FreeBSD has always been free to have a VRRP implementation. The smoke and mirrors FUD managed to prevent same to this point, but it was always FUD.
Jim > On Jan 26, 2023, at 10:08 AM, Nicolas MASSE <nicolas.ma...@stormshield.eu> > wrote: > > Hi all, > > Currently, i'm investigating solutions in order to ensure some > redundancy at the IP level. More specifically, i'm looking into CARP and > VRRP. > As i'm having a look at the CARP implementation, one question did arise: > Is there currently any reason to not have an implementation of VRRP > inside FreeBSD? > I understand that this made sense at a time due to CISCO patents, but > according to Wikipedia, it seems that those patents did expire some > years ago. > So, would there still be legal issues about this or is FreeBSD now free > to have its own VRRP implementation? > > Regards, > Nicolas Masse. > >
