What is The Backhand Project? The goal of the Backhand Project is to build a set of practical tools that can efficiently support scalable and reliable web clusters. The project was initiated at The Center for Networking and Distributed Systems at Johns Hopkins University during 1998. Core Investigators Yair Amir Aashima Munjal George Schlossnagle Theo Schlossnagle Jonathan Stanton Ciprian Tutu Components Core Components: mod_backhand: load-balancing module for Apache mod_log_spread: distributed logging module for Apache Wackamole: virtual IP management for clusters Presentations:    March 2000 -- Orlando, Florida    October 2000 -- London, England    April 2001 -- Santa Clara, California Papers:    February 2000 -- course notes    September 2000 -- course notes    April 2001 -- course notes Copyright © 1999 Theo Schlossnagle. All rights reserved. Questions or comments to: webmaster@cnds.jhu.edu TEL: (410) 516-5562 FAX: (410) 516-6134 Center for Networking and Distributed Systems Computer Science Department Johns Hopkins University 3400 N. Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21218-2686