From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 10 12:47:41 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D87AF1065679 for ; Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:47:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bms@FreeBSD.org) Received: from out1.smtp.messagingengine.com (out1.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B39C18FC1C for ; Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:47:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bms@FreeBSD.org) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.internal [10.202.2.41]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27856112CA0; Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:47:41 -0400 (EDT) Received: from heartbeat2.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.161]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:47:41 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: OCiRjfY+LrlJENEcvOBp4V7gJg8Qb6U1x/py+E/+USjC 1213102060 Received: from empiric.lon.incunabulum.net (unknown [81.168.51.182]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6F70036C5B; Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:47:40 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <484E77E9.5030101@FreeBSD.org> Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:47:37 +0100 From: "Bruce M. Simpson" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080514) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Archimedes S. Gaviola" References: <4849C87F.9030804@infoweapons.com> <484A49D6.1000808@FreeBSD.org> <484DF690.6010101@infoweapons.com> In-Reply-To: <484DF690.6010101@infoweapons.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, "Andrey V. Elsukov" Subject: Re: [Removal of mrouted in FreeBSD-7.0] X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:47:41 -0000 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