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 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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

The price and flexibility of an open source router is sometimes enough to lure in users, despite the router's reputation for having support and usability issues. That reputation may be old news, ...

Yesterday at the Vyatta secret society meeting in San Mateo California, a group of people committed to the idea of an open source router implementation gathered at the offices of Vyatta. Other than ...

Do "mainstream" router purchasers even know what brand their router is? Serious question. I imagine most non-techies think of their router the same way they might think of their refrigerator or ...

When you buy a computer today, you choose between the consumer-friendly platforms of Windows or Mac. Alternatives such as Linux are completely ignored. The kernel of the Linux operating system is ...

Plane 1.2.0 rebuilt its frontend stack, migrating from Next.js to React Router and Vite, and fixed critical security ...

It has been a great while since I have hooked a computer up to be my home router, the last time using SmoothWall. I thought I would ask the Matrix if anyone has a ...

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 ...