Vyatta Releases Community Edition 2 of Open Source Router.Free Version Provides a Foundation for Community Innovation and Delivers Improved Router/Firewall Performance SAN MATEO San Mateo (săn mətā`ō), city (1990 pop. 85,486), San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1894. It is a commercial and retail center with some high-technology manufacturing. San Mateo, Spanish for St. , Calif. -- Vyatta today announced that Vyatta Community Edition 2 (VC2) is now available for download from the Vyatta web site. VC2 is the latest freely-available, community-supported release of Vyatta's open-source router/firewall product. In comparison to the previous release, VC2 delivers improved performance and hardware compatibility while enabling greater community innovation through its compatibility with Debian GNU/Linux Debian GNU/Linux - Debian . Supported by the Vyatta "Secret Society," a community of more than 10,000 users and developers, the Community Edition is distinct from Vyatta's commercially-supported Subscription Edition. The Community Edition is intended to foster innovation as a testing ground Noun 1. testing ground - a region resembling a laboratory inasmuch as it offers opportunities for observation and practice and experimentation; "the new nation is a testing ground for socioeconomic theories"; "Pakistan is a laboratory for studying the use of American for the very latest community-developed features, while the Subscription Edition is a commercial-grade release, focused on stable enterprise network operations. Vyatta recommends the Subscription Edition for all production deployments. As features are developed and stabilized in the Community Edition, they will be introduced and productized into the Subscription Edition for production deployment. "VC2 is the result of collaboration between Vyatta developers and the growing Vyatta community," said Dave Roberts For other uses, see Dave Roberts (disambiguation). David Ray Roberts (born May 31, 1972 in Okinawa, Japan), is a Major League Baseball center fielder for the San Francisco Giants. , VP of strategy and marketing at Vyatta. "VC2 represents a huge jump in capabilities and performance. In switching to a Debian-compatible foundation, VC2 lays the groundwork for increased community innovation and package integration capabilities. We think the Vyatta community will be pleased with this release." Vyatta Community Edition 2 adds a number of new features to the community release, including: * Debian GNU/Linux compatibility -- Making VC2 the most configurable, customizable router/firewall on the planet * Improved performance -- Routing protocols A formula used by routers to determine the appropriate path onto which data should be forwarded. The routing protocol also specifies how routers report changes and share information with the other routers in the network that they can reach. will converge con·verge v. con·verged, con·verg·ing, con·verg·es v.intr. 1. a. To tend toward or approach an intersecting point: lines that converge. b. substantially faster, including BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) The routing protocol that is used to span autonomous systems on the Internet. It is a robust, sophisticated and scalable protocol that was developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). performance improvements of between 70 to 80 percent * Improved serial interface support -- VC2 adds support for multi-port T1/E1 and T3 cards (in addition to 1-port T1/E1) * Improved hardware detection and compatibility * Experimental support for multicast (1) To transmit data to multiple recipients on the network at the same time using one transmission stream to the switches, at which point data are distributed out to the end users on separate lines. routing and IPv6 Availability VC2 is now available for download from http://www.vyatta.com/download/. Future Community Editions will be released in ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. format twice yearly with intermediate updates providing new functionality. A more detailed guide to Vyatta features, including VC2, can be found at http://www.vyatta.com/documentation/. About Vyatta "Vyatta" is the ancient Sanskrit word meaning "open" - a fitting name for a company that was created to bring commercial-quality, open-source networking products to market. Open source has created a profound change in the market place, shifting the balance of power from large corporations back to the users of products. Open source is about control, choice, and cost savings. Vyatta is bringing those qualities to the world of network infrastructure products. For more information, please visit www.vyatta.com. |
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