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> Message: 18
> Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 09:13:47 -0500
> From: "John C. Welch" <email@hidden>
> Subject: Re: Router for OSX Server
> On 12/29/05 14:43, "Dan Shoop" <email@hidden> wrote:
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>>> It's a perpetual problem until such time as IOS gets a full rewrite.
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>> Security always demands eternal vigilance. A complete rewrite of IOS
>> isn't going to fix that.
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> Where did this myth of "the magic rewrite" come from.
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> John C. Welch Writer/Analyst
> Bynkii.com Mac and other opinions
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The reference is to the Cisco IOS patchwork of code containing tons of stuff
strung together by various folks for various purposes over the years. Now
that I think of it, it's sorta like Windoze .... But you can actually get
the IOS to work. However, as long as it's a compilation it will have lots of
seams that rip. And there's a ton of deprecated stuff in there that needs to
come out. A rewrite won't be perfect, but a coherent starting point for the
future.
Best regards,
John Gonder
Las Positas College Cisco Networking Academy
Computer Networking Technologies
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Web Home: http://lpc1.clpccd.cc.ca.us/lpc/jgonder
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