Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 15:22:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: steveb99 <steveb99@earthlink.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD, BSDi differences Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009231520290.71223-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <NEBBIGOKKMNLOMOHMJNPIEJBCEAA.steveb99@earthlink.net>
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On Sat, 23 Sep 2000, steveb99 wrote:
> I'm still new to FreeBSD and like it so far, but I'm thinking of ways I can
> use it at work. I hear about BSDi and that it is used in many network
> appliances like f5's BigIP load balancers and other similar products. What
> I've read BSDi is used because of it excellent TCP stack and other
> networking. So how different is FreeBSD TCP stack and networking from
> BSDi's?
Very little.
Both FreeBSD and BSDi are derived from the same code. There are no doubt a
few differences, but based on what I've seen in other parts of the BSD/OS
code I'd be surprised if theirs had received as much work as our network
code has.
Kris
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