From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 23 16:20:36 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73189106566B for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:20:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from edflecko@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iw0-f182.google.com (mail-iw0-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EF768FC13 for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:20:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn36 with SMTP id 36so6634631iwn.13 for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:20:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type; bh=M9Tp8X5hM7DtQFBiov0knb4Qh4UQlcWZ6+bh1T6iUek=; b=r2O/iJgm+BjzboJh2CLTF/vVz0JBu6VCEIkCMegNJzIC22LQFQD15qUtWxnij+cJ5/ 5sRlRwUpJbh5Xpvx6rXVdOVmm3NU9b6ryv2UXNzS/1S41xojFZmVXp9HaraevGromAx4 FNMjvIeiupO9ZkEBU1WKavCoypW9yGA67lB+U= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=JsOFlnd5+5iCGA97SK+3MUkeqT1SO+9HEOVrTgSaVDtrczdgGsXBpIkDQvCne5+Nx0 UQUVqG9UKGcRbj/sgRy2M+OuYpCgQTw+oSLgzXOVr0VAjBvmoe0bEtz9YfNJVfnCQs6F lh6bWvR69gaYN1NtijHF19lfRgmC5EPkwDxGM= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.166.9 with SMTP id k9mr6813313iby.127.1282580435635; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:20:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.145.21 with HTTP; Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:20:35 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:20:35 -0700 Message-ID: From: Ed Flecko To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Why is the FreeBSD TCP/IP stack the best? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:20:36 -0000 Hi folks, I have several networking books (TCP/IP, Network Security, etc., etc.) and it seems that several of them discuss TCP/IP in different scenarios. One of the common discussions of different OSes are their own implementations of the TCP/IP stack. Most of the authors seem to agree that while different OSes have their pros and cons, most seem to agree that in terms of pure, network performance, no OS is better that FreeBSD! O.K., now you've got my curiosity... 1.) Do you agree? 2.) What makes the FreeBSD TCP/IP stack so much better and or different than other OSes??? 3.) Are there any good resources (URLs, books, etc.) that highlight the differences??? Thank you, Ed