Janne Johansson(icepic...@gmail.com) on 2019.02.01 12:49:53 +0100: > Den fre 1 feb. 2019 kl 07:17 skrev Harald Dunkel <ha...@afaics.de>: > > > Hi folks, > > I have a question about pfsync protocol in a master-backup firewall > > configuration (OpenBSD 6.3 and 6.4): > > If I reboot (let's say) the backup host, will it receive the whole > > set of state information again, when it gets back online? > > Hopefully I am not too blind to see, but pfsync(4) doesn't tell. > > > > > > Yes, it will get a full dump since it has zero pre-existing knowledge of > the current situation regarding states. > > I think carp will delay itself until the sync is done, so it will not try > to take over even if it has lower advskew than the other, until the sync is > complete.
depending on the setting of sysctl net.inet.carp.log, carp(4) will log what it (and pfsync) does.
