Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 11:30:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@picnic.mat.net> Cc: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, Jim Shankland <jas@flyingfox.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Our routed - Vern says it's old and buggy. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9904291130030.1166-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9904281432380.378-100000@picnic.mat.net>
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On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, Chuck Robey wrote: > On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote: > > > > > :Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> writes: > > : > > :> Given the choice between OSPF and RIP1/2, OSPF is far superior > > :> even on 'simple' networks. It is effectively an open protocol, > > :> like BGP. > > : > > :Matt, can you clarify what you mean by "open" here? I know it's > > :what the "O" in OSPF stands for, but in what way are OSPF and > > :BGP more open than RIP? > > : > > :Jim Shankland > > :NLynx Systems, Inc. > > > > You can download the protocol spec without putting forth cash. > > I haven't looked at it for a long time so I don't have a URL handy. > > And you didn't know that the RIP spec is even older, and was publicly > available via an RFC (the same as OSPF?) > > I can't quite figure why they stuck the word "open" in there, because it > couldn't possibly be more open than RIP. Because OSPF stands for 'Open Shortest Path First.' It has nothing to do with licensing. :-) Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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