"Bsd" is used in quite a lot of things. Think netapps appliances which run bsd. Think windows (2000 at least) which took the tcp stack from freebsd. There are a lot of such "appliances". Even cisco's ios owes its roots to bsd, iirc - at the very core of it, it has some form of sunos or an early predecessor of it, and sunos (not solaris) is bsd based.
Tcpip itself was developed on bsd, and that deserves a mention, if only from a historical perspective (maybe this can be an argument to be used) On 2/13/10, TS Lura <tsl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear OpenBSD community, > > I'm a student for a MSc Advanced Networking degree. > > I have a little situation maybe you guys could give me some feedback on. > > The issue is that my module leader is refusing even to consider mentioning > OpenBSD, or any BSD in introductory Linux course where the focus is on > network services. DNS, iptables, Apache. > > It is a introductory course, with limited time. So it's understandable that > one has to be level-headed on what's to go in as material in the course. My > argument is only to have a reference to OpenBSD, PF, and maybe the jailing > of named, when we go through the topics of iptables, and DNS. > > My professor (the module leader) argue that almost no one is using BSD, and > those that does is probably 70+ and so it will soon die off, in a humours > tone. In more serious tone, lack of applications. > > I'm a bit resigned by this attitude, because we are at a master level about > networking. We learn about all the technologies surrounding routers, > switches, wan, security, etc. As such I think that OpenBSD is really a bean > to be counted when we learn about open/free software. So in relation to > this, I would argue that OpenBSD is a excellent platform for networking > services. > > I have said so in writing, and verbally only to be brushed off. > > I feel it's game over, at this point. But maybe you guys have some > suggestion about good arguments that might persuade my professor? > > > Cheers, > > TSLura. > > PS. > > This might be the wrong crowd, but I also argue for the documents on the > internal web-learning facility to be published in PDF (ISO 32000 standard) > (he insist on doc), and that Linux at least once should be mentioned as > GNU/Linux.(system-tools/Kernel, to pay tribute). This is also met in the > same way as my BSD arguments. Which I find strange, since my professor has > developed a bit of stuff for the GNU/Linux platform. > > -- Sent from my mobile device http://www.glumbert.com/media/shift http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk "This officer's men seem to follow him merely out of idle curiosity." -- Sandhurst officer cadet evaluation. "Securing an environment of Windows platforms from abuse - external or internal - is akin to trying to install sprinklers in a fireworks factory where smoking on the job is permitted." -- Gene Spafford learn french: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30v_g83VHK4
