From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 28 13:54:27 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7622016A4CE for ; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 13:54:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED07C43D54 for ; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 13:54:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) i3SKsJfA066138 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 28 Apr 2004 21:54:19 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i3SKsJoH066137; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 21:54:19 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 21:54:19 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Thoai Nguyen Message-ID: <20040428205419.GC41156@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Thoai Nguyen , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="7qSK/uQB79J36Y4o" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040420, clamav-milter version 0.70k X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,NO_COST autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON IPv6 PRODUCTS AND SERVICES X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 20:54:27 -0000 --7qSK/uQB79J36Y4o Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 03:58:43PM -0400, Thoai Nguyen wrote: > To: BSD Representative, > =20 > I work for MITRE and we support the IPv6 Department of Defense (DoD) Way > Ahead for Transition. Our sponsors have asked us to identify all the IPv6 > products and services (ASAP) that cover the following categories: > =20 > 1)Routers/Switches > 2)Host [Linux, Windows, Sun, Others] > 3)Protocol Stack > 4)Network Appliances > 5)Network Management > 6)Security/Firewalls > 7)Wireless/Mobile > 8)QoS > 9)Internet Services > 10)Special Devices [embedded system, special server, translator, Video, > Camera, others] > 11)Applications > 12)Transition > 13)Others=20 > =20 > This IPv6 products/services database will be used by the Office of the > Secretary of Defense (OSD) as the source of information/selection for IPv6 > products future acquisition. It is crucial that you respond to this one > question ASAP: If you want an official response from the FreeBSD project, I don't think this is quite the right forum to ask in. freebsd-questions@ is a group where FreeBSD users can provide technical support to each other. Normally I'd advise you to contact the Public Relations & Corporate Liason officer, but that position is currently unoccupied: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributors/staff-= who.html As a user of FreeBSD, but with no official standing with FreeBSD.org I can tell you something about the IPv6 capabilities of the OS. > 1) What are the IPv6 products/services (group by the above categories) th= at > your company provides?=20 FreeBSD is a Unix Operating System derived from the 4.4-BSD release of the CSRG at U.C. Berkeley. It is a highly capable, stable, fast general purpose system particularly suited to demanding high-traffic server roles. FreeBSD has been aimed primarily at the IA32 (i386) arcitecture, but the latest releases support Alpha, AMD64, IA64 and UltraSPARC as Tier-1 platforms, with PowerPC support in development. FreeBSD is produced by the FreeBSD project. This is not a commercial corporation, but rather a group of like-minded developers from all over the world who have gathered together to write an operating system and make it freely available to the public. IPv6 support is completely integrated into the system and available in the default configuration. IPv6 support is based on the Kame IPv6 stack -- see http://www.kame.net/. FreeBSD has an integrated IPv6 packetfiltering firewall: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Dip6fw&apropos=3D0&sektion=3D0&ma= npath=3DFreeBSD+5.2-RELEASE+and+Ports&format=3Dhtml although this is not as fully featured as the equivalent for IPv4. =20 Being a Free OS, FreeBSD forms the basis for a number of commercial network appliance type products, as well as being in widespread use by a large number of ISP's, web hosting companies and many others. =20 =20 > You surely can point out the uniqueness/strength of your products?. Show= me > where can I go to get more detailed information about your > products/services? {I.e., Web site [URL], papers, articles, technical > specifications, cost information, etc.). Almost everything you could possibly want to know about FreeBSD can be found at the FreeBSD website: http://www.freebsd.org/. =20 There are no cost implications: FreeBSD is free of charge to download =66rom the net, free to use without restrictive licensing. If you wish, you can buy sets of FreeBSD CDRoms for about US$40 from various places -- contact details are on the FreeBSD site -- a proportion of which goes towards supporting the project. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --7qSK/uQB79J36Y4o Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAkBn7dtESqEQa7a0RAsWrAKCGRQP27NKhzVsDard4dvHXu061tQCeItjX aaesrSg1e7VgPYwllaJeuvs= =xR/S -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --7qSK/uQB79J36Y4o--