Re: US patent 5473599

[Henning Brauer <hb-nanog () bsws de>]

* Ryan Shea <ryanshea () google com> [2014-04-22 16:24]:
> along with OpenNTPd, OpenBGPd - which
> probably have similar standards non-compliance

I wrote both of them, they are as standards compliant as it gets.

we would have implemented vrrp if it hadn't been patent encumbered.

in the end, that was even good, since carp, opposed to vrrp, has
authentication and is address family independent.

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