Redirection of packets based on source IP address

[Joseph Mack NA3T]

On Wed, 24 Jan 2007, R.Govardhana Reddy wrote:

> Thanks for ur reply..
> What I meant to ask is... can we redirect packets not based on
> port number?
> using ipvsadm..
> do we need to add service i.e port number ..like..
> # ipvsadm -A -t <VIP>:23 -s rr  --> Do we need to specify service?

you can use port 0, but that's quite stone age and allows 
attacks through services you will never be load balancing.

> And one question: How the Director establishes connection
> with the real server? Is it based on the Client IP address or
> /and port number.

the howto covers this

Joe

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