About
LISA stands for LInux Switching Appliance. It's a project that
aims at building a network multilayer switching device that runs on a (slightly modified)
PC hardware architecture running Linux.
The device should be able to perform Layer 2 and Layer 3 packet switching and run
dynamic routing protocols such as OSPF and BGP. The configuration and operation command line
interface will be similar to Cisco's IOS.
The project will not compete with Cisco (we could not do that anyway :P) but should
provide a cost-effective advanced-featured solution for small networks.
The project consists of two major components:
- Linux Multilayer Switch - The very heart of
the LISA project. It's a Linux kernel module that performs Layer 2 switching and
implements virtual interfaces for inter-vlan routing.
- Command Line Interface - A Cisco-like command
line interface that works closely with the kernel module to configure and control the
switching process. For further details, please have a look at the
CLI page.
Authors
Core developers |
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Ionut Nicu
Radu Rendec
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Contributors |
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Mihaela Martinas
Andreea Hodea
Claudiu Ghioc
Victor Duta
Andrei Faur
Constantin Blanariu
Alexandru Negrila
Adina Iliescu
Marius Chiriac
Adrian Nistor
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Supervisors |
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Octavian Purdila
Razvan Rughinis
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