Neil is a load balancing authority whose expertise fuses Linux systems administration, testing, and technical support. He provides authoritative guidance on key performance and security aspects, including HAProxy's multi-threaded support, configuring the Proxy Protocol for client IP transparency, and optimizing TLS/SSL offloading and WAF security for application delivery. He is also a keen radio operator!
Imagine explaining the issue to a friend. Be specific. Instead of "The system isn't working," tell us what you're trying to do and what happens instead...
A customer asked me the other day how to set up Squid Proxy Protocol on their Loadbalancer appliance...
TLS encryption (formerly known as SSL encryption) is used to improve the safety of data exchanged over a network. But where should it sit in your network architecture?..
Hypervisors such as Hyper-V and VMWare ESXi have the ability to import disk images within their graphical WebGUI. However, Proxmox unfortunately lacks this feature...
All Secure Web Gateways require client IP transparency in order to implement any proper kind of security and authentication. Which can be a real pain if you have a load balancer in the middle...
We’re often asked how to configure our load balancer to protect both web servers and users...
In the early days of the Internet, there was very little encrypted traffic. People simply trusted that nobody was out to get them. But later on, security and encryption became an important part of online life...
It’s no big secret that a single processor can only handle so much processing in a given time. So what happens when you reach the limits of what a single processor can handle? Simple, you add more processors...
