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From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
To: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
Cc: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org, kaber@trash.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] netfilter: xtables: add cluster match
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:38:34 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <49808A0A.7050908@netfilter.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LSU.2.00.0901281658440.20921@fbirervta.pbzchgretzou.qr>

Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> On Wednesday 2009-01-28 15:58, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> 
>> This patch adds the iptables cluster match. This match can be used
>> to deploy gateway and back-end load-sharing clusters. Assuming that
>> all the nodes see all packets
>> (see arptables mcmangle target and PKTTYPE iptables targets on how
>> to do that), the cluster match decides if this node has to handle a
>> packet given:
> 
> Is not this what CLUSTERIP is essentially supposed to do?

No, you can't deploy load-sharing setups for gateways as the -d
parameter is mandatory, CLUSTERIP only works for back-end nodes and have
a couple of significant problems. Indeed, these stuff supersedes CLUSTERIP.

-- 
"Los honestos son inadaptados sociales" -- Les Luthiers

  reply	other threads:[~2009-01-28 16:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-01-28 14:58 [PATCH 1/3] netfilter: arptables: add mcmangle target Pablo Neira Ayuso
2009-01-28 14:58 ` [PATCH 2/3] netfilter: xtables: add PKTTYPE target Pablo Neira Ayuso
2009-01-28 16:11   ` Jan Engelhardt
2009-01-28 16:51     ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2009-02-09 15:13   ` Patrick McHardy
2009-02-09 23:15     ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2009-02-10 14:03       ` Patrick McHardy
2009-02-10 14:18         ` Jozsef Kadlecsik
2009-02-10 14:22           ` Patrick McHardy
2009-02-10 18:12             ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2009-02-11 12:26               ` Patrick McHardy
2009-02-11 14:19                 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2009-02-11 14:35                   ` Patrick McHardy
2009-02-11 14:51                     ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2009-02-11 14:54                       ` Patrick McHardy
2009-01-28 14:58 ` [PATCH 3/3] netfilter: xtables: add cluster match Pablo Neira Ayuso
2009-01-28 16:07   ` Jan Engelhardt
2009-01-28 16:38     ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
2009-02-09 15:25   ` Patrick McHardy
2009-02-09 23:23     ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2009-02-09 15:11 ` [PATCH 1/3] netfilter: arptables: add mcmangle target Patrick McHardy
2009-02-09 23:13   ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2009-02-10 11:16     ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2009-02-06  7:41 Pablo Neira Ayuso
2009-02-06  7:42 ` [PATCH 3/3] netfilter: xtables: add cluster match Pablo Neira Ayuso

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