XORP

EXtensible Open Router Platform ( XORP ) is a routing software (ICSI ) is being developed at the University of California, Berkeley at the International Computer Science Institute. This software is bound under a BSD -like license. XORP was founded in 2000 by Mark Handley; the first version was released in July 2004.

XORP is by no means the first open source initiative of this kind, the Linux Router Project has similar aims, but was stopped in January 2003 because of lack of funding, others are Zebra or Merit. First applications and testbeds already exist for M6Bone with IPv6 multicast.

A live CD with an executable compiled extensive XORP router software Release (120 MB ) and the source code is available for download.

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