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User rips OpenBSD as a router
In this article, a certain user claims OpenBSD inferiority to linux when used as router.
However, I would guess that his thoughts are formed from bias and being uninformed. Quote:
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It's a year old comment from someone who formed an opinion based on some Internet searches. While I'm not going to defend or disparage the poster, I can state that QoS is a form of prioritization signaling, but prioritization is not the same thing as bandwidth shaping, even though the two are interrelated.
I can understand the poster's concern regarding "missing" altq knobs. But "always-on" priority queuing was added with OpenBSD 5.1, and the bandwidth shaping system that has been in place since OpenBSD 5.5 replaced altq and its variety of queuing mechanisms and its priority management knobs. If you are at all concerned you may find Henning Brauer's 2012 presentation helpful. Slides. Video. And if you have detailed questions, you can reach him via Email directly. He's very nice. Last edited by jggimi; 17th April 2016 at 04:13 PM. Reason: clarity |
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I am not experienced on traffic shaping at all, but AFAIK Linux had problem with shaping IPv6.
https://serverfault.com/questions/45...aping-for-ipv6 I don't know for sure if it is still true, but somebody I know was also complaining about it recently, but maybe he just didn't know how to set up it. |
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The only thing I can say is "if it doesn't meet your needs, use something else". Plain and simple. Linux doesn't have the security track record I require of my software, so I don't use it.
Edit - I still do a fair amount of Linux work at my place of employment. My personal stuff, however, is strictly OpenBSD.
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