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PF Gets Synchronization Patch

Posted by michael on from the round-robin dept.

Dan writes "Julien Bordet announces that Packet Filter (PF) now has "pfsyncd" - the ability to synchronize states across multiple firewalls. Kernel patches and alpha source code to the userland daemon can be found here. This is an alpha release meant for testing and should not be used in production. Testing, patches, and feedback is greatly appreciated."

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  1. Checkpoint replacement by Anonymous+Struct · · Score: 5, Insightful

    We have a handful of checkpoint firewalls deployed using stateful failover. It's one of those features you tend to only get after you pay a lot of money to somebody. This means one less reason to be paying thousands a year for checkpoint software subscriptions and nokia support. Maybe it's about time to look at replacing those fellas.