various implementations of TCP/IP ? [LWN.net]

various implementations of TCP/IP ?

Posted Feb 11, 2003 19:38 UTC (Tue) by cpeterso (guest, #305)
Parent article: Study: comparing free and proprietary network stacks

And which other TCP/IP implementations did they inspect? FreeBSD? Microsoft?

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Other TCP/IP stacks examined?

Posted Feb 12, 2003 8:43 UTC (Wed) by Duncan (guest, #6647) [Link]

The PR didn't say, specifically, altho it did offer the following:

<quote>
Reasoning's study compared six implementations of TCP/IP, the fundamental
protocols underlying the Internet. Besides the Linux kernel, three of the
implementations were part of commercial general-purpose operating systems, and
two were embedded in commercial telecommunications equipment.
</quote>

The "embedded in commercial telecom equip." comment was interesting, as it
could well refer to "life-line rated" equipment known for and relied upon for its
stability. That Linux does better than that, assuming that's indeed what they were
reviewing, is VERY impressive credentials, indeed!

The PR did say the white paper on which it was based is available for free, and
gave the contact/request details, as well as listing the conference where it is to be
presented. Thus, the info on the other stacks studied isn't a big secret, altho they
likely were teasing the reader into requesting it, or attending the conference. It's
equally likely, however, that they didn't outright mention the other implementations
in ordered to avoid undesired raw "my OS is better than your OS" debates in the
coverage, at least until after the formal presentation at the conference.