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Date:      Wed, 28 Apr 1999 21:12:29 +0200
From:      sthaug@nethelp.no
To:        chuckr@picnic.mat.net
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Our routed - Vern says it's old and buggy.
Message-ID:  <67008.925326749@verdi.nethelp.no>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 28 Apr 1999 14:34:51 -0400 (EDT)"
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9904281432380.378-100000@picnic.mat.net>

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> I can't quite figure why they stuck the word "open" in there, because it
> couldn't possibly be more open than RIP.

Probably because it was (at the time) in heavy "competition" with the OSI
IS-IS routing protocol. Those standards were *not* openly available. (I
believe they are now.)

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no


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