relayd
OpenBSD load balancer and relay daemon
relayd is OpenBSD's daemon for relaying and load-balancing TCP connections, supporting application-layer filtering and SSL/TLS acceleration. It integrates closely with the pf packet filter.
Key features
- TCP load balancing
- Application-layer filtering
- TLS acceleration
- pf integration
Pros & cons
Strengths
- Tightly integrated with OpenBSD
- Very lightweight
Trade-offs
- OpenBSD focused
- Terse configuration
relayd replaces
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