an update on me

[Francis Dupont]

> I have not committed to doing this project yet as I am unsure as to
> what I'd be able to contribute in the contexts required. I hope we can
> nail this stuff down...
> 
> Big questions I have are:
> 
> 1) What is the state of the PCP code? What's it written in, what does
> it work on?

=> we have (at base 22, Paul works on next version 23 and 24):
 - tcpdump and wireshark dissectors
 - C and Python client library with sample tools and unit tests
 - C server library (i.e., a PCP engine) with glue for our AFTR,
   Python fake servers and test suites for DS-Lite and NAT444
 - InterWorking Fonction for a B4
 - Home Gateway support (extension of miniupnpd to PCP)
 - DHCP support (but check the status of this)
This is on the wiki. About the thing we don't have:
 - code for base spec version 23 (as far as I know)
 - text of base spec version 24 (same comment)
 - almost any kind of extensions

> 2) What is the state of other code that may or may not be in this?

=> I have some comments about the UCI patch for SDNAT on the Home Gateway,
a mB4 open source code was announced.

>     Who's working on that?

=> not me but I proposed to work on the DHCPv4 over IPv6 if Tomasz
has not the will or time to do it.

> 3) The vm/demo hardware issue needs to get nailed down. IF the code is
> doing things like written in java or python,
>     it is impossible to get it to work on the cpe I'm using. Even C++
> can be a PITA, the two basic language choices
>     are C and lua, although C++ so long as it sticks to stdlib is ok.

=> usually the code is in C.

> FR Tel: 0638645374

=> looks like a French mobile phone number. BTW you should ask someone
to add you in the wiki staff directory page (which is not only about
staff members).

Thanks

Francis Dupont <fdupont at isc.org>