From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Grant Taylor Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:37:26 +0000 Subject: Re: [LARTC] Load Balance and SNAT problem. Message-Id: <468124A6.8000101@riverviewtech.net> List-Id: References: <7e47206b0706242007q487365d3gb7c12658b9669edd@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7e47206b0706242007q487365d3gb7c12658b9669edd@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: lartc@vger.kernel.org On 06/26/07 01:46, Peter Rabbitson wrote: > This is a bad bad advice in this day and age. I think that is a bit of a bold statement. You are free to have your opinion on what is better for you, as am I. > If there are not enough users route caching will kill him. Here is a > recent discussion of this: > http://marc.info/?l=lartc&m7912699505681&w=2 Um, I just read this discussion and I have a few issues with it. First and foremost: It did not cover the reason "... route caching will kill ..." to my satisfaction like you indicated. Second: It relies on user space processes to alter and maintain things. Thus if for some reason these processes do not run or do not do so in a timely manner, they may not function correctly. Third: You are altering the way a running kernel is operating from user space, not letting the kernel maintain its self. Fourth: Occam's Razor dictates the use of the simpler and equally effective (equality is debatable) method to achieve the same result. Though the method you site has potential, I think there is just as much room for improvement as there is in the method that I suggested. Each method has its pros and cons. > P.S. I am not insisting that netfilter is superior in this regard, I > am simply expressing common requirements and looking into ways of > achieving them. If someone can point me to how to do this with > kernel routes - I am all ears, since I recognize that the netfilter > solution is not very elegant, although it works. By your own statement, you are indicating that both methods leave something to be desired. Grant. . . . _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl http://mailman.ds9a.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lartc