On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, Chuck Robey wrote: > On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote: > > > > > :Matthew Dillon <dil...@apollo.backplane.com> writes: > > : > > :> Given the choice between OSPF and RIP1/2, OSPF is far superior > > :> even on 'simple' networks. It is effectively an open protocol, > > :> like BGP. > > : > > :Matt, can you clarify what you mean by "open" here? I know it's > > :what the "O" in OSPF stands for, but in what way are OSPF and > > :BGP more open than RIP? > > : > > :Jim Shankland > > :NLynx Systems, Inc. > > > > You can download the protocol spec without putting forth cash. > > I haven't looked at it for a long time so I don't have a URL handy. > > And you didn't know that the RIP spec is even older, and was publicly > available via an RFC (the same as OSPF?) > > I can't quite figure why they stuck the word "open" in there, because it > couldn't possibly be more open than RIP.
Because OSPF stands for 'Open Shortest Path First.' It has nothing to do with licensing. :-) Doug White Internet: dwh...@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
