Merit GateD Consortium Documentation (19-Oct-1995)

# Code, Tools and Documentation GateD Consortium

# GateD-Unicast (Version 4)

# Introduction

The GateD source code, tools and documentation are based on three different product lines: GateD Unicast, GateD Multicast, GateD IPv6. Each of the product lines has its own software base, release dates, and product descriptions.

New GateD source code, tools and internal documentation is available to GateD members only . Binaries for utilities and on-line documentation are available for anonymous ftp or via the web.

Members of the Academic and Research community can join the the Merit GateD Consortium by simply filling out a GateD Academic and Research Membership/License form . This membership merely requires that the member:

- sign the GateD Membership,
- register the machines to GateD source code and/or binaries will be distributed, and
- agree to return any enhancements to the project for redistribution.

# Protocols Supported

GateD Unicast supports the following Unicast protocols specified by the IETF:

- general:
- Intra-Domain Routing: RIP (v1, v2), OSPF, ISIS, Hello, slsp
- Inter-Domain Routing: BGP (v3, v4), EGP
- Network Management: SNMP via SMUX protocol
- Network MIBs supported:(RIP, egp, bgp, isis, ospf, slsp)

GateD Unicast has grown out of the public domain GateD 3.5 code base.

The additions to the GateD routing protocol are new BGP features and a new OSPF code. The BGP features added include route-reflection, communities, and destination preference attribute (DPA). The OSPF code replaces the original University of Maryland code with an OSPF code that supports RFC 1583 and reduces the amount of space required for each OSPF route.