Re: Any reason to not implement VRRP in FreeBSD?

In reply to: Nicolas MASSE : "Any reason to not implement VRRP in FreeBSD?"
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From: Jim Thompson <jim_at_netgate.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 20:53:30 UTC

FreeBSD has always been free to have a VRRP implementation.  

The smoke and mirrors FUD managed to prevent same to this point, but it was always FUD. 

Jim

> On Jan 26, 2023, at 10:08 AM, Nicolas MASSE <Nicolas.MASSE@stormshield.eu> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Currently, i'm investigating solutions in order to ensure some
> redundancy at the IP level. More specifically, i'm looking into CARP and
> VRRP.
> As i'm having a look at the CARP implementation, one question did arise:
> Is there currently any reason to not have an implementation of VRRP
> inside FreeBSD?
> I understand that this made sense at a time due to CISCO patents, but
> according to Wikipedia, it seems that those patents did expire some
> years ago.
> So, would there still be legal issues about this or is FreeBSD now free
> to have its own VRRP implementation?
> 
> Regards,
> Nicolas Masse.
> 
>