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Coral Reef
software distribution
of coral tools

  

dmoore@caida.org


September 22, 1998

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outline


what is coral reef?
why is it desired?
target communities
initial components
people

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what is coral reef?


software distribution
operational side caida's coral project
driven by target communities
platform for development/research
collection point for enhancements

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why is it desired?
 

non-hardware costs of deployment
provides common methodologies
support for trend analysis

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target communities


ISPs
router/switch vendors
network researchers
universities, companies
NAPs

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initial components


easy to install and use
components/assumptions documented
basic analysis tools
programming libraries
conversion programs
data collection organization
automated report generation

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people


mostly new staff: interns and full-time
current researchers as advisers/clients

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coral reef


to provide target communities with
a base production platform for
passive data analysis