Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 21:17:41 +0200 From: Jesper Skriver <jesper@skriver.dk> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: sthaug@nethelp.no, chuckr@picnic.mat.net, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Our routed - Vern says it's old and buggy. Message-ID: <19990428211741.A10891@skriver.dk> In-Reply-To: <199904281914.MAA08534@apollo.backplane.com>; from Matthew Dillon on Wed, Apr 28, 1999 at 12:14:03PM -0700 References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9904281432380.378-100000@picnic.mat.net> <67008.925326749@verdi.nethelp.no> <199904281914.MAA08534@apollo.backplane.com>
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On Wed, Apr 28, 1999 at 12:14:03PM -0700, Matthew Dillon wrote: > > :Probably because it was (at the time) in heavy "competition" with the OSI > :IS-IS routing protocol. Those standards were *not* openly available. (I > :believe they are now.) > : > :Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no > > I consider ISIS dead these days, though I'm sure there are people who > still swear by it. Yes, it has some very nice features over OSPF, like the ability to have hundreds of routers in the "backbone area", a serious problem with OSPF when you have a rapid growing network, and it's impossible to know exactly where you need to grow new areas in 2 years time ... Yes, we run I-ISIS, and is very happy with it ... /Jesper -- Jesper Skriver (JS4261-RIPE), Network manager Tele Danmark DataNet, IP section (AS3292) One Unix to rule them all, One Resolver to find them, One IP to bring them all and in the zone to bind them. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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