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Date:      Wed, 28 Apr 1999 11:28:38 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
To:        Jim Shankland <jas@flyingfox.com>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Our routed - Vern says it's old and buggy.
Message-ID:  <199904281828.LAA07993@apollo.backplane.com>
References:   <199904281658.JAA01524@biggusdiskus.flyingfox.com>

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: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.

    OSPF has been around for a long time.

					-Matt
					Matthew Dillon 
					<dillon@backplane.com>



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