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Summer of code proposition: TCP/IP Anybody want to mentor?


From: phcoder
Subject: Summer of code proposition: TCP/IP Anybody want to mentor?
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:42:06 +0100
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Hello. Here is a zeroth draft of SoC proposal:
Complete TCP/IP stack
GRUB Legacy supported tftp. This is a basic protocal specially adapted for netbooting. However we feel that grub2 can be much more flexible if it supports other widely-used protocols like ftp, http, smb, nfs and dns. The common base for these protocols can be lwIP(http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/lwip/) which is under BSD licence. Drivers already present in grub1 can be easily ported to this framework. Then application layer protocols would have to be written. Each one offers its benefits: TFTP: classical netbooting protocol. Offers easy integration with existing netboot environment, including uniform configuration when some machines support pxe and other don't DNS: not only make configuration nice by using domain name instead of IP address but also makes configuration more robust against network changes NFS: this protocol is widely used to access remote server as if it was a local disk. In particular many netbooting environments use nfs for the root filesystem. If GRUB supports nfs such configurations can be simplified because no need of setupping separate service for kernel images SMB: is the easist protocol to setup. It would be beneficial for individual or small organisations. It also allows fast addition of netbooting on the top of existing file sharing architecture. FTP and HTTP: These two are the core protocols of internet. Their support will enable booting over internet. The typical usage case would be installing a linux distribution by simply pointing grub2 to right server Telnet: This protocol would allow a simple remote control of grub2 for headless machines. SSH: the secure version of previous item. Very useful for controlling over unsecure network or from internet

Is anybody interested in mentoring this project?
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Regards
Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko




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