>Howard, for the life of me I am certain I recall a discussion like this a >couple of years ago on Groupstudy, and that you verified that there was >indeed an "open IGRP" standard out there somewhere.
Perhaps you're thinking of the "Rutgers Paper" by Hedrick. Cisco made legal incantations that IGRP was proprietary and they would not allow detailed descriptions to be published, but, hypothetically speaking, if one were to be published, it would be identical to the Rutgers Paper. Cisco's position was sort of "Rutgers Paper? We don't see any Rutgers Paper." > >can't find it in the archives, but as a collector of odd protocols, I am >certain I recall correctly...... > >Chuck > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: ""Howard C. Berkowitz"" >Newsgroups: groupstudy.cisco >Sent: Sunday, 12 May, 2002 10:01 PM >Subject: Re: Is IGRP actually supported by other vendors? [7:43994] > > >> At 11:42 PM -0400 5/12/02, nrf wrote: >> >Just found this while surfing around. >> > >> >"As a network device, the Nokia IP330 supports a comprehensive suite of >> >IP-routing functions and protocols, including RIPv1/RIPv2, IGRP, OSPF and >> >BGP4 for unicast traffic..." >> >http://www.nokia.com/securitysolutions/platforms/330.html >> > >> >Every piece of literature I've ever read has stated without fail that >IGRP >> >is proprietary to Cisco. Yet here's Nokia brazenly claiming that they in >> >fact support IGRP. What's up with that? Unfortunately I don't have an >Ipso >> >box lying around that I can actually experiment with. Can anyone confirm >> >whether this is true and whether it provides complete interoperability >with >> >Cisco? >> >> I don't know the specifics of the Nokia case. Cisco has, however, >> both supplied router blades running IOS on an OEM basis to vendors >> including Cabletron, and licensed a software port to DEC (IOS on DEC >> hardware -- Brouter 500????) Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=44171&t=43994 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
