In message <200602201050.FAA18041@Sparkle.Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>, der Mouse wr
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>>> IMHO, until IETF comes up with something else or until Cisco will
>>> drop all its charges regarding the similarities between VRRP and
>>> HSRP, we have nothing to do but wait.
>
>If, as I suspect, there is no patent in any jurisdiction but the USA, I
>see no reason someonje in the free world couldn't implement either (or
>both!).
>
Given Cisco's sphere of operations, that's actually quite an assumption.

		--Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb