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Re: Linux Router KIT
From: "Adam D. McKenna" <adam () flounder net>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 16:26:42 -0500
So does linux. Linux can be: A packet forwarder (router) A packet filter (firewall) An IP masquerading packet filter (NAT firewall) Can run RIP, BGP, EGP, OSPF (via gated) Maybe I'm being naiive here, but what does Cisco offer beyond this (besides the availability of higher performance)? --Adam -----Original Message----- From: Michael Shields <shields () crosslink net> To: dirk () power net <dirk () power net> Cc: nanog () merit edu <nanog () merit edu>; list () inet-access net <list () inet-access net> Date: Wednesday, October 28, 1998 4:01 PM Subject: Re: Linux Router KIT In article <19981028100541.00359 () orlando power net>, dirk () power net wrote:
Linux doesn't just kill Microsoft's NT and Solaris. It also eats Cisco for lunch.
This isn't true. IOS does a lot more than just get packets from interface A to interface B. (In terms of managability as well as functionality) -- Shields, CrossLink.
Current thread:
- Re: Linux Router KIT John Fraizer (Oct 28)
- Re: Linux Router KIT Dan Hollis (Oct 29)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Linux Router KIT Adam D. McKenna (Oct 28)
- Re: Linux Router KIT alex (Oct 28)
- Re: Linux Router KIT Dan Hollis (Oct 29)
- Re: Linux Router KIT Jon Lewis (Oct 29)
- Re: Linux Router KIT Stephen Stuart (Oct 29)
- Re: Linux Router KIT Dan Hollis (Oct 30)
- Re: Linux Router KIT Stephen Stuart (Oct 30)
- Re: Linux Router KIT alex (Oct 28)
- Re: Linux Router KIT Matei Conovici (Oct 29)
- Re: Linux Router KIT alex (Oct 28)
- Re: Linux Router KIT Tony Li (Oct 29)
- Re: Linux Router KIT Matei Conovici (Oct 29)