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March 2005 - July 2005

Kernel Loadable Module - Platform Testing and Documentation

• Downloadable Module
• Documentation and instruction manual

Man page prepared

NetFS v1.0 completed and tested for up to FreeBSD 5.4

Available upon request; contact Joe Touch.

March 2004 - February 2005

Kernel Loadable Module - More features added

• Add aliases
• Modify Gateway routes
• Add bind restricitons

March 2003 - February 2004

Phase 2 - Implementation as a KLM for FreeBSD Kernel

• Updated for FreeBSD 5.1
• Developed Hierarchies of Network Services
• Define and developed Permissions Policy
• Permissions for Interfaces - NIC and Virtual Interfaces
• Permissions for Routes - Creation, Deletion, Subroutes
• Examine Interface to TrustedBSD extensions of FreeBSD
• Updated Technical Report issued
• Analysis of Plan 9 and comparison

Alpha Release ready for FreeBSD 5.2

May 2002 - February 2003

Phase 1 - Implementation of the file System as a Network API

• Technical Report for the NetFS architecture
• Developed main network configuration utilities
  • Fine grained access control to network configuration
• Implementation and testing of Perl prototype with basic features
• Configure address,netmask,flags etc of Interface
• Status and tracks of new interfaces
• IPv4
• Investigate potential development as a Kernel Loadable Module for FreeBSD 5.0
• Studying and Analysis of several File Systems like FastFS, PseudoFS, ProcFS, KernFS
• Examine possibility to implement NetFS in one of those