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Events

Visit us on stand E9 at IP EXPO Europe (and WIN!)

Pop by stand E9 for a coffee (or beer!) and a chat with one of our experts or if you would like to arrange a specific time to meet just ping us an email...
Security

Stack Clash and Loadbalancer.org

The long and short of it is, there are updates to the Linux kernel and glibc packages which will 'fix' the issue..
How-tos

Transparent vs Explicit proxy — which method should I use?

Different vendors have widely different opinions on which method should be used to deploy web filters or SWGs. Historically, vendors struggled to implement authentication in Transparent mode, and maybe they remember some awkward conversations with customers that chose the wrong method...
Comparisons

Lost sale lessons

We have been fortunate to serve some of the biggest names in their respective industries because they recognised our best assets...
Comparisons

15 reasons why you don't need a load balancer: Yes, really

If you want to test your site against this kind of attack, slow attacks like this are quite inexpensive for attackers to launch, and they don't need control of many remote hosts in order to launch an effective attack...
Layer 7

What exactly is a reverse proxy? Reverse proxy v forward proxy

Technically, the only mode on a load balancer that is a real Reverse Proxy is Layer 7 mode. Whereas all Layer 4 load balancing modes such as NAT, DR and TUN are nothing like a reverse proxy. The clients are effectively talking directly (transparently) to the backend servers...