Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2013 01:17:48 +0000 (UTC) From: Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r42859 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/introduction Message-ID: <201310060117.r961HmA5075612@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: eadler Date: Sun Oct 6 01:17:48 2013 New Revision: 42859 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/42859 Log: Give a bit of information about the companies that use FreeBSD. Submitted by: Allan Jude <freebsd@allanjude.com> Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/introduction/chapter.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/introduction/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/introduction/chapter.xml Sat Oct 5 23:48:44 2013 (r42858) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/introduction/chapter.xml Sun Oct 6 01:17:48 2013 (r42859) @@ -407,31 +407,297 @@ <secondary>large sites running &os;</secondary> </indexterm> - <para>&os; is used as a platform for devices and products from - many of the world's largest IT companies, including:</para> + <para>&os;'s advanced features, proven security, and predictable + release cycle, as well as its permissive license have lead to + its use as a platform for building many commericial and open + source appliances, devices, and products, including those from + many of the world's largest IT companies:</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> <para><ulink + url="http://www.apache.org/">Apache</ulink><indexterm>; + <primary>Apache</primary></indexterm> - The Apache + Software Foundation runs most of its public facing + infrastructure, including possibly one of the largest SVN + repositories in the world with over 1.4 million commits, + on &os;.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><ulink url="http://www.apple.com/">Apple</ulink><indexterm>; - <primary>Apple</primary></indexterm></para> + <primary>Apple</primary></indexterm> - OS X borrows + heavily from &os; for the network stack, virtual file + system, and many userland components. Apple iOS also + contains elements borrowed from &os;.</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><ulink url="http://www.cisco.com/">Cisco</ulink><indexterm>; - <primary>Cisco</primary></indexterm></para> + <primary>Cisco</primary></indexterm> - IronPort network + security and anti-spam appliances run a modified &os; + kernel.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><ulink + url="http://www.citrix.com/">Citrix</ulink><indexterm>; + <primary>Citrix</primary></indexterm> - The NetScaler + line of security appliances provide layer 4-7 load + balancing, content caching, application firewall, secure + VPN, and mobile cloud network access, along with the power + of a &os; shell.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><ulink + url="http://www.dell.com/KACE">Dell + KACE</ulink><indexterm><primary>Dell + KACE</primary></indexterm> - The KACE system + management appliances run &os; because of its + reliability, scalability, and the community that supports + its continued development.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><ulink url="http://www.experts-exchange.com/">Experts + Exchange</ulink><indexterm> + <primary>Experts Exchange</primary> + </indexterm> - All public facing web servers are powered + by &os; and they make extensive use of jails to isolate + development and testing environments without the overhead + of virtualization.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><ulink + url="http://www.isilon.com/">Isilon</ulink><indexterm>; + <primary>Isilon</primary></indexterm> - Isilon's + enterprise storage appliances are based on &os;. The + extremely liberal &os; license allowed Isilon to integrate + their intellectual property throughout the kernel and + focus on building their product instead of an operating + system.</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><ulink - url="http://www.juniper.net/">Juniper</ulink></para>; + url="http://www.ixsystems.com/">iXsystems</ulink><indexterm>; + <primary>iXsystems</primary></indexterm> - The TrueNAS + line of unified storage appliances is based on &os;. In + addition to their commercial products, iXsystems also + manages development of the open source projects PC-BSD + and FreeNAS.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><ulink + url="http://www.juniper.net/">Juniper</ulink><indexterm>; + <primary>Juniper</primary></indexterm> - The JunOS + operating system that powers all Juniper networking gear + (including routers, switches, security, and networking + appliances) is based on &os;. Juniper is one of many + vendors that showcases the symbiotic relationship between + the project and vendors of commercial products. + Improvements generated at Juniper are upstreamed into + &os; to reduce the complexity of integrating new + features from &os; back into JunOS in the future.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><ulink + url="http://www.mcafee.com/">McAfee</ulink><indexterm>; + <primary>McAfee</primary></indexterm> - SecurOS, the + basis of McAfee enterprise firewall products including + Sidewinder is based on &os;.</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><ulink url="http://www.netapp.com/">NetApp</ulink><indexterm>; - <primary>NetApp</primary></indexterm></para> + <primary>NetApp</primary></indexterm> - The Data ONTAP + GX line of storage appliances are based on &os;. In + addition, NetApp has contributed back many features, + including the new BSD licensed hypervisor, bhyve.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><ulink + url="http://www.netflix.com/">Netflix</ulink><indexterm>; + <primary>Netflix</primary></indexterm> - The OpenConnect + appliance that Netflix uses to stream movies to its + customers is based on &os;. Netflix has make extensive + contributions to the codebase and works to maintain a zero + delta from mainline &os;. Netflix OpenConnect appliances + are responsible for delivering more than 32% of all + Internet traffic in North America.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><ulink + url="http://www.sandvine.com/">Sandvine</ulink>; + <indexterm><primary>Sandvine</primary></indexterm> - + Sandvine uses &os; as the basis of their high + performance realtime network processing platforms that + make up their intelligent network policy control + products.