Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 10:58:29 -0500 From: Martes G Wigglesworth <martes@mgwigglesworth.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Network Stack Code Re-write (Possible motivations...?) Message-ID: <1229788709.1583.16.camel@MGW_1>
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Greetings List. If I am sending to the wrong list, then please let me know what would have been a more appropriate choice. I am attempting to research what is meant when, I saw that Juniper had re-written the network stack from the base freebsd network stack, to what is used in JUNOS. What exactly is meant by this? What is included in the network stack, when mentioned that it was completely re-written? I am a budding computer scientist, and would like to know where to start investigating how this would be done, and why they felt that the defacto network-centric OS for decades needed to be rewritten? Was this simply so they could rename the portions that they wrote as their own, in a business-savvy decision making process, or was it necessary from a technical standpoint? Any input would be appreciated, and if this question is too broad, then please point me in the right direction to make further inquiries. Thanks Respectfully, -- Martes G Wigglesworth <martes@mgwigglesworth.com> M.G. Wigglesworth,LLC
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