Re: FreeVRRPd project status

From: David Gilbert (dgilbert_at_dclg.ca)
Date: 04/14/05

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To: Lars Erik Gullerud <lerik@nolink.net>

    >>>>> "Lars" == Lars Erik Gullerud <lerik@nolink.net> writes:

    Lars> My point is that this very unwise decision to reuse the VRRP
    Lars> protocol number, makes CARP mostly undeployable for ISP
    Lars> datacenter environments, and hence there is an obvious need for
    Lars> a working VRRP implementation, it doesn't help that CARP is now
    Lars> available in FreeBSD, because it is not a viable alternative in
    Lars> a lot of scenarios.

    I think the origional point was that you'd need to pay Cisco a patent
    licence to use VRRP... which was why people stopped working on it.

    Dave. 

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