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Linuks.net: Does Cisco’s NAT patent affect Linux? The answer from Cisco!

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 21, 2000

[ Thanks to Attila Strauss for this
link. ]

According to the German site Linucks.net, Linux Weekly News may
been a tad shrill and incorrect in proclaiming that a Cisco patent
for NAT could pose a serious threat to the future of Linux (see the
full article here). How does
Linuks.net come to the conclusion? Because they actually bothered
to ask Cisco about what was happening. You can read Cisco’s direct
response to LWN
here
.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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