Bug#787055: ITP: golang-netlink -- netlink library for go
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
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* Package name : golang-netlink
Version : 0.0~git20150513.1.991a7a2
Upstream Author : Vish Ishaya
* URL : https://github.com/vishvananda/netlink
* License : Apache-2.0
Description : Simple netlink library for go.
The netlink package provides a simple netlink library for go. Netlink is
the interface a user-space program in linux uses to communicate with the
kernel. It can be used to add and remove interfaces, set ip addresses
and routes, and configure ipsec. Netlink communication requires elevated
privileges, so in most cases this code needs to be run as root. Since
low-level netlink messages are inscrutable at best, the library attempts
to provide an api that is loosely modeled on the CLI provied by
iproute2. Actions like ip link add will be accomplished via a similarly
named function like AddLink(). This library began its life as a fork of
the netlink functionality in docker/libcontainer but was heavily
rewritten to improve testability, performance, and to add new
functionality like ipsec xfrm handling.
♥,
- Tianon
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