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><ulink + url="http://www.sony.com/">Sony</ulink>; + <indexterm><primary>Sony</primary></indexterm> - + Both the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 gaming consoles + run modified versions of &os;.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><ulink + url="http://www.sophos.com/">Sophos</ulink>; + <indexterm><primary>Sophos</primary></indexterm> - + The Sophos Email Appliance product is based on a + hardened &os; and scans inbound mail for spam and viruses, + while also monitoring outbound mail for malware as well as + the accidental loss of sensitive information.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><ulink + url="http://www.spectralogic.com/">Spectra Logic</ulink> + <indexterm><primary>Spectra Logic</primary></indexterm> - + The nTier line of archive grade storage appliances run + &os; and OpenZFS.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><ulink + url="http://www.weather.com/">The Weather + Channel</ulink><indexterm><primary>The Weather + Channel</primary></indexterm> - The IntelliStar + appliance that is installed at each local cable + providers headend and is responsible for injecting local + weather forecasts into the cable TV network's programming + runs &os;.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><ulink + url="http://www.verisign.com/">Verisign</ulink>; + <indexterm><primary>Verisign</primary></indexterm> - + Verisign is responsible for operating the .com and .net + root domain registries as well as the accompanying DNS + infrastructure. They rely on a number of different + network operating systems including &os; to ensure there + is no common point of failure in their + infrastructure.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><ulink + url="http://www.whatsapp.com/">WhatsApp</ulink>; + <indexterm><primary>WhatsApp</primary></indexterm> - When + WhatsApp needed a platform that would be able to handle + more than 1 million concurrent TCP connections per server, + they chose &os;. They then proceeded to scale past 2.5 + million connections per server.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><ulink + url="http://wheelsystems.com/en/">Wheel Systems</ulink> + <indexterm><primary>Wheel Systems</primary></indexterm> - + The FUDO security appliance allows enterprises to + monitor, control, record, and audit contractors and + administrators who work on their systems. Based on all of + the best security features of &os; including ZFS, GELI, + Capsicum, HAST, and auditdistd.</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + + <para>&os; has also spawned a number of related open source + projects:</para> + + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para><ulink + url="http://bsdrp.net/">BSD Router</ulink><indexterm> + <primary>BSD Router</primary></indexterm> - A &os; based + replacement for large enterprise routers designed to run + on standard PC hardware.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><ulink + url="http://www.freenas.org/">FreeNAS</ulink><indexterm>; + <primary>FreeNAS</primary></indexterm> - A customized + &os; designed to be used as a network file server + appliance. Provides a python based web interface to + simplify the management of both the UFS and ZFS file + systems. Includes support for NFS, SMB/CIFS, AFP, FTP, + and iSCSI. Includes an extensible plugin system based on + &os; jails.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><ulink + url="http://www.ghostbsd.org/">GhostBSD</ulink><indexterm>; + <primary>GhostBSD</primary></indexterm> - A desktop + oriented distribution of &os; bundled with the Gnome + desktop environment.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><ulink + url="http://mfsbsd.vx.sk/">mfsBSD</ulink><indexterm>; + <primary>mfsBSD</primary></indexterm> - A toolkit for + building a &os; system image that runs entirely from + memory.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><ulink + url="http://www.nas4free.org/">NAS4Free</ulink><indexterm>; + <primary>NAS4Free</primary></indexterm> - A file server + distribution based on &os; with a PHP powered web + interface.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><ulink + url="http://www.pcbsd.org/">PC-BSD</ulink><indexterm>; + <primary>PC-BSD</primary></indexterm> - A customized + version of &os; geared towards desktop users with + graphical utilities to exposing the power of &os; to + all users. Designed to ease the transition of Windows and + OS X users.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><ulink + url="http://www.pfsense.org/">pfSense</ulink><indexterm>; + <primary>pfSense</primary></indexterm> - A firewall + distribution based on &os; with a huge array of features + and extensive IPv6 support.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><ulink + url="http://m0n0.ch/wall/">m0n0wall</ulink><indexterm>; + <primary>m0n0wall</primary></indexterm> - A stripped + down version of &os; bundled with a web server and PHP. + Designed as an embedded firewall appliance with a + footprint of less than 12 MB.</para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para><ulink + url="http://zrouter.org/">ZRouter</ulink><indexterm>; + <primary>ZRouter</primary></indexterm> - An open source + alternative firmware for embedded devices based on &os;. + Designed to replace the proprietary firmware on + off-the-shelf routers.</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> @@ -453,12 +719,6 @@ <listitem> <para><ulink - url="http://www.apache.org/">Apache</ulink><indexterm>; - <primary>Apache</primary></indexterm></para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><ulink url="http://www.rambler.ru/">Rambler</ulink><indexterm>; <primary>Rambler</primary></indexterm></para> </listitem> @@ -502,8 +762,8 @@ <listitem> <para><ulink - url="http://www.weathernews.com/">Weathernews</ulink><indexterm>; - <primary>Weathernews</primary></indexterm></para> + url="http://www.weathernews.com/">Weathernews</ulink>; + <indexterm><primary>Weathernews</primary></indexterm></para> </listitem> <listitem> @@ -513,15 +773,11 @@ </indexterm></para> </listitem> - <listitem> - <para><ulink url="http://www.experts-exchange.com/">Experts - Exchange</ulink><indexterm> - <primary>Experts Exchange</primary> - </indexterm></para> - </listitem> </itemizedlist> - <para>and many more.</para> + <para>and many more. Wikipedia also maintains a <ulink + url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_products_based_on_FreeBSD">; + list of products based on &os;</ulink></para> </sect2> </sect1>
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