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Date:      Mon, 3 May 1999 08:42:11 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Joe McGuckin <joe@monk.via.net>
To:        johan@granlund.nu
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re[2]: Our routed - Vern says it's old and buggy.
Message-ID:  <199905031542.IAA24356@monk.via.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904301750440.17843-100000@phoenix.granlund.nu>

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It's 'open' as in an "open specifiaction". The algorithm was openly
published - unlike some other competing routing protocols.

Joe


Johan Granlund <johan@granlund.nu> wrote:
> 
> 
> On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, Chuck Robey wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > :Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> writes:
> > 
> > I can't quite figure why they stuck the word "open" in there, because it
> > couldn't possibly be more open than RIP.
> 
> Probably beqause they stuck "OPEN" on _everything_ for a while. It drowe
> me nuts:)
> 
> /Johan
> 
> > 
> > > 
> > >     OSPF has been around for a long time.
> > 
> > But RIP is older, and was the first routing scheme.
> > 
> > > 
> > > 					-Matt
> > > 					Matthew Dillon 
> > > 					<dillon@backplane.com>
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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