Package: vde2 (2.2.2-1)

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Maintainers:

Debian VSquare Team (QA Page, Mail Archive)
Ludovico Gardenghi (QA Page)
Guido Trotter (QA Page)
Piotr Roszatycki (QA Page)
Filippo Giunchedi (QA Page)

External Resources:

Homepage [vde.sourceforge.net]

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Virtual Distributed Ethernet

VDE is a virtual switch that can connect multiple virtual machines together, both local and remote.

Components of the VDE architecture are VDE switches (virtual counterpart of ethernet switches) and VDE cables (virtual counterpart of a crossed-cable used to connect two switches).

VDE 2 includes:

 - switch management both from console and from a "unix socket terminal"
 - VLAN 801.1q
 - FSTP (fast spanning tree)
 - distributed cable manager using a blowfish encrypted channel
 - wire packet filter to emulate delays and packet loss on virtual wires

Examples of VDE uses:

 - With VDE it is possible to create a virtual network of QEMU machines
   running on several real computer
 - VDE can be used to create tunnels (even crossing masqueraded networks)
 - VDE can provide mobility support

The VDE also provides bi-directional pipe command (dpipe) and remote terminal for unix sockets (unixterm).

The Debian package provides a nice extension for /etc/network/interfaces file for easy set up.

Tags: Hardware Enablement: Emulation, User Interface: Daemon, Command Shell, Networking: VPN or Tunneling, Network Protocol: Ethernet, Role: Program, Scope: Utility, Purpose: Checking, Works with: Network Traffic

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dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.7-1) [alpha, ia64]

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amd64	196.3 kB	648 kB	[list of files]
arm	180.1 kB	576 kB	[list of files]
armel	179.8 kB	580 kB	[list of files]
hppa	199.5 kB	632 kB	[list of files]
i386	174.2 kB	508 kB	[list of files]
ia64	277.4 kB	984 kB	[list of files]
m68k	162.5 kB	556 kB	[list of files]
mips	190.6 kB	672 kB	[list of files]
mipsel	192.1 kB	676 kB	[list of files]
powerpc	221.1 kB	712 kB	[list of files]
s390	195.0 kB	628 kB	[list of files]
sparc	178.6 kB	588 kB	[list of files]