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From: Paul Nguyen <pauln@cstone.net>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: NetBSD vs FreeBSD, kernel networking code
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 15:33:14 -0500
Organization: Cornerstone Networks
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Paul Nguyen wrote:

  Doug Santry wrote:

    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.

    DJS

  FreeBSD rules on Intel, IMO!    I think if you are looking for
  multiplatform, you may want to look into NetBSD, but on Intel
  nothing
  comes close to the development team on FreeBSD,  very clear and
  concise
  project.  Also,  in an article in Sun Expert not too long ago,  they
  had
  an article on the BSDs,  the author goes on to say that FreeBSD has
  the
  most robust and capable tcp/ip stack in existence, not only BSD but
  any
  other OSes!  That's cause FreeBSD rocks!  Now, go get yourself a
  2.2.1
  boot disk.

  -Paul

Just to reply to my last post.  I found out the issue of Sun Expert that
talks about this.   August 1996 issue and is the "Ask Mr. Protocol"
column.

-Paul