an update on me

[Dave Taht]

On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 11:39 PM, Francis Dupont <fdupont at isc.org> wrote:
>> 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,

AFTR needs to run where and on what?

>   Python fake servers and test suites for DS-Lite and NAT444

Same question.

>  - InterWorking Fonction for a B4

'B4'?

>  - Home Gateway support (extension of miniupnpd to PCP)

that I build already. Are the patches or a forked repo somewhere
I can get at them?

>  - DHCP support (but check the status of this)
> This is on the wiki. About the thing we don't have:

'The wiki'  is where?


>  - 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.

UCI for me = http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/uci

I figure we're not talking about the same thing.

googling for mB4 was unrevealing.

My reading of the spec indicated that kernel patches
were required for efficient handling of these messages.

>
>>     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.

A couple notes: cpe usually runs dnsmasq. dnsmasq has some but very little
ipv6 support in it's git head.

I can and have run isc-dhcp but it's pretty unworkable.

I've also been working with dibbler of late, but the client  is buggy.

>
>> 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).

Sorry - that number is no longer valid.

I was based in paris at the lincs.fr lab until last month, I am now wandering
the USA. For this project it seems most likely I'll be in california,
at present.

I do hope to get back to the EU after my visa un-melts.

> Thanks
>
> Francis Dupont <fdupont at isc.org>



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