Tag Archives: content switching

Websockets load-balancing with HAProxy

Why Websocket ??? HTTP protocol is connection-less and only the client can request information from a server. In any case, a server can contact a client… HTTP is purely half-duplex. Furthermore, a server can answer only one time to a … Continue reading

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high performance WAF platform with Naxsi and HAProxy

Synopsis I’ve already described WAF in a previous article, where I spoke about WAF scalability with apache and modsecurity. One of the main issue with Apache and modsecurity is the performance. To address this issue, an alternative exists: naxsi, a … Continue reading

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Scalable WAF protection with HAProxy and Apache with modsecurity

Greeting to Thomas Heil, from our German partner Olanis, for his help in Apache and modsecurity configuration assistance. What is a Web Application Firewall (WAF)? Years ago, it was common to protect networks using a firewall… Well known devices which … Continue reading

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SSL Client certificate management at application level

HAProxy and SSL The history of SSL in HAProxy is very short: around one month ago, we announced the ability for HAProxy to offload SSL from the servers. HAProxy SSL stack comes with some advanced features like TLS extension SNI. … Continue reading

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Application Delivery Controller and ecommerce websites

Synopsis Today, almost any ecommerce website uses a load-balancer or an application delivery controller in front of it, in order to improve its availability and reliability. In today’s article, I’ll explain how we can take advantage of ADCs’ layer 7 … Continue reading

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