Bug#883393: ITP: jool -- Open Source SIIT and NAT64 Translator for Linux

[Alberto Leiva]

> Any progress on this? Do you need help packaging?

Hello. upstream author (and perhaps future upstream maintainer as well) here.

I've been working on this since June 17 (2019). I have Jool packages
seemingly working properly, and recently finished scanning the Debian
Policy Manual, making sure that they comply with it.

I was just about to start reading the Debian Developer's Reference. I
haven't started looking for a sponsor or whatever it is that I'll
need, yet.

Not much of a due date, I know, but maybe it should give you an idea
of where I'm standing and the speed at which I'm working.

Some help would be nice, but I don't know what I'll need in the near future yet.

Cheers,
Alberto

Bug#883393: ITP: jool -- Open Source SIIT and NAT64 Translator for Linux

[Vincent Bernat]

Package: wnpp
Followup-For: Bug #883393

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Bug#883393: ITP: jool -- Open Source SIIT and NAT64 Translator for Linux

[Bjørn Bürger]

On 12/03/2017 02:38 PM, Bjoern Buerger wrote:
> Upstream is currently discussing
> a license change for that matter, so it might take some time 
> before we can actually start uploading packages.

Just a short Update:

* The license issue seems to be solved.

* Starting with 3.5.6, all future versions
  will be licensed under the GPLv2 license.

* Details:
  https://github.com/NICMx/Jool/issues/258

Bjørn

Bug#883393: ITP: jool -- Open Source SIIT and NAT64 Translator for Linux

[Benda Xu]

Thanks Bjoern, I am building and using jool on Debian.  Your effort is
really appreciated.

Benda

Bug#883393: ITP: jool -- Open Source SIIT and NAT64 Translator for Linux

[Bjoern Buerger]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Bjoern Buerger 

* Package name: jool
  Version : 3.5.5
  Upstream Author : Jool Dev Team 
* URL : http://jool.mx/
* License : GPLv3+, GPL
  Programming Lang: C
  Description : Open Source SIIT and NAT64 Translator for Linux

SIIT mangles packets, simply replacing IPv4 headers and IPv6 headers.
Stateful NAT64 will enable you to run multiple IPv6 client nodes behind 
a few IPv4 addresses.

Jool is an Open Source implementation of IPv4/IPv6 Translation on Linux
which aims to be fully rfc-compliant, building a bridge between IPv4-only 
and IPv6-only networking nodes. I consists of two kernel modules and 
a set of corresponding userspace tools.

See http://jool.mx/en/intro-jool.html#compliance for details. 

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Relevance, Maintenance, License
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Jool is one of the newer implementations for SIIT/NAT64 and has a
small, but active user community (see https://github.com/NICMx/Jool). 
It was funded by NIC Mexico and co-developed with ITESM. 

I use it in several networks and it seems to be a viable solution 
to provide IPv4 connectivity to IPv6-only networks. Depending 
on the client device you can use NAT4/DNS64 odr 464XLAT and therefore
have a smooth transition from IPv4-only to IPv6-only networking.

There is some dkms support available in the source package, 
but it clearly needs some love, since e.g. quite old versions 
of the debian helper tools are used and the userspace code is 
currently not packaged at all. 

I am currently discussing details with the upstream authors, 
including the current license situation. Jool is currently 
licensed unter GPLv3+, leading to an incompatibility with 
the linux lernel GPL2 (only). Upstream is currently discussing 
a license change for that matter, so it might take some time 
before we can actually start uploading packages.

Since this will be my first debian package, I'd like to start 
maintaining the package with the help of a sponsor.

Bjørn