Merit GateDaemon Consortium Information

Merit Network, Inc.

Merit GateDaemon Consortium
Merit Network, Inc.
4251 Plymouth Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48105-2785

Telephone: (313) 764-9430
Fax: (313) 747-3185
Internet Mail: consortium-interest@gated.merit.edu

The GateDaemon Consortium In Brief

(last updated November 26, 1996)

The Merit Gatedaemon Project produces "GateD" (pronounced gate- dee), modular routing software used worldwide to interconnect packet-switched networks. It supports multiple IP and ISO network routing protocols. Both IP Version 4 and IP Version 6 software routing protocols are supported (in GaleD version 6). t is used by researchers, implementors, and industry as:

The GateDaemon Consortium presents a formal structure to support and expand the current successful collaborations already in place to develop GateD functionality. The consortium provides:

Membership is open to all organizations interested in supporting and participating in development of internetwork routing protocols. GateD software is available to GateD to GateD members only.

Redistribution of GateD binaries in commercial products is limited to GateD Commerical Members or Service Members. The development teams of GateD Commerical and Service members have access to the GateD source code, but source code may not be distributed in commerical products.

Merit's membership structure will change in January of 1997. The new GateD releases (version 4, version 5, and version 6) will only be available to GateD members. GateD release 3.5 will be publically available via anonymous ftp or web, but will receive minimal additions.

Any members participating in the GateD consortium as of December 31st, 1996 are considered members of the GateD-Unicast product group. Current Members can have immediate access access to the gated-unicast source code.

GateD-Unicast members are eligible for the first release of the GateD-Multicast source for $15,000 initial payment. The first release of the GateD-Multicast source code will have DVMRP and the DVMRP MIB.

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