README

README for OpenBFDD
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+ Use the Wiki
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This document contains only very minimal information. More detailed 
information can be obtained on the projects GitHub wiki, currently located 
at: https://github.com/dyninc/OpenBFDD/wiki


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+ Intro
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OpenBFDD is an open source package that provides a software based 
implantation of the Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) protocol. It 
is designed to run on a server. Its primary purpose is to allow the 
administrator to quickly take the server off-line when the core service, 
such as a bind or unbound server, goes down. This is done by providing a 
BFD "beacon", bfdd-beacon, that can communicate with a properly 
configured, BFD enabled, router. A control utility, bfdd-control, can be 
used to configure the running bfdd-beacon daemon, and to change the state 
of its BFD sessions. 


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+ License
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See the included LICENSE file for licensing information.