Netflix's New Peering Appliance Uses FreeBSD

[Andresen, Jason R.]

From: owner-freebsd-stable at freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Ian Smith
>
>On Tue, 5 Jun 2012, Kurt Jaeger wrote:
> > > I didn't see a link to this information in the e-mail below.  I found this info
> > > detailed here:
> > >
> > >
> > > https://signup.netflix.com/openconnect/software
> >
> > If you come from an IP range outside of netflix' footprint, that
> > page is not available.
>
>Indeed, I found it a tad strange that URL redirecting to
>https://signup.netflix.com/global which sayeth:
>
>"Sorry, Netflix is not available in your country... yet
>
>Enter your name and email address below
>and we'll email you when Netflix is available."
>
> > But have a look at that PDF, comes from their webpage:
> >
> > http://opsec.eu/backup/OpenConnectDeploymentGuide-v2.4a.pdf
>
>Interesting box alright.  Hope it wasn't Top Secret in my country, and
>that I can ask my (Debian based) ISP when they'll be getting some? :)
>
>Good to see Scott's found something to keep him off the streets too ..

Now if only Netflix figured out a way to allow FreeBSD (and Linux) users to watch their streams...