Notes from the publisher Archive

  • иконографияikoniI write here sporadically. Sometimes I’ll post a few times a week, sometimes a month will go by without hearing from my fountain of load balancing wisdom. Load balancing is...

    Time to Retire lbdigest.com?

    иконографияikoniI write here sporadically. Sometimes I’ll post a few times a week, sometimes a month will go by without hearing from my fountain of load balancing wisdom. Load balancing is...

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  • кухненско обзавеждане The fact is, we’re more addicted to cookies than even Cookie Monster Came upon this post on Slashdot.org, a criticism of HTTP cookies entitled “HTTP cookies, or how...

    The HTTP Cookie Monster

    кухненско обзавеждане The fact is, we’re more addicted to cookies than even Cookie Monster Came upon this post on Slashdot.org, a criticism of HTTP cookies entitled “HTTP cookies, or how...

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  • In my recent review of KEMP’s new LoadMaster software, which includes Web Application Firewall capabilities, Ofer Shezaf (from breach.com) had this to say in the comments section: Systems supporting only...

    Web Application Firewall: What’s In A Name?

    In my recent review of KEMP’s new LoadMaster software, which includes Web Application Firewall capabilities, Ofer Shezaf (from breach.com) had this to say in the comments section: Systems supporting only...

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  • Greetings from Italy.  I’m here dealing with ASICS of a different kind (as in the shoes), specifically the 23rd ASICS Venice Marathon.  I was in no danger of winning it,...

    HTTP Analyzers and ASICs

    Greetings from Italy.  I’m here dealing with ASICS of a different kind (as in the shoes), specifically the 23rd ASICS Venice Marathon.  I was in no danger of winning it,...

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  • I dare say there are very few web servers left on the Internet. I think you’d have to spend a considerable amount of time trying to actually find one. Now,...

    The Web Server Is Dead: Long Live The Application Server

    I dare say there are very few web servers left on the Internet. I think you’d have to spend a considerable amount of time trying to actually find one. Now,...

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  • I got an newsletter email from Sun the other day, basically offering to buy me dinner. No, Sun wasn’t trying to get frisky with me, rather they were trying to...

    Where Have All The Suns Gone?

    I got an newsletter email from Sun the other day, basically offering to buy me dinner. No, Sun wasn’t trying to get frisky with me, rather they were trying to...

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  • Back in October, I put out a survey to the readers of this site, as well as the subscribers to my mailing list. I got a fantastic turn out, with...

    Survey Results

    Back in October, I put out a survey to the readers of this site, as well as the subscribers to my mailing list. I got a fantastic turn out, with...

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  • The load balancing vendor Barracuda recently announced Layer 7 capabilities and SSL offloading/acceleration, and the open source vendor loadbalancer.org recently gave up their anti-Layer 7 stance (although they still state...

    Death of Layer 4 Load Balancing

    The load balancing vendor Barracuda recently announced Layer 7 capabilities and SSL offloading/acceleration, and the open source vendor loadbalancer.org recently gave up their anti-Layer 7 stance (although they still state...

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  • The great thing about inventing markets is that you get to name them. I’ve recently named the Enterprise (F5/Citrix) market the “Premium” market, and the SMB market (KEMP/Barracuda/Coyote Point) market...

    A Market By Any Other Name…

    The great thing about inventing markets is that you get to name them. I’ve recently named the Enterprise (F5/Citrix) market the “Premium” market, and the SMB market (KEMP/Barracuda/Coyote Point) market...

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  • Recently, I posed a question on the mailing list: What do you call these devices that balance load and possibly do all this other stuff? The reaction to such a...

    A Load Balancer By Any Other Name…

    Recently, I posed a question on the mailing list: What do you call these devices that balance load and possibly do all this other stuff? The reaction to such a...

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