[aklug] Re: Free software switching and routing

My only concern about Openwrt is the support cycle. Releases are
pretty infrequent, (about every two years), which doesn't lend itself
to the kind of security posture that someone running a publicly-facing
router should have, IMO. But that is the price that you have to pay
for supporting many disparate hardware platforms, I suppose.

Royce

On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 8:11 PM, Robert Crowe <crowe.robert@gmail.com> wrote:
> Openwrt
>
> https://openwrt.org/
>
> They have an extensive list of supported hardware - don't see any of the big
> name players like Cisco, Juniper, or Dells Force 10 however...
>
> If you can provision a Cisco 2960, then you'd feel right at home with the
> commandline on Openwrt. A classmate setup a Linksys with Attitude Adjustment
> using the commandline - it was pretty smooth.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: aklug-bounce@aklug.org [mailto:aklug-bounce@aklug.org] On Behalf Of
> Christopher Howard
> Sent: Monday, January 6, 2014 6:50 PM
> To: aklug@aklug.org
> Subject: [aklug] Free software switching and routing
>
> Hey guys, I was wondering - can you buy routers and smart switches, for
> medium to large business needs, that run some kind of free software? Or are
> you stuck with using proprietary Cisco and Juniper OSes? (That's the only
> thing I've seen where I work.)
>
> I know, of course, that you can turn any crappy PC into a router with the
> right Linux software packages, and I've heard of about a dozen different DIY
> router distros. But what about the situation where you have lots of money to
> buy networking equipment, but no time to put together custom software and
> hardware?
>
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> http://www.lugod.org/presentations/pgp/why.html
>
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Received on Mon Jan 6 20:40:36 2014