xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx x x x XX XX X-BONE Overlay System x x X X x x XX Software Release x x X X x x XX XX March 2000 x x x xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The X-Bone system for automated deployment of VPN / overlay networks is now publicly available. This is the first major public release, v1.2. X-Bone dynamically deploys and manages Internet overlays to reduce configuration effort and increase network component sharing. X-Bone discovers, configures, and monitors network resources to create overlays over existing IP networks. The X-Bone is implemented in Perl, and open source is provided. The X-Bone can be used for: - deploying VPNs - sharing lab or wide-area networks for multiple, concurrent projects for testing protocols and apps on new topologies X-Bone uses two-layer IP in IP tunneled overlays and supports existing applications and unmodified routing, multicast, and DNS services. X-Bone also support IPSec within overlays. Applications can use the X-Bone without modification or recompilation. The X-Bone is available for the following operating systems: - FreeBSD CAIRN 2.5, 3.*, 3.* + KAME IPsec patches - Linux RedHat 6.0, 6.0 + NIST Cerberus IPsec patches, 6.1 The FreeBSD port and Linux RPM have been submitted to the FreeBSD ports and RedHat Linux RPMs sites; further information and details and the port and RPM files are currently available at: http://www.isi.edu/xbone/ - Joe Touch Project Leader, X-Bone group, USC/ISI touch@isi.edu http://www.isi.edu/touch +1 (310) 448-9151 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Effort sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)and Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force Materiel Command, USAF, under agreement number F30602-98-1-0200. Copyright (c) 1998-2000 by the University of Southern California. All rights reserved. -------------------------------------------------------------------