On Mon, 4 Sep 2000, David A. Ranch wrote:
Hello Ondrej,
Hi David,
I just saw your Freshmeat announcement for BIRD and since I work for Juniper Networks, I had a few questions that should probably go into a FAQ:
The best way is start reading our UsersGuide. It's explained in 1st chapter.
#1: Why did you develop BIRD when we have both Gated and Zebra? What differentiates it?
Gated is not free and Zebra has limited capability especially in filtering and configuration. BIRD is also more portable.
#2: How is BIRD configured? Gated is its own animal Zebra emulates Cisco IOS
BIRD has powerful configuration language.
#3: Do you have any plans to support Multicast protocols like DVMRP, PIM, MSDP, MBGP, etc?
Yes.
#4: Are your protocols modular? Meaning if I'm running OSPF and BGP, the RIP and IPv6 modules AREN'T loaded?
You may exclude or include any protocol during compilation.
Anyway.. thanks for your time.
Kind regards F.
--David
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