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nekau_65641
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Apr 07, 2008

Using same LB for servers on multiple subnets

We are soon putting our newly purchased BIG-IP 3400's into production is a redundant configuration.     I have used Cisco LB's before, and the inside interface where the servers are only suppor...
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The_Bhattman
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Apr 08, 2008
Hi Steve,

 

This is one of those areas where certain camps will say yes it's secure enough and other camps will say "not really". As a former government IT employee, I wouldn't put F5 LTMs on multiple DMZs, simply becasue they are not designed to be firewalls and were designed to bring networks together ala load balancing.

 

 

Those are my 2 cents and I am sure others will come in with thiers. So I wecome anyone into this discussion.