[Sidewinder] Alias assignment to an interface

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> Recently we have assigned an alias ip address to our external
> interface. Sidewinders warned us to reboot the system. We did not
> reboot the system and the alias ip address is working fine for us.
> However now we have a fear that it might create some other problems.
> Please let me know what are your experiences with alias
> 
> We are trying to avoid the rebooting process as our firewalls are
> working in cluster environment and it take a while before they are
> synchronized.

You should be fine without rebooting.  In fact, you'll notice that in
Sidewinder 7.0.0.06, this warning message has actually been removed
altogether.

What you should be concerned about the fact that it takes more than a
minute or two for your firewalls to synchronize their policies.

-J