Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 12:03:08 -0800 From: Pavlin Radoslavov <pavlin@icir.org> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Cc: pavlin@icir.org Subject: Re: PIM IPv4 user-level process Message-ID: <200401312003.i0VK388N000535@possum.icir.org>
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[Note: I am not on the freebsd-net mailing list, so I am answering
some of the questions after the thread was brought to my attention]
* Regarding existing PIM IPv4 user-level implementations.
The only IPv4 PIM implementations for UNIX I am aware of are:
a) Commersial:
- NextHop (http://www.nexthop.com/)
- IP Infusion (http://www.ipinfusion.com)
b) Non-commersial:
- pimd from USC (PIM-SM only):
http://netweb.usc.edu/pim/
- pimdd from U of Oregon (PIM-DM only):
http://www.antc.uoregon.edu/PIMDM/pimd-dense.html
- XORP (PIM-SM only)
http:/www.xorp.org/
Personally, I have been involved with the first and third
implementations (pimd and XORP), and between them I will
definitely recommend XORP. There are just too many issues with
pimd (incomplete and obsolete implementation, very limited
testing, just to name few), so even though currently XORP is
still officially in alpha stage, the XORP PIM-SM module is (in
my biased opinion :) definitely better and more robust
compared to pimd. In fact, pimd is already on the retiring
track.
* Regarding running XORP PIM-SM itself.
- FreeBSD is our primary development platform, so "porting" XORP
to FreeBSD should be a no-op (except writing the packaging files
for the ports collection of course). If there is a compilation
error, then please send a bug report.
- You have to compile almost everything, because the PIM-SM binary
depends on a number of internal libraries.
- You can run PIM-SM stand-alone without the rest of the XORP
components. Just read pim/README and/or send me an email for
details.
Pavlin
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