Load Balancing Digest

Archive for August, 2008

20 Aug

KEMP LoadMaster 1500 Pre-Release Review

Note: Just a quick disclaimer here, I worked for KEMP in 2006.  I’m still Mr. Neutral when it comes to these devices, but I wanted to make sure there was full disclosure.  As with all reviews, I receive no payment whatsoever for reviews.  Only a big suitcase full of $100s would change that.
KEMP LoadMaster 1500
KEMP [...]

19 Aug

SSLification

I saw this on Slashdot today, where a bunch of hackers developed a tool for stealing session IDs in Gmail.  By default, gmail authentication is encrypted, but the rest of your session is not.  In the requests that you send to gmail is included a session ID cookie, which is in the clear.  With your [...]

13 Aug

Linux.com Article: Load Testing

I was doing my obessive-compulsive reloading of Digg’s main page, and came accross this article on load testing with open source tools.  Good read.

08 Aug

Survey Says!

It’s about that time again, time for another load balancing/applicaiton delivery controller survey. This one is geared more towards the SMB (small and medium-sized business market, but anyone can take the survey.  OK, perhaps not everyone, but if you run a load balancer/ADC you qualify.
So if you get a chance, head on over to the [...]

08 Aug

Alteon and AMC Pacer: Beloved, Odd Looking

I was on a run in my new home of Portland, Oregon when I came upon an AMC Pacer parked on the street.  And I thought, how like the old Alteons the AMC Pacer is.  They’re both rather odd looking, and have a rather fanatical fan following (as evidenced in it being in a starring [...]

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