On Mon, 7 May 2001, Brintazzoli Fabrizio wrote:
> IPFW
internet protocol firewall. the codebase used in the freebsd kernel, also
used a long time ago by Linux.
> BSD
berkeley software distribution. a breed of UNIX independently derived
(independent of AT&T's codebase) at UC Berkeley. the project has since
been shut down, after the release of the 4.4 BSD system.
> NIX
*NIX often refers to any UNIX of Linux variant.
> FREEBSD
a project designed to take the BSD system (see above) and make it
optimized for the x86 processor. freebsd.org
> OPENBSD
a project designed to keep most of the original BSD philosophy (small,
portable) and become the most secure BSD based system around.
> IOS
cisco's internet operating system, which their routers (and many of
their switches) use for a runtime system.
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