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Load balancer in lieu of firewall...
From: John Nanas <JohnN () review com>
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 10:51:34 -0400
Greets to all- Pardon the simple question, but I've been bombarded by marketing material and now have little sense left in me to make a rational decision. We've been investigating load balancers for a new website that we're going to launch. The site has to be reasonably secure, which is why we've allocated budget for a firewall as well as a load balancer. The makers of the BigIP, F5 Labs, assure us that the packet filtering features of their load balancer are sufficient, and that we don't need a firewall. I need to make a case of this, in simple terms, to my superiors. Granted that the device does packet filtering, it offers a good deal of security. It does not have a telnet interface, and all configuration takes place using SSL. Does anyone have a suggestion as to why this wouldn't work? Thanks, John Nanas
Current thread:
- Load balancer in lieu of firewall... John Nanas (May 28)
- Re: Load balancer in lieu of firewall... The Unicorn (May 30)
- RE: Load balancer in lieu of firewall... Scott Brown (May 30)
- RE: Load balancer in lieu of firewall... Thomas Crowe (May 30)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Load balancer in lieu of firewall... Chris Michael (May 30)
- Re: Load balancer in lieu of firewall... Holger Heimann (May 30)