Hello Paul,
I'm afraid that this topic may be out of BIRD's primary scope. If I
assess your needs correctly, this is maybe more to do in NetworkManager
or something like that, or maybe even in-kernel. But I may be wrong.
If you could describe what exactly you're trying to achieve (even
off-list of you don't like publishing the details now), I may try to
give you a direct pointer where to look at, or help you find out whether
this task matches your skills. Also there may be some collab possibility
between us and you, if we conclude that this thing actually fits into
our needs as well.
Looking forward to hearing back from you.
Maria
On 2024-02-19 12:08, Mccherry, Paul (Postgraduate Researcher) wrote:
I am a Phd Researcher at Lancaster university researching the security
of the UK Internet infrastructure.
I need to add support for a proposed experimental IPv6 Hop By Hop
Extension Header to a routers Kernel to test my theories. I am more a
server/network engineer and researcher than I am a programmer but I am
able to write in Python and use scripting languages. Can anyone
recommend tools and Router emulation software where one could add
support for an experimental IPv6 Hop By Hop Extension Header in order
to test the methodology ? The new extension header requires changes to
the IFindex table (an additional field) and a new ACL to make routing
decisions on the new field within the IFindex table. It also will need
to provide the capability of allowing an installation engineer to make
changes to this field on initial setup.
If Bird is unable to provide such a testbed, can anyone recommend
another solution. ? However, I do think a capability to provide
researchers with an easy method to test new IPv6 Extension headers
would be really useful considering the takeup of IPv6 and the future
of the internet.
--
Maria Matejka (she/her) | BIRD Team Leader | CZ.NIC, z.s.p.o.
