FreeBSD-7.0 MULTIPLE-IPs

[Isaac Levy]

Hi Bjorn,

On Jun 3, 2008, at 5:38 AM, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote:

> On Tue, 3 Jun 2008, Isaac Levy wrote:
>
> Hi ike,
>
>> I first learned Marko Zec's work on the virtual IP stack at  
>> EuroBSDCon 2007:
>> http://2007.eurobsdcon.org/tutorial-virtualized-network-stack.html
>
> If you knew about things that happened at BSDCan 2008;-) Where have  
> you been?

Oh, work :) I was pulled into a job which I let consume my entire life  
for a while here, I'll be out of the thick of it for summer.

>
>
>
>> However, Bjoern Zeeb has resumed a jail-specific multi-ip  
>> implimentation- the current status seems to be updated soemwhat  
>> frequently here (yay!):
>> http://wiki.freebsd.org/Jails#head-27743b977485318e421b24962498cf007f70dacf
>>
>> "The multi-IPv4/v6 jails project was resumed in early January after  
>> previous work had been abandoned in 2006.
>> As an alternate solution to full network stack virtualization, this  
>> work shall provide a lightweight solution for multi-IP  
>> virtualization. Perforce
>> based on FreeBSD 7.x?/8.x"
>>
>> Sadly for you however, at the time of this writing, it seems the  
>> 7.x patches are 'in progress'.
>
> Well the entire things is "in progress" and as this is a FAQ the
> RELENG_7 patch that is out there is a bit outdated and I am working on
> an updated version as soon as I have tested what is in p4 on HEAD and
> feel that it still is as stable as the old patch was.
> BTW. Any HEAD version would be as old as the RELENG_7 one.
>
> Go here to find your way to the (old but stable) patch:
> http://www.freebsd.org/news/status/report-2008-01-2008-03.html#Multi-IPv4/ 
> v6/no-IP-jails
>
> I'll keep people updated on this list as soon as I have anything new.

Excellent!  Thanks for posting the update!

Rocket,
.ike