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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD routing
Date: 22 Sep 1995 23:12:50 +0200
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Fred Gilham <gilham@lily.csl.sri.com> wrote:
>(I'm running FreeBSD-stable). However, I notice in the FreeBSD FAQ
>the following warning:
>
>``It is our duty to warn you that, even when FreeBSD is configured in
>this way, it does not completely comply with the Internet standard
>requirements for routers; however, it comes close enough for ordinary
>usage.''
>
>Exactly what does this mean???
I'm afraid you will have to study the RFCs on routing. :-)
>... FreeBSD seems to be better in some ways
>[...] and
>worse in others (flakey console support, somewhat less software).
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
What exactly?
--
cheers, J"org
joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)