Re: ServerIron & Sendmail

From: jeffrey arnold (jba@analogue.net)
Date: Thu Apr 25 2002 - 13:42:15 EDT


On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, Dale Hege wrote:

:: > The logic they explained to me is that because the ServerIrons function
:: > as a switch not a router, they will never ever forward an Ethernet
:: > packet back *out* the port it came *in* on, because that is verboten
:: > for Ethernet switches. This applies even if it's rewriting the packet
:: > for a virtual server, even if it should be delivering it to a separate
:: > VLAN, etc. IMHO this is a design error but it's possible to live with.
::
:: Hmm, these days they claim it works. ;)
::

It does. Use DSR. Don't believe the hype.

You'll loose some functionality that requires the serveriron to see the
entire flow, but overall DSR is a winner for its performance and
flexibility.

cheers,
-jba
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