Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 12:28:54 -0800 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Peter Schultz <pmes@bis.midco.net> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBsd as internet router Message-ID: <20041229202854.GC10293@odin.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <778E3F3E-59B5-11D9-AB97-000D936BE398@bis.midco.net> References: <41D0FB74.2000901@ispworkshop.com> <41D1E3DA.4080704@cs.earlham.edu> <20041228225929.GA13275@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <m2u0q5c1f9.wl@minion.local.neville-neil.com> <778E3F3E-59B5-11D9-AB97-000D936BE398@bis.midco.net>
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--w7PDEPdKQumQfZlR Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 10:19:51AM -0600, Peter Schultz wrote: > On Dec 28, 2004, at 7:56 PM, George V. Neville-Neil wrote: > >At Tue, 28 Dec 2004 14:59:29 -0800, > >Brooks Davis wrote: > >> > >>[1 <text/plain; us-ascii (quoted-printable)>] > >>[cc'ing doc since I think this is really a doc issue. Please trim=20 > >>your > >>reply list as needed] > >> > > > >Sorry to chime in late on this. I suspect the assertion about FreeBSD > >and building a router does have to do with complete RFC compliance. > >As Brooks pointed out, no router ever built actually complied with all > >the RFCs. >=20 > I got into FreeBSD starting with release 3.2, and I remember reading=20 > and asking about this then. The answer I got was not as explanatory,=20 > it was more like, "FreeBSD routing works great, get 'er done!" How=20 > about changing it around to put FreeBSD in a more positive light: >=20 > FreeBSD is a highly reliable solution for your routing needs. > However, configured in this way, it does not completely comply > with the Internet standard requirements for routers. The fact is, > these same standards are not implemented by dedicated routing > hardware either, and not only that, but it would be unwise to > implement some of them. >=20 > Or something like that, so that people don't jump to the conclusion=20 > that FreeBSD is behind the times or somehow inferior. The offending paragraph has been taken out and shot. If someone find a real issue we will document it, but until then, the warning serves not purpose. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --w7PDEPdKQumQfZlR Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFB0xOFXY6L6fI4GtQRAtvpAJ9JoLG+zF3CWazX01HS8YuLrhI2bACgqzxE QoFrMSaF88JPPc5Tf1PjDAg= =g4yH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --w7PDEPdKQumQfZlR--
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