Re: L7 packet inspection

S. Stefán Sigurðsson <[email protected]> Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:52:56 +0000
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We are running MMO you may have heard of www.eveonline.com<http://www.eveon=
line.com>, now our servers are spending a allot of power investigating/auth=
enticating traffic to make sure users are not modifying their clients, tryi=
ng sending inject their own commands or trying to hack account.  We are loo=
king into handing some of that work over to the SLB or the network in front=
. Currently we are just trying to see what options we have and we don't hav=
e any defined needs, we may even reprogram some of our code to fit the L7 c=
apabilities.   Only thing I can say for sure is that any increase in latenc=
y is really bad for us.






From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of K=
enneth Salchow
Sent: 27. jan=FAar 2010 20:35
To: Load Balancing Mailing List
Subject: Re: [load balancing] L7 packet inspection

Sorry for delayed response-was having too much fun in Europe.  :)

Par usual, Ed, Tony and (increasingly) Surya have covered a lot of the base=
s here-what they didn't specifically call out, but intimated, is that you r=
eally didn't specify *what* you want to do at L7.  That's a HUGE determinat=
ion in what you look for and who you but it from.  The products, prices and=
 capabilities range quite widely-heck, even here at F5 we have several diff=
erent capabilities from the basic L7 capability in the ADC, to a protocol e=
nforcement product to a full-fledged application firewall.  Which solution =
makes the most sense totally depends on what you want to do.

Instead of just throwing out various products and vendors generically-can y=
ou narrow down your goals a little?

Thanks,

KJ (Ken) Salchow, Jr. | Manager, Technical Marketing

D 651.423.1133

M 612.868.1258

P 206.272.5555

F 206.272.5555

www.f5.com<http://www.f5.com/>



From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of S=
. Stef=E1n Sigur=F0sson
Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 5:28 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [load balancing] L7 packet inspection

Hi, my company wants to start doing packet L7 inspection on all traffic goi=
ng through the load balancer.

Now my concern (cost aside) is how will I get the best performance possible=
, ever ms counts.

We are currently  using an Ace module to do our SLB and it has the option o=
f L7 inspect but will that perform any better than putting a good L7 firewa=
ll in front of the ACE.

We are still just in the concept stage of this plan so any advice or good i=
dea would be greatly appreciated..

S. Stefan

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US style=3D'color:#1F497D'>We are runn=
ing MMO
you may have heard of <a href=3D"http://www.eveonline.com">www.eveonline.co=
m</a>,
now our servers are spending a allot of power investigating/authenticating
traffic to make sure users are not modifying their clients, trying sending =
inject
their own commands or trying to hack account.=A0 We are looking into handin=
g some
of that work over to the SLB or the network in front. Currently we are just
trying to see what options we have and we don&#8217;t have any defined need=
s, we may
even reprogram some of our code to fit the L7 capabilities. =A0=A0Only thin=
g I can
say for sure is that any increase in latency is really bad for us.<o:p></o:=
p></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span>=
</p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span>=
</p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span>=
</p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span>=
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span>=
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span lang=3DEN-US style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-f=
amily:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=3DEN-US style=3D'font-siz=
e:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kenneth Salchow<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 27. jan=FAar 2010 20:35<br>
<b>To:</b> Load Balancing Mailing List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [load balancing] L7 packet inspection<o:p></o:p></span>=
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US style=3D'color:#1F497D'>Sorry for d=
elayed
response&#8212;was having too much fun in Europe.&nbsp; </span><span lang=
=3DEN-US
style=3D'font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D'>J</span><span lang=3DEN-US
style=3D'color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US style=3D'color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;=
</o:p></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US style=3D'color:#1F497D'>Par usual, =
Ed, Tony
and (increasingly) Surya have covered a lot of the bases here&#8212;what th=
ey didn&#8217;t
specifically call out, but intimated, is that you really didn&#8217;t speci=
fy *<b>what</b>*
you want to do at L7.&nbsp; That&#8217;s a HUGE determination in what you l=
ook for
and who you but it from.&nbsp; The products, prices and capabilities range
quite widely&#8212;heck, even here at F5 we have several different capabili=
ties from
the basic L7 capability in the ADC, to a protocol enforcement product to a
full-fledged application firewall.&nbsp; Which solution makes the most sens=
e
totally depends on what you want to do.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US style=3D'color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;=
</o:p></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US style=3D'color:#1F497D'>Instead of =
just
throwing out various products and vendors generically&#8212;can you narrow =
down your
goals a little?&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US style=3D'color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;=
</o:p></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US style=3D'color:#1F497D'>Thanks,<o:p=
></o:p></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><span lang=3DEN-US style=3D'color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;=
</o:p></span></p>

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  <p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Aria=
l","sans-serif";
  color:#1F497D'>KJ (Ken) Salchow, Jr.</span></b><span style=3D'font-size:1=
0.0pt;
  font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> | Manager, Technical
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b><span
lang=3DEN-US style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] <b>On Behalf Of </b>=
S.
Stef=E1n Sigur=F0sson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 22, 2010 5:28 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> [email protected]<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [load balancing] L7 packet inspection<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=3DEN-US><o:p>&=
nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=3DEN-US>Hi, my=
 company
wants to start doing packet L7 inspection on all traffic going through the =
load
balancer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=3DEN-US><o:p>&=
nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=3DEN-US>Now <s=
pan
style=3D'color:#1F497D'>m</span>y concern (cost aside) is how will I get th=
e best
performance possible, ever ms counts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=3DEN-US><o:p>&=
nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=3DEN-US>We are=
 currently
&nbsp;using an Ace module to do our SLB and it has the option of L7 inspect=
 but
will that perform any better than putting a good L7 firewall in front of th=
e
ACE.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=3DEN-US><o:p>&=
nbsp;</o:p></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:36.0pt'><span lang=3DEN-US>We are=
 still
just in the concept stage of this plan so any advice or good idea would be
greatly appreciated..<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:36.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:36.0pt'>S. Stefan <o:p></o:p></p>

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