Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 22:27:47 -0600 (MDT) From: Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com> To: "Christian" <PLAZAS_CHRISTIAN@COLSTATE.EDU> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD specialties Message-ID: <199709260427.WAA15937@obie.softweyr.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <2178D50577@colstate.edu> References: <2178D50577@colstate.edu>
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PLAZAS_CHRISTIAN@colstate.edu writes:
> Anyways, one of my questions is, Are there things/features/capabilities in
> FreeBSD that other Operating Systems do not have?
I know of one right off the bat: TTCP, or "TCP for Transactions." This
is discussed at length in W. Richard Stevens book "TCP/IP Illustrated,
vol. 3," where he used FreeBSD for the examples. TTCP is a connection
oriented service like TCP, but with an accelerated open sequence that
would be ideal for services like HTTP.
With FreeBSD and some diligence, it would be possible to experiment with
TTCP-based HTTP servers and clients and determine exactly the benefit
for the WWW.
Another plus: there are at least two implementations of IPv6, the next
generation TCP/IP protocol, avaliable for FreeBSD. I've seen the
version from ftp.inria.fr mentioned here a number of times.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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