./net/vde, Virtual Distributed Ethernet tools

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Branch: pkgsrc-2008Q2, Version: 1.5.9, Package name: vde-1.5.9, Maintainer: pkgsrc-users

VDE is a virtual network that can be spawned over a set of physical
computers over the Internet.

VDE connects together: (1) real GNU-linux boxes (tuntap) (2) virtual
machines: UML-User Mode Linux, qemu, bochs, MPS.

VDE can be used:
- to create a general purpose tunnel (every protocol that runs on
Ethernet can be put into the tunnel)
- to connect a set of virtual machine to the Internet with no need of
free access of tuntap
- to support mobility: a VDE can stay interconnected despite of the
change of virtual cables, i.e. the change of IP addresses and
interface in the real world

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SHA1: 5c4b478c718783b4a7e42fd3128e2095b5d94680
RMD160: b829263dc074110d95687add76b8227ca85d00e1
Filesize: 427.51 KB

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