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. > > OSPF has been around for a long time. But RIP is older, and was the first routing scheme. > > -Matt > Matthew Dillon > <dil...@backplane.com> > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chu...@picnic.mat.net | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run picnic (FreeBSD-current) (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (Solaris7). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
