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authorDaniil Baturin <daniil@baturin.org>2019-10-11 02:26:29 +0700
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@@ -15,28 +15,31 @@ edition of Vyatta. Here everyone loves learning, older managers and new users.
VyOS is primarily based on `Debian GNU/Linux <http://www.debian.org/>`_ and the
`Quagga <http://www.nongnu.org/quagga/>`_ routing engine. Its configuration
syntax and :ref:`cli` are loosely derived from Juniper JUNOS as modelled by the
-`XORP project <http://www.xorp.org/>`_ (which was the original routing engine
-Vyatta was based upon).
+`XORP project <http://www.xorp.org/>`_, which was the original routing engine for
+Vyatta.
-Vyatta changed to the Quagga routing engine for release 4.0.
+In the 4.0 release of Vyatta, the routing engine was changed to Quagga.
-VyOS changed the routing engine to `FRRouting <https://frrouting.org/>`_ in
-version 1.2.0
+As of version 1.2.0, VyOS now uses `FRRouting <https://frrouting.org/>`_ as
+the routing engine.
-**How it's different from other router distros?**
+**How it's different from other router distributions and platforms?**
+- More than just a firewall and VPN, VyOS includes extended routing capabilities like OSPFv2, OSPFv3, BGP,
+ VRRP, and extensive route policy mapping and filtering.
- Unified command line interface in the style of hardware routers.
-- Scriptable CLI
+- Scriptable CLI.
- Stateful configuration system: prepare changes and commit at once or discard,
view previous revisions or rollback to them, archive revisions to remote
- server, execute hooks at commit time...
+ server and execute hooks at commit time.
- Image-based upgrade: keep multiple versions on the same system and revert to
- previous image if something went wrong.
-- Not just firewall and VPN: includes routing protocols such as BGP and OSPF and
- complex routing policy language.
+ previous image if a problem arises.
+- Multiple VPN capabilities: OpenVPN, IPSec, Wireguard (in 1.2.0+), DPMVPN, and more.
+- IPv4 and IPv6 support.
- Runs on physical and virtual platforms alike: small x86 boards, big servers,
- KVM, Xen, VMWare, Hyper-V...
+ KVM, Xen, VMWare, Hyper-V, and more.
- Completely free and open source, with documented internal APIs and build
procedures.
-- Community driven: patches are welcome, all code, bugs, and nightly builds are
+- Community driven. Patches are welcome and all code, bugs, and nightly builds are
public.
+