On Friday 07 May 2004 11:14 am, Calvin Webster wrote: > Has anyone seen the recent news about Extreme Network's "ExtremeWare > XOS"? As reported in Network World, it is Linux based and runs on their > line of BlackDiamond 10K Layer 3 Gigabit Ethernet switches. I could find > nothing on Extreme's web site about it, though.
I haven't heard about this, but a switch running at layer 3 is more likely a router of some type rather than a regular switch/hub/bridge that runs at layer 2. > NW quotes Extreme as saying "modifications were made in the Linux kernel > to improve the packet forwarding capabilities of the software, as well > as hardening its security...". Hmmm.... > They also say that "Extreme says that in accordance with the GPL, it > will be pushing its changes to Linux back to the open-source community". That is always a plus. :) > I'm wondering what LEAF developers think about this? Sounds like they're attempting to take on Cisco. > The article also mentioned how pleased developers of the XORP project > were. There was a previous article posted about that project too. Can > someone tell me if/how XORP and LEAF are related? Do they share > resources or benefit from one another's work? To my knowledge XORP and LEAF are not related in any way outside of using the linux kernel. -- ~Lynn Avants Linux Embedded Appliance Firewall Developer http://leaf.sourceforge.net http://guitarlynn.homelinux.org:81 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: SourceForge.net Broadband Sign-up now for SourceForge Broadband and get the fastest 6.0/768 connection for only $19.95/mo for the first 3 months! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=2562&alloc_id=6184&op=click ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
