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Building Endurance: A load balancer with a clear purpose
Get the inside story on why Endurance was created. Our Enterprise platform served us well, but modern infrastructure demands more.
Insights from the load balancer experts
Security
A simple Citrix SSO replacement; with Okta, Apache and OpenID Connect
This setup allows you to leverage the power of a centralized identity management system to secure your web apps, while maintaining the flexibility and performance you expect...
Healthcare
Help! Our legacy modalities are awesome — but they don't understand DNS!
Connecting remote sites to central data centers necessitates GSLB. But implementation for legacy modalities isn't straightforward...
Comparisons
Compare Layer 4, 7, and Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB) techniques
The first question we always ask our customers is: "are you looking for performance, reliability, maintainability — or all three?"..
Storage
Announcing Loadbalancer.org's new partnership with HPE GreenLake
Loadbalancer is frequently recommended by HPE, mainly because they are less complex and easier to work with than some other providers. They add value right from the discovery stage, all the way through to implementation and maintenance...
Comparisons
What load balancer? Compare F5, Citrix, A10, Radware, NGINX, HAProxy Enterprise, AVI Networks, Progress Kemp, and Loadbalancer.org
At the very least, this blog should save you hours of Googling!..
Application Management
Tired of managing large-scale ADC infrastructure? Suffer no more!
Managing lots of disparate load balancers is a complete pain, and an increasing risk to application delivery...
Security
What does HTTPS mean? A beginner's guide
TLS/SSL encryption of your HTTPS data brings a number of significant benefits, leading to a trusted user experience...
How-tos
The pitfalls of backing up and restoring a Citrix NetScaler, and how to overcome them
Citrix NetScaler is a great product, with great features. The flip side of this, however, is that its complexity means it can require specialist skills to successfully deploy and maintain...
How-tos
How to update a Citrix NetScaler, and problems to watch out for
Maintenance, features, or a CVE are all good reasons to upgrade your NetScaler appliance. However, as with any complex task undertaken for the first time, it can get a little confusing...
HAProxy
HAProxy reverse proxy: the what, when, and how
Perplexed by proxy?! Ruffled by reverse proxy?! We’ve all been there. Honestly, sometimes I think the language we use makes things sound way more complicated than they actually are...
Security
Why you don't need to worry about the novel HTTP/2 ‘Rapid Reset’ DDoS attack (CVE-2023-44487)
We've had a few concerned customers asking about the Google disclosure of the recent huge DDoS attack, and the potential underlying vulnerability in some HTTP/2 servers...
How-tos
How to master SSL termination in HAProxy: considerations and configurations
SSL/TLS termination is the most regularly implemented kind of SSL/TLS offload...
A Loadbalancer, object storage, and Veeam partner alliance for superior data protection
Data protection is focused on making sure that data remains available and immutable — even after a cybersecurity attack, or system failure. This prevents data loss and facilitates data recovery...
Comparisons
Seamless migration: From Citrix NetScaler to Loadbalancer Enterprise in 3 easy steps
I built a parallel Loadbalancer Enterprise configuration alongside the existing Citrix NetScaler load balancer...
Healthcare
Why 1/4 of NHS trusts use our load balancers
The urgent need for digitalization, connectivity, and service transformation is putting huge strain on an already overwhelmed NHS...
Storage
How can I super-charge my object storage solutions with load balancing?
Loadbalancer.org worked with this commercial bank to deliver a highly available, resilient, and scalable HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric object storage solution...
GSLB
GSLB direct-to-node: how it works, and when to use it for your object storage deployment
We do a lot of work with object storage solution providers, and one of the main concerns that they have is throughput...
Security
Bolster your network with mTLS functionality from Loadbalancer.org
For Enterprise 8.9, Loadbalancer.org added a new SSL Terminator for HAProxy, allowing for mutual Transport Layer Security (mTLS) configurations...
How-tos
How to configure mTLS on a Loadbalancer.org appliance
If you're thinking about giving mTLS a go, why not try it for yourself by following the steps below...
Use Case
How Loadbalancer.org helped this medical imaging vendor centrally manage their load balancing estate
Enhanced visibility for more efficient and secure ADC management...
Security
Cybersecurity series: Five security attacks WAFs can help you with...
There seems to be a lot of confusion about the role of a Web Application Firewall (WAF) in application security, and what types of threat a WAF can help mitigate in your deployment...
Security
The pros and cons of offloading TLS/SSL encryption and decryption to your ADC
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?..
WAF
When and how should you use a Web Application Firewall?
Some network engineers think that Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) are so complicated, they've been known to run away and hide for days when they've encountered one...
Events
Lessons from InfoSec 2023: how to prevent a cyber crisis with a defense-in-depth strategy
The talk of the town at InfoSec 2023 was the evolving cyber security battleground, and the practical steps organizations might take in order to mitigate some of these threats...
The Loadbalancer ADC Portal backstory: vendor-agnostic centralized management
Our approach to software development has always been to listen to what our end users and technology providers are saying to us, and develop products that solve their specific issues...
WAF
Why you shouldn't lose sleep over the commercial end-of-life of ModSecurity
The ModSecurity web application firewall (WAF) engine is set to go end-of-life (EOL) on 1 July 2024...
Centralized management for enhanced security with the ADC Portal
You need a clear, comprehensive view of your entire load balancing estate to maintain control and security...