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List:       loadbalancing-l
Subject:    Re: [load balancing] F5 Health checks
From:       Hamish Marson <hamish () travellingkiwi ! com>
Date:       2003-05-10 22:23:28
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Drumm, Dan wrote:

> Anybody implement FW load balancing using BIGIP?
>
> What do you use for the health check protocol? Do people check through 
> the firewalls or to them?
> F5 whitepapers suggest using CORBA ports with a transparent monitor, 
> but how secure is that?
>
I use tcp-echo in a transparent monitor through each of the firewalls to 
the F5 on the other side of the sandwhich.

H

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