Tom???? Bod????r [[email protected]] wrote: > Hi all, > > I???m quite sure that there are people which were able to replace Cisco and > similar with OpenBSD or related products (and/or other open source) in > their companies or helped to do that. However it???s quite hard to find real > examples (NDA, lack of time to write about, etc.). > > Is there someone willing to share such an info and ideas? Can be in private > discussion as well. >
Many people on this list have been using OpenBSD for firewalling and routing in production environments for a long time. Some people have started companies selling supported firewall systems with OpenBSD. Some people consult and install OpenBSD systems in their normal course of business. These days, vendor-supported devices are simply outgrowths of some publically available implementation (except for the some of the high-end stuff created by huge teams of engineers at companies like Cisco and Juniper). The smaller ones are pretty much all Linux-based routers, firewalls, modems. The companies that make mass-market SoCs for DSL and wireless include a Linux development environment, drivers, the whole bit. Replacing Cisco boxes is a matter of interfaces and features. If you need to support ATM, Frame Relay, or Packet-over-Sonet, don't get rid of your Cisco device. Do you have any particular questions? What are you attempting to replace? Chris
