In wireless communication networks, the growing need for data has presented significant issues in the last years. This will continue, with mobile consumers’ needs for Quality of Service (QoS) changing ...

Network function virtualization (NFV) decouples network functions from hardware devices. However, it introduces security challenges due to its reliance on software, which facilitates attacks. This ...

Nginx is a versatile and high-performance server known for its capabilities in web serving, reverse proxying, caching, load balancing, and media streaming. Its asynchronous, event-driven architecture ...

It’s easy to forget that embedded Linux can’t do everything for all embedded developers. While it is suitable for some applications with many megabytes of memory and powerful processors, there are a ...

First, let me define the terms. Not being a networking guy, this was initially confusing because they all seem so similar. My biggest challenge when having these conversations is when the other party ...

This chapter introduces the reader to firewall load-balancing (FWLB) concepts, technology, and designs. We will talk about motivations behind FWLB solutions, different types of firewalls, and how to ...

Server farms achieve high scalability and high availability through server load balancing, a technique that makes the server farm appear to clients as a single server. In this two-part article, Gregor ...

Free load balancers present an excellent opportunity to maximize performance without breaking the budget if you're seeking a solid solution to improve the security and efficiency of your network.