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The X-Bone system for automated deployment of VPN / overlay networks
is now publicly available. This is the first major public release, v1.2.
X-Bone dynamically deploys and manages Internet overlays to reduce
configuration effort and increase network component sharing. X-Bone
discovers, configures, and monitors network resources to create
overlays over existing IP networks.
The X-Bone is implemented in Perl, and open source is provided.
The X-Bone can be used for:
- deploying VPNs
- sharing lab or wide-area networks
for multiple, concurrent projects
for testing protocols and apps on new topologies
X-Bone uses two-layer IP in IP tunneled overlays and supports existing
applications and unmodified routing, multicast, and DNS services.
X-Bone also support IPSec within overlays. Applications can use the
X-Bone without modification or recompilation.
The X-Bone is available for the following operating systems:
- FreeBSD
CAIRN 2.5, 3.*, 3.* + KAME IPsec patches
- Linux RedHat
6.0, 6.0 + NIST Cerberus IPsec patches, 6.1
The FreeBSD port and Linux RPM have been submitted to the FreeBSD
ports and RedHat Linux RPMs sites; further information and details and
the port and RPM files are currently available at:
http://www.isi.edu/xbone/
- Joe Touch
Project Leader, X-Bone group, USC/ISI
touch@isi.edu
http://www.isi.edu/touch
+1 (310) 448-9151
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