On Thursday 11 March 2004 13:08, Mark Tinka wrote: > hi all... i don't know if this has been asked before, > but it's not in the FAQ, so here goes... > > i have a bit of a problem.. i have multiple upstream > carriers, and i am using BGP to connect to all of > them, as well as handling load balancing for my > networks and clients... > > thing is, i have only one cache server for all my > networks, and would like to be able to set it up so it > can 'load balance' in tune with my BGP load > balancing.. > > typically, squid makes HTTP requests with its own IP > address.. however, i'd like to get it to make requests > with the client's IP address instead of its own.. this > way, all responses will be made to the client's IP > address, and in so doing, the configured return path > for the response will be taken, in effect, achieving > caching load balancing... > > i've heard vendor "N" claim they can do this using > what they term 'IP Spoofing'.. for the record, i did > try setting it up at one of our other POPs, with no > luck (even after following their documentation right > down to the detail)..
I heard on lkml Linux folks discussed this under the name 'bind to foreign address'. Seems like it is only at 'cool idea' stage at this time. -- vda
