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Diffstat (limited to 'net/ucarp/DESCR')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/ucarp/DESCR | 12 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/net/ucarp/DESCR b/net/ucarp/DESCR index 327c3866d65..6f060182519 100644 --- a/net/ucarp/DESCR +++ b/net/ucarp/DESCR @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -UCARP allows a pair of hosts to share common virtual IP addresses in order to -provide automatic failover. It is a portable userland implementation of the -secure and patent-free Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP, OpenBSD's +UCARP allows a pair of hosts to share common virtual IP addresses in order to +provide automatic failover. It is a portable userland implementation of the +secure and patent-free Common Address Redundancy Protocol (CARP, OpenBSD's alternative to the VRRP). -Strong points of the CARP protocol are : very low overhead, cryptographically -signed messages, interoperability between different operating systems and no -need for any dedicated extra network link between redundant hosts. +Strong points of the CARP protocol are : very low overhead, cryptographically +signed messages, interoperability between different operating systems and no +need for any dedicated extra network link between redundant hosts. |