On Thursday 13 May 2004 09:51 am, Calvin Webster wrote: > On Wed, 2004-05-12 at 23:06, Lynn Avants wrote:
> That's right. According to the ExtremeWare XOS Concepts Guide (at > http://www.extremenetworks.com/services/documentation/swuserguides.asp), > the software performs as a virtual router, allowing one physical switch > to be split into several virtual routers. It runs on their "Black > Diamond 10K" switches. Which pretty much does *not* make it a switch at all. I hate it when companies don't use the correct teminology. > > > NW quotes Extreme as saying "modifications were made in the Linux > > > kernel to improve the packet forwarding capabilities of the software, > > > as well as hardening its security...". > > > > Hmmm.... > > > > > They also say that "Extreme says that in accordance with the GPL, it > > > will be pushing its changes to Linux back to the open-source > > > community". > > > > That is always a plus. :) > > Yes, in more ways than one - The more widespread commercial Linux > offerings there are, the more accepted related open source projects will > be in the enterprise. True, but the hardening likely has to do with the limiting of normal options of the kernel itself due to compiling outside of a true patch like grsecurity releases (that LEAF distro's use as well). > > > I'm wondering what LEAF developers think about this? > > > > Sounds like they're attempting to take on Cisco. > > I've viewed Extreme Networks as a serious contender for some time now. > I'm sure they are on Cisco's radar screen. Cisco is probably more > worried about 3Com, though, since they have a more mature enterprise > support structure and reputation. They probably are on the radar screen. After Linksys started using Linux, Cisco immediately bought them out. I doubt they are worried about 3com as most of their units are running a scaled-down version of Cisco's IOS. > > > The article also mentioned how pleased developers of the XORP project > > > were. There was a previous article posted about that project too. Can > > > someone tell me if/how XORP and LEAF are related? Do they share > > > resources or benefit from one another's work? > > > > To my knowledge XORP and LEAF are not related in any way outside of > > using the linux kernel. > > Too bad, I'm reading about progress in both projects. Although their > design goals differ significantly, both might benefit from some level of > collaboration. Possibly so, outside of LEAF being primarily developed by volunteers in their free time. -- ~Lynn Avants Linux Embedded Appliance Firewall Developer http://leaf.sourceforge.net http://guitarlynn.homelinux.org:81 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: SourceForge.net Broadband Sign-up now for SourceForge Broadband and get the fastest 6.0/768 connection for only $19.95/mo for the first 3 months! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=2562&alloc_id=6184&op=click ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
