Open-source software for uses in networking applications is relatively rare, but start-up Vyatta Inc. recently released free software that provides basic router functions while running on a commodity ...

Open source has already shown some limited promise in the networking and IP telephony arenas. In the hallways at almost any IP telephony conference, attendees will inevitably hear someone mention ...

Open source router company Vyatta debuted earlier this year with a Red Hat-style alternative to Cisco and Juniper offerings: the Open Flexible Router, an open source-based WAN router and firewall ...

Vyatta is adding VPN support to the latest release of its open source router/firewall product. Vyatta says with its IPSec VPN function, combined with stateful firewall and advanced routing features, ...

The open source CloudRouter Project launched its public beta release today, hoping to get the industry interested in its idea for an open source virtual router. CloudRouter got its start in March, so ...

Open source operating systems have successfully spread to various nooks and crannies of technology, powering servers all over the internet, including routers. Consultant Brett Burney looks at the ...

The OpenWrt build-poison scare reveals why router firmware supply-chain security matters for smart home and IoT users.

Vyatta's OFR is an open source routing code based on the XORP routing project out of the International Computer Sciences Institute (ICSI) at Berkeley. The code includes OSPF, BGP and RIP routing ...

The FCC is proposing tightening regulations on routers, while a group of researchers and programmers want open-source firmware to be mandated. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X ...

In our wider community we are all familiar with the idea of open source software. Many of us run it as our everyday tools, a lot of us release our work under an open source licence, and we have a ...

Open-source software for networking is still rare, but analysts and users say that could be changing. Start-up Vyatta Inc. last month released free software that provides basic router functions while ...