. > > > > This has been widely regarded as a bad move. - Douglas Adams > > > > > > > > ================================================ > > > > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > > > > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > > > > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > > > > your subscription information. > > > > ================================================ > > > > > > > > > > ================================================ > > > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > > > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > > > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > > > your subscription information. > > > ================================================ > > > > > > > > ================================================ > > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > > your subscription information. > > ================================================ > > > > ================================================ > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > your subscription information. > ================================================ ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
