Gateway Daemon Software

在分组交换计算机通信网络中，网络节点使用“路由协议”来格式化它们彼此交换的关于当前路径(或路由)的信息，该当前路径(或路由)是分组必须穿过以在任意源之间传播并且它是其中的一部分，该网络节点包括采用几种不同的路由协议的异类网络节点。为了协调网络的运行，需要不同协议之间的翻译器，以及一种调解它们有时不一致的信息的方法。康奈尔大学建议完成完成这些复杂任务的软件开发，将其与无处不在的Unix操作系统的最流行版本“分开”，并使其可供NSFnet和互联网社区使用。

In a packet-switching computer communications network, a "routing protocol" is used by network nodes to format the information they exchange with one another concerning the current path (or route) that packets must traverse to travel between arbitrary source and of which it is a part, comprises heterogeneous network nodes employing several different routing protocols. For harmonious operation of the networks, a translator among the different protocols is needed, as well as a way to mediate their occassionally inconsistant information. Cornell University propose to complete the development of software to accomplish these complex tasks, "part" it to the most prevalant versions of the ubiquitous UNIX operating systems, and make it available to the NSFNET and Internet communities.