[squid-users] cache peer load balancing round robin problem

[Amos Jeffries]

On 17/02/2015 4:13 a.m., Eliezer Croitoru wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> There are couple things to consider while using multiple IPs for the
> same network\user.
> It is possible to do what you want in the OS level and in a way using
> squid.
> You should consider first what is the exact effect you want\need and if
> it can meet reality in usability level.
> It is not very smart to just spread the traffic from different IPs since
> there is an application level issues that you and your users might
> encounter while operating this logic.
> 

And by that Eliezer means that all websites using IP address as a part
of in their session key security will simply stop working.

For example; shopping carts that dont require you to login first, web
forms with multiple pages, most types of webmail accounts, most banking
sites, many HTTPS websites, a lot of smartphone apps, ...

The problem for these systems is bad enough with IPv6 so-called "privacy
addressing" changing the IP every 30 minutes.

Amos