Package: wnpp Version: unavailable; reported 2003-07-03 Severity: wishlist * Package name : zebra-pj Version : 0.94+cvs20030701 Upstream Author : Kunihiro Ishiguro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and others * URL : http://zebra.dishone.st/ * License : GPL Description : A possible successor to the orphaned Zebra OSPF/RIP/BGP routing suite
--------------------------------------------------------------------- As the original Zebra seems to be orphaned, zebra-pj tries to collect useful patches and eventually replace Zebra. . GNU Zebra is free software (distributed under the GNU Generic Public License) which manages TCP/IP based routing protocols. It supports BGP 4, BGP4+, OSPFv2, OSPFv3, RIPv1, RIPv2, and RIPng as well as the IPv6 versions of these. . Zebra uses threading if the kernel supports it, but can also run on kernels that do not support threading. . Zebra is more than a routed replacement, it can be used as a Route Server and a Route Reflector. . Zebra is unique in design in that it has a process for each protocol. --------------------------------------------------------------- I am in contact with Paul Jakma (the "-pj") who collected various patches and maintains this CVS tree and am subscribed to the zebra mailing list where the problem of Zebras "orphanisation" by its original author Kunihiro has been discussed. Kunihiro now works for a company that makes commercial routing daemons for unix which explains why he does not code any longer for the free and popular Zebra. It's not yet clear if a resurrected Zebra or Zebra-pj will survive but in the meantime there's a demand for a Zebra version which includes at least those (important) patches that are floating around the net. The package conflicts+replaces zebra.deb but uses different names for all config files. bye, -christian- -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux app109 2.4.20 #2 Tue Feb 25 20:11:12 CET 2003 i686 Locale: LANG=de_DE, LC_CTYPE=de_DE (ignored: LC_ALL set)