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Open-Source Router to Take on Cisco?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the combatting-security-by-obscurity dept.

ickypick writes to tell us that CNN is running an article about the emergence of an OpenSource Router product, currently in Beta, that targets mid-size enterprise customers for about one-fifth the cost of current enterprise networking giants' hardware. From the article: "The machine runs on two Intel chips, but far more noteworthy is its software, known as XORP, or extensible open router platform. The versatile open-source application can direct data traffic for a giant corporation as easily as it can manage a home Wi-Fi network." The current release is available for download from Vyatta's web site."

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  1. Great! - more layoffs! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    All the US IT industry needs right now is more layoffs. Fan-tastic! 5 guys will become famous on nerds.com and 4000 Cisco employees will be set free from their weekly paychecks. Free as in free beer. Fan-tastic!

  2. In other news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Linux is STILL for fags.