Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 09:51:54 -0400 (EDT) From: Mark Carson <carson@antd.nist.gov> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: NIST Switch version 0.1 released Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.990712095028.712N-100000@lapin.antd.nist.gov>
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This is to announce the release of the preliminary version 0.1 of our multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) research platform, NIST Switch. NIST Switch implements quality of service and explicit routing through label switching. It uses proposed extensions to RSVP to signal QoS requests and distribute labels. NIST Switch implements functionality described in a number of Internet Drafts: draft-ietf-mpls-arch-05.txt - MPLS architecture draft-ietf-mpls-label-encaps-04.txt - Label stack encoding draft-ietf-mpls-rsvp-00.txt - RSVP-mediated label exchange draft-rosen-mpls-lan-encaps-00.txt - "Shim" LAN label encapsulation draft-srinivasan-mpls-lans-label-00.txt - "MAC" LAN label encapsulation (receive only) NIST Switch runs over Ethernet (10Mb and 100Mb), with ATM support coming soon (currently under test). It is based on commodity PC hardware running on freely-available operating systems (initially, FreeBSD 2.2.6; FreeBSD 3.X and Linux 2.2.X versions to come). As an experimental platform, NIST Switch is designed to be easily altered. Each of its key components (queueing algorithms, label databases and distribution, routing algorithms, device support routines, QoS policies) are independently configurable modules which are readily replaceable. NIST Switch is free, public domain code. (More precisely, while our implementation is public domain, it is based in part on other code which is covered by BSD-style copyrights.) For more information, and access to the NIST Switch source code and documentation, see the NIST Switch web site at http://www.antd.nist.gov/itg/nistswitch/ or send email to nistswitch-dev@antd.nist.gov. Mark Carson mark.carson@nist.gov 301-975-3694 Fax 301-590-0932 Department of Computer Science University of Maryland, College Park -or- NIST Bldg 820 Room 455 Gaithersburg MD 20899 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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