From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > useful implementation of a redundancy protocol. It's > technically better > > than HSRP or any of the versions of VRRP but the problems > till stands > > that it is not an "official" protocol, which simply means > adoption and > > inter operability will suffer to some degree. > > Adoption and interoperability are immaterial if everything is OBSD of > course. I wonder what percentage of people using OBSD face > interoperability issues? Isn't CARP so easy, and OBSD in > general, that > you just want to install it on all of your machines?
That's one option, though we've already seen at least one other implementation of CARP pop up, the userland one for other *nix OSes (UCARP - http://www.ucarp.org/project/ucarp). What it would take is for other vendors who provide HA services via VRRP (countless) to learn of the availability of CARP and implement it in their own equipment. Once one or two do this, others should begin to jump on board, and someone may actually pop up and decide to throw it through the IETF for standardization so that the others can get their warm fuzzies and consider it "official" as JCR was saying. Because we know its not official until big American corporation say it is and monkey their customers into paying for its "officialness." Self-fulfilling prophecy: then we can get on target with the back and forth we've seen with OpenSSH already... Vendor: OpenSSH doesn't cost anything. Can we use it and just violate the GPL? Advisor: It's under the BSDL. You don't have to violate anything, just use it. You should donate to the project though. Vendor: Great. Take it, implement it, sell it, and don't make any donations. Screw those guys. OpenBSD: You guys using OpenSSH should donate money because we help you succeed. Vendor: Take off, we don't owe you anything, eh? Advisor: Oh look, they also have a CARP protocol that does everything VRRP does and more, and doesn't have that scary patent thing hanging over it. Vendor: Great. $$$ Ka-ching $$$ Advisor: Dontaions? OpenBSD: Donations? Vendor: Piss off. DS
