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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!chi-news.cic.net!uwm.edu!fnnews.fnal.gov!munin.fnal.gov!not-for-mail From: crawdad@munin.fnal.gov (Matt Crawford) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: BSD networking advantages Date: 18 Dec 1995 09:42:19 -0600 Organization: Network 23 Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4b424r$qcs@munin.fnal.gov> References: <4ath91$bqb@duckula.cs.utexas.edu> <MICHAELV.95Dec15232542@mindbender.headcandy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: munin.fnal.gov Michael L. VanLoon sez: > The networking advantage comes from the fact that it is genuine BSD > networking code. This is the same networking code that, in essence, > birthed the Internet, and TCP/IP many years ago, only more modern. This is an exaggeration. The internet didn't begin on Unix. But almost all the new host-end development is done over a BSD base that I won't press the point. > This is the same networking code that Sun built a Unix networking > powerhouse out of, in SunOS. That DEC Ultrix, etc. used as a base for > years. Yes, but neither company has been at the forefront of adopting the newest algorithms. To keep up to date you really want one of the free BSD branches of the family tree. _________________________________________________________ Matt Crawford crawdad@fnal.gov Fermilab PGP: D5 27 83 7A 25 25 7D FB 09 3C BA 33 71 C4 DA 6A