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From: brian@shift.lan.awfulhak.org (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: NetBSD vs FreeBSD, kernel networking code
Date: 26 Mar 1997 16:43:45 GMT
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In article <5h9a1g$ela@qnx.com>,
	doug@qnx.com (Doug Santry) writes:
> I know that both NetBSD and FreeBSD are based on the Lite/1 tape.  But
> both camps have been fixing bugs in the code.  So while both have
> a common ancestor, I assume they have diverged a little by now.  What
> are some of the differences between the two?  I am interested in new
> features and bug fixes.  For instance, FreeBSD has T/TCP support.  Does
> NetBSD?  Are there resource limits that have been fixed in one and not
> the other?  Does one handle the SYN_RCVD attack better than the other?
> 
> No detail is too trivial.

I'm afraid I don't know much about NetBSD, but some of the FreeBSD
developers are in the process of merging the Lite/2 tape :)

-- 
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> <brian@freebsd.org>
      <http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !