My current Arrowpoints, (yes, arrowpoints) aka Cisco CSS 11000 series boxes are growing a little long in the tooth, dont support SSL offloading, and I am not looking at new technology and replacements ...

I have been taking some training recently on web accelerators, WAN optimization, proxies, and other security devices, and one of the trends I have been noticing is the increase in devices that can ...

F5 is integrating its SSL VPN gear with its load-balancing, traffic management hardware to turn the SSL device into a central policy and access enforcement point. With a new release of software for ...

FWLB scales DMZ security equipment by adding additional firewalls as needed, avoiding the need to rip-and-replace existing devices, while offloading resource-intensive functions from performance ...

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A practical guide to server load balancing by a Network World reader. Details server load balancing technologies and applications for systems managers. This piece was contributed by a reader. If you ...

please note that this is my home gear, in a lab / learning environment with no budget for F5s or the like... i have a linux router running the balance package, a couple vlans, and two linux servers. i ...

In protecting critical applications, IT professionals need to tread a fine line between enforcing application security against increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks while providing sufficient ...