Short list of features:
- Fully object-oriented implementation in C++ (userspace)
- Multi-threaded using POSIX threads
- Internal message passing for inter-thread communication
- Linux-based (2.6)
- Supporting IPv4 and IPv6
- Flexible with respect to transport protcols, supported GIST transports: UDP, TCP, TCP/TLS, SCTP
- GIST API Wrapper: compatible Unix Domain Socket API with U of Göttingen Implementation so you can run gistping or other applications on top of our GIST.
- Implemented Protocols:
- GIST
- IPv4 and IPv6 support
- Transports UDP, TCP, TCP/TLS, SCTP
- supports Late State Installation
- sends and understands GIST error messages
- supports GIST-aware NAT traversal (even in late state installation mode)
- Test console for easy testing
- supports Explicit Signaling Target Message Routing Method (est-mrm), see http://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-bless-nsis-est-mrm
- QoS-NSLP
- NAT/FW NSLP
- QSPEC
- GIST
