F5 Fires Back On Open Source SSL Accelerator

Random Feature writes "In response to Build an Open Source SSL Accelerator, in which o3 magazine detailed how to build a solution comparable to an F5 BIG-IP 6900 on the cheap, F5 Fires Back claiming it's not as cheap as it appears and pointing out the potential performance implications of a 'cobbled together set of components designed to mimic similar functionality.' The discussion on the performance of the Open Source solution based on Opteron RSA operation processing capabilities brings into question the validity of the 'more SSL TPS for cheaper' argument presented by o3."

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[hackus]

It is even worse than that I am afraid.

Most commercial products do not even have a dividing line between "cobbled" and "polished" now days.

How many different commercial off the shelf Wireless AP's now days come with "cobbled" open source software?

I do not mind paying for software, I do. I just do not like companies that rip off the open source community, then whine and complain when their proprietary code is leaked to the net and it is a crime along with prison and fines, if you touch our code. Apparently you can do anything you like with GNU software.

I want to see Cisco execs in jail like the Pirate Bay people. Unlike the Pirate Bay people though they are actively making a direct profit from breaking the law.

5 years in the pen along with 50 Million put in a trust to start and fund more open source projects. Preferably building open wireless drivers for more cards.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2008/dec/12/cisco-fsf-opensource

-Hack