Infrastructure runs mostly on Linux. Just try finding a BSD based router.
It is indeed turtles all the way down. What is most unfortunate because Linux does not have the best security record around.
It is indeed turtles all the way down. What is most unfortunate because Linux does not have the best security record around.
Uh, no. Telecom infrastructure is routers and switches by proprietary vendors like Cisco, Adtran, etc. The world's fiber isn't connected to some kid's linux or pfsense box for routing. Its connected to a RTOS that's battle-tested, supported, etc.
I partially take back my comment, but only because there were plenty of vendors using BSD. As much as I would wish it to be a micro-kernel RTOS with just the needed functionality, it often isn't.
You mean, like Juniper routers and switches ?[1]
Host-based routers have historically been nearly completely comprised of BSD. Almost universally. This is because for almost two decades the BPF[2] was far superior to anything linux had to offer.