Re: Multiculture in a single company? (was: Re: Linux firewall failover)

2007-05-03 Thread Amos Shapira
On 04/05/07, Omer Zak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, 2007-05-04 at 07:51 +0300, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > Omer Zak wrote: > > Why are you unifying all the Linux servers in one distribution? > > Won't this expose your organization's computers to the dangers of > > monoculture? > > (I didn't

Multiculture in a single company? (was: Re: Linux firewall failover)

2007-05-03 Thread Omer Zak
On Fri, 2007-05-04 at 07:51 +0300, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > Omer Zak wrote: > > Why are you unifying all the Linux servers in one distribution? > > Won't this expose your organization's computers to the dangers of > > monoculture? > > > I cannot talk for Amos, but here is my experience. The dang

Re: Linux firewall failover

2007-05-03 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Omer Zak wrote: > Why are you unifying all the Linux servers in one distribution? > Won't this expose your organization's computers to the dangers of > monoculture? > I cannot talk for Amos, but here is my experience. The dangers of monoculture mostly apply when you have a group from which you w

Re: Linux firewall failover

2007-05-03 Thread Omer Zak
On Fri, 2007-05-04 at 09:48 +1000, Amos Shapira wrote: > On 02/05/07, Imri Zvik ( Smile ) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you do not limit yourself to Linux, you can easily use PF > (pf+pfsync+CARP) to do the job. > http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/carp.html > > Thanks for the

Re: Linux firewall failover

2007-05-03 Thread Amos Shapira
On 02/05/07, Imri Zvik ( Smile ) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If you do not limit yourself to Linux, you can easily use PF (pf+pfsync+CARP) to do the job. http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/carp.html Thanks for the pointer. OpenBSD indeed is a formidable candidate for such stuff, but I'm trying hard

RE: Linux firewall failover

2007-05-01 Thread Imri Zvik \( Smile \)
If you do not limit yourself to Linux, you can easily use PF (pf+pfsync+CARP) to do the job. http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/carp.html > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:linux-il- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Amos Shapira > Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 5:39 AM > To: Li