CARP without IP on the physical interfaces of carp group?

2014-06-30 Thread Peus, Christoph
Hi all, in the official CARP/pfsync faq here: http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/carp.html I found an information, that suggests that it's possible to use CARP without IPs attached to the physical interfaces used in a CARP group: ipaddress This is the shared IP address assigned to the redundancy

Re: CARP without IP on the physical interfaces of carp group?

2014-06-30 Thread Peus, Christoph
Henning, thanks for your quick reply. Which disadvantages could this mode of operation have compared to the classic mode with IPs assigned? the backup node might not be able to reach the network on the carp if Hmm... what does this mean to me..? To make it more precise - my setup looks like

Re: CARP without IP on the physical interfaces of carp group?

2014-07-28 Thread Peus, Christoph
Hi again, just to close this case I'd like to mention that my problems with this setup were caused by some faulty pf.conf rules, which had not been adapted to the cluster config beforehand, i.e. it works now. :) Regards Christoph Physical NIC - trunk interface - vlan interface = physical

CARP cluster: howto keep pf.conf in sync?

2014-07-28 Thread Peus, Christoph
Hi all, is there a standard or recommended way to keep the pf.conf on the CARP cluster members in sync? Thanks! Regards Christoph -- Christoph Peus Universität Witten/Herdecke Bereich Informationstechnologie Tel: +49 2302 926-212 Fax: +49 2302 926-44857 mailto:christoph.p...@uni-wh.de

Re: CARP cluster: howto keep pf.conf in sync?

2014-08-13 Thread Peus, Christoph
Hi all, thanks for all your input to my small question about how to keep the pf.conf in sync! I have to care for exactly one firewall cluster, so I would like to avoid complex tools for this task. I will probably use rdist. Have fun! Regards Christoph Private Universit?t Witten/Herdecke gGmbH

performace impact of excessive use of the quick keyword in pf.conf?

2015-06-15 Thread Peus, Christoph
Hi all, I'm currently planning for a complete reorganization i.e. rewrite of a historically grown pf.conf of about 300 rules. Up to now each and every rule uses the quick keyword, which effectively turns the last match concept of pf into a first match one. Does that make any sense? Of course.. as