> OpenBSD firewalls now have redundant fail-over built into them. The > protocol used for linking the redundant fail-over firewalls is CARP > (Common Address Redundancy Protocol). > > http://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html > > The left sidebar tells the tale of woe that inspired the OpenBSD crew to > write a non-standard "Standard" for doing fail-overs. It's a *very* > interesting read.
[Jim Ray sez:] so, I'd need to set up two OpenBSD boxes and two Internet connections to employ CARP? Would a DSL and a dial up connection suffice for testing? > > So next time you build a firewall - Stick it to The MAN! Use OpenBSD and > CARP! [Jim Ray sez:] BOHICA to da man -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
