Re: Securing web site with redundancy ?

From: _ (nightelf@tartarus.uwa.edu.au)
Date: Sat Aug 21 2004 - 09:07:01 EDT


> B?noni MARTIN wrote:
> >I was wondering if there was a way to set up 2 "redundant" web
> >servers (identical web sites), i.e. when one crashes, the other one
> >takes the connection over. The same thing which is already available
> >for firewalls (high disponibility), but with web servers.

You could setup the webservers/firewalls on OpenBSD and use CARP:
www.openbsd.org
http://www.countersiege.com/doc/pfsync-carp/

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