Package: vde2 (2.2.3-3)

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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)
Luca Bigliardi (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 (>= 2.4) [armel, powerpc, s390]

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Architecture	Package Size	Installed Size	Files
amd64	213.9 kB	700 kB	[list of files]
armel	195.0 kB	640 kB	[list of files]
hppa	217.4 kB	692 kB	[list of files]
i386	189.3 kB	628 kB	[list of files]
ia64	300.5 kB	1068 kB	[list of files]
mips	206.8 kB	728 kB	[list of files]
mipsel	208.0 kB	736 kB	[list of files]
powerpc	236.8 kB	796 kB	[list of files]
s390	213.1 kB	688 kB	[list of files]
sparc	197.8 kB	644 kB	[list of files]