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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 09:36:00 -0700 (PDT)
From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com>
To: Brandon Gillespie <brandon@ice.cold.org>
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Subject: Re: Why routed and not gated by default?
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On Mon, 2 Jun 1997, Brandon Gillespie wrote:

> Just curious, why do we still have the antiquated routed as our default
> router daemon?  It only does RIP doesn't it?  My general and limited
> experience (I've only setup two ISPs) has been that most people disabled
> RIP by default in their routers (if its enabled at all)--which causes no
> end of headaches.  Why don't we just let RIP die and use something more
> modern and better, such as gated, which can still do RIP if you want it,
> but also handles the more modern protocols.
> 
> Basically, RIP is ok for local networks, but isn't FreeBSD supposed to be
> sortof a server/higher-end system?  This being the case, shouldn't we at
> least support the more commonly used protocols by routers?  Its been too
> long since I setup the last network, so I've forgotten the acronym, but
> the more common protocol seemed to be OSPF? 
> 
> *shrug*
> 
> Perhaps we don't use gated by default due to copyright problems?
> 
> -Brandon

   Because most systems don't require RIP or OSPF.  The only thing routed
is really good for is finding the default route.  Thats the only thing
most people really need.

   gated does have certain licensing issues.

Tom