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Virtual Routes

I have not implemented this function. Virtual routes are almost the same as virtual servers, the functions and the implementations are similar. Similar does not mean it is the same, where I have to change the destination address for the virtual server function I have to change the route and the source address here, but technologically it is the same, so I did not expect any surprises and left this out. Studying virtual servers revealed enough information for being prepared for an eventual implementation of virtual routes. Furthermore, as I already mentioned, I tried to avoid to make changes to Linux kernel code whenever possible. Especially the routing code has been radically redesigned in the 2.1.X-kernel series, so I thought it not to be of much use if I changed 2.0-kernel routing code.



Michael Hasenstein
8/22/1997