It's 'open' as in an "open specifiaction". The algorithm was openly published - unlike some other competing routing protocols.
Joe Johan Granlund <jo...@granlund.nu> wrote: > > > On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, Chuck Robey wrote: > > > On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote: > > > > > > > > :Matthew Dillon <dil...@apollo.backplane.com> writes: > > > > I can't quite figure why they stuck the word "open" in there, because it > > couldn't possibly be more open than RIP. > > Probably beqause they stuck "OPEN" on _everything_ for a while. It drowe > me nuts:) > > /Johan > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message Joe McGuckin ViaNet Communications 1235 Pear Ave, Suite 107 Mountain View, CA 90403 Phone: 650-969-2203 Cell: 415-710-4894 Fax: 650-969-2124 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
