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talk | BIRD Internet Routing Daemon
Ondřej Zajíček
Nova Scotia/Newfoundland
The BIRD is a free, open source internet routing daemon running on Linux and *BSD with support for commonly used routing protocols (OSPF, BGP, RIP), easy to use configuration interface and powerful route filtering language. It is deployed as a route server in many internet exchange points around the world.
This talk presents the overview of BIRD project, its basic concepts and design decisions and common applications and use cases. We will also discuss pitfalls in userspace/kernel interfaces encountered during BIRD development.