Open Souce Network Operating Systems

Wed Jan 17 14:35:09 UTC 2018

Hey,

Have a look at a similar thread from recently:
http://seclists.org/nanog/2018/Jan/180

/Ruairi

On 17 January 2018 at 14:28, Colton Conor <colton.conor at gmail.com> wrote:

> If one were to deploy whitebox switches, X86 servers, low cost ARM and
> MIBPS CPE devices, and basically anything that can run linux today, what
> network operating system would you recommend? The goal would be to have a
> universal network operating system that runs across a variety of devices.
> From low cost residential CPE's with wifi to switches to BGP speaking
> routers. Is there anything that can do it all today?
>
>
> I will use something like OpenWRT as an example. I don't consider this
> anywhere near carrier grade, but it runs on X86 and low cost routers. I
> don't think it will run on whitebox switches though.
>
> Mikrotik RouterOS would be another example as it can run on low cost
> Routerboards, and X86 servers. But it is not opensouce.
>
> Is there any up and coming projects to look into?
>