CORE 3.4 released

A new 3.4 release of CORE is available. There are now two flavors of CORE:

1. FreeBSD 7.x version that drives virtual network stacks


2. Linux version that drives OpenVZ virtual Linux containers

#1 continues to be the most scalable and stable option, but #2 is available for those that have applications requiring Linux support. Most, but not all of the features rom the FreeBSD version are available under Linux. CORE now uses FreeBSD or Linux packages without the installer script. You can install CORE using the 'pkg_add' (FreeBSD) or 'rpm' (Linux) utilities. This means you now need to download more than one file to install CORE.

To obtain the software, visit:
http://cs.itd.nrl.navy.mil/work/core/
http://downloads.pf.itd.nrl.navy.mil/core/packages/3.4/

The main improvements over the previous version are:

• support for lightweight Linux OpenVZ containers
• updated FreeBSD 7.2 kernel (vimage version 20090505)
• VCORE 3.4 VMware image initially available only for FreeBSD
  (some issues need to be fixed to consistently run OpenVZ under VMware)
• RPM installer for CentOS 5.3 + OpenVZ system
• New node renumbering tool
• New preferences dialog
• New random waypoint mobility model
• "core_wlan daemon" becomes cored
• autostart helper daemons
• Span Windows support improved
• Scripted model supports looping
• "wlan modules" becomes plugins, plugins have capabilities
• various API enhancements in support of Linux
• autoconf build system used for entire project