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diff --git a/net/quagga/DESCR b/net/quagga/DESCR index 2627a76611c..638d635e612 100644 --- a/net/quagga/DESCR +++ b/net/quagga/DESCR @@ -1,16 +1,15 @@ +Quagga is a routing software suite, providing implementations of +OSPFv2, OSPFv3, RIP v1 and v2, RIPv3 and BGPv4 for Unix platforms, +particularly FreeBSD and Linux and also NetBSD, to mention a few. +Quagga is a fork of GNU Zebra which was developed by Kunihiro +Ishiguro. The Quagga tree aims to build a more involved community +around Quagga than the current centralised model of GNU Zebra. + GNU Zebra is a free software (distributed under GNU Generic Public License) which manages TCP/IP based routing protocols. - It supports BGP-4 protocol as described in RFC1771 (A Border Gateway Protocol 4) and RIPv1, RIPv2 and OSPFv2. -Zebra uses multithread technology under multithread supported UNIX -kernels. However it can be run under not-multithread supported -UNIX kernels. - Zebra is intended to be used as a Route Server and a Route Reflector. Zebra is not a toolkit, it provides full routing power under a new architecture. - -If you want to build with IPv6 support, install with: - # make USE_INET6=YES install |