From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from deliverator4.gatech.edu (deliverator4.gatech.edu [130.207.160.70]) by huchra.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9461A201AB9 for ; Wed, 4 May 2011 09:12:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from deliverator4.gatech.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with SMTP id B5DF35E420D; Wed, 4 May 2011 12:16:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail4.gatech.edu (mail4.gatech.edu [130.207.185.164]) by deliverator4.gatech.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D70D5E41DC; Wed, 4 May 2011 12:16:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: from boylston-street.cc.gt.atl.ga.us (boylston-street.cc.gt.atl.ga.us [143.215.131.219]) (Authenticated sender: nf21@mail.gatech.edu) by mail4.gatech.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 291A24FE27; Wed, 4 May 2011 12:16:19 -0400 (EDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 From: Nick Feamster In-Reply-To: Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 12:16:18 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <398DDA0C-771B-4769-A643-E3CBFC3863D8@cc.gatech.edu> References: To: Dave Taht X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) Cc: bismark-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net Subject: Re: [Bismark-devel] incorporating openflow X-BeenThere: bismark-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: BISMark related software development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 May 2011 16:12:16 -0000 As Srikanth said, not needed for capetown. Some possibilities we've been thinking about using it for: * enforcing per-user or per-device usage caps (in capped settings) * rate-limiting and QoS functionality * remote management, troubleshooting, or security services. See this, = for example: http://www.gtnoise.net/papers/2010/feamster:homenets2010.pdf I'd love to get this into the build sometime soon-ish, so I could = encourage people to use it in my class this coming fall. :-) -Nick On May 4, 2011, at 11:33 AM, Dave Taht wrote: > 3) What is the need for openflow? I am meeting with the folk at = stanford at 2PM PDT and although I get what openflow is for, I'm not = sure of the intended use. Is it needed for capetown? >=20 >=20 > --=20 > Dave T=E4ht > SKYPE: davetaht > US Tel: 1-239-829-5608 > http://the-edge.blogspot.com=20 > _______________________________________________ > Bismark-devel mailing list > Bismark-devel@lists.bufferbloat.net > https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/bismark-devel