Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:47:37 +0100 From: "Bruce M. Simpson" <bms@FreeBSD.org> To: "Archimedes S. Gaviola" <agaviola@infoweapons.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, "Andrey V. Elsukov" <bu7cher@yandex.ru> Subject: Re: [Removal of mrouted in FreeBSD-7.0] Message-ID: <484E77E9.5030101@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <484DF690.6010101@infoweapons.com> References: <4849C87F.9030804@infoweapons.com> <484A49D6.1000808@FreeBSD.org> <484DF690.6010101@infoweapons.com>
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Archimedes S. Gaviola wrote: > ...if ever there's a way to implement IP multicasting with PIM-SM and > or PIM-DM in the FreeBSD base system, how big is the work would be? > What are the things that needs to be considered if we are going to > implement PIM-SM and or PIM-DM to the current FreeBSD network > subsystem? The goal is to be able FreeBSD to provide native IP > multicast using PIM just like the way DVMRP protocol is implemented > before as part of the base system. I really think the remit of multicast routing is too wide to be addressed in the base system, which is why projects like XORP and pimdd exist -- it doesn't strike me as a good fit for the FreeBSD base system. Separate projects already exist for this. If someone is willing to commit to all the man-hours involved in the reimplementation and ongoing support of such a thing, blimey... they must have a lot of free time! cheers BMS
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