[171644] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: US patent 5473599
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Henning Brauer)
Thu May 8 03:56:15 2014
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Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 09:54:02 +0200
From: Henning Brauer <hb-nanog@bsws.de>
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* Gary Buhrmaster <gary.buhrmaster@gmail.com> [2014-05-08 00:43]:
> But (presuming no adjustments) the patent is now expired,
> and the OpenBSD team could now release CARPv2 (or
> whatever they decide to call it) which would implement the
> standard, should they wish to work and play well with the
> standards bodies and community.
why would we give up authentication and adress family independence?
the vrrp dilemma forced us to invent carp instead, but now carp is far
superior.
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