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diff --git a/network/ucarp/README b/network/ucarp/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5466ba1163 --- /dev/null +++ b/network/ucarp/README @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +UCARP is a portable implementation of the CARP protocol. + +UCARP allows a couple 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 patents-bloated 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. |