libvdeplug_null - network terminator plug
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Description
This is a libvdeplug module implementing a networking sink/terminator.
This module of libvdeplug4 can be used in any program supporting vde like vde_plug, kvm, qemu, user-mode-linux and virtualbox.
The vde_plug_url syntax of this module is the following:
null://
This plug does not generate any networking traffic and all the packets sent to this plug get dropped.
Examples
This command creates a switch (without the null plug the command vde_plug adds the stream stdin/stdout as
a node of the switch). vde_plugnull://switch://tmp/myswitchName
libvdeplug_null - network terminator plug
Notice
Virtual Distributed Ethernet is not related in any way with www.vde.com ("Verband der Elektrotechnik,
Elektronik und Informationstechnik" i.e. the German "Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information
Technologies").
See Also
vde_plug(1), Virtual Distributