OpenBGPD
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| OpenBGPD | |
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 "Go ahead. Explore." |
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| Developed by | The OpenBSD Project |
| Latest release | 4.3 / May 1, 2008 |
| OS | Multiplatform |
| Genre | Border Gateway Protocol |
| License | BSD |
| Website | http://www.openbgpd.org |
OpenBGPD allows general purpose computers to be used as routers. It is a Unix system daemon that provides a free, open-source implementation of the Border Gateway Protocol version 4. This allows a machine to exchange routes with other systems that speak BGP.
OpenBGPD is developed by Henning Brauer and Claudio Jeker as part of the OpenBSD project. OpenOSPFD, developed by Esben Nørby, is a companion daemon of OpenBGPD that implements the Open Shortest Path First protocol. The suite was developed as an alternative to packages such as Quagga, a Linux-focused routing suite which is licensed under the GPL, which is incompatible with OpenBSD's licensing.
[edit] Goals
The design goals of OpenBGPD include being secure (non-exploitable), reliable, and lean enough for most users, both in size and memory usage. The configuration language should be both powerful and easy to use. It must also be able to quickly handle hundreds of thousands of table entries in a memory-efficient way.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- A paper explaining OpenBGPD by Henning Brauer
- Thomas E. Spanjaard's report on OpenBGPD on NetBSD and FreeBSD
- Hasso Tepper's work on OpenBGPD on Debian GNU/Linux
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