[nzlug] FTP Reverse Proxy

[Daniel Faulknor]

Isn't what i'm trying to do different?
Doesn't load balancing mean that the requests are forwarded to different 
servers, one after the other, instead of specifically going to one server?
or did i misread something?

Daniel

Shane wrote:
> On Saturday 30 September 2006 18:54, Daniel Faulknor wrote:
>   
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> I run a few vmware servers here for different people, and im wondering
>> if anyone would be able to point me in the right direction in regards to
>> how to "reverse proxy" FTP.
>> so that users get pointed at a different server, depending on what host
>> they are trying to access.
>> Im thinking of something like apache reverse proxy
>>
>> Cheers
>> Daniel
>>
>>     
>
>
> I put "Load balancing" into google  and got something that looks promising
> http://www.linux-vs.org/Documents.html
> Old documents
>
> Robert Thomas provided the Greased Turkey document about how to setup a 
> load-sharing server. Thank Rob! This document covers the basics of what 
> virtual server is, how it works, and how to set it up, which are explained in 
> details via his virtual proxy server. It is to expand to cover a decent man 
> (8) page, and a FAQ. By the way, the virtual server can be used for ftp 
> service.

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> Still.. if you have time to kill it might be worth investigating
>
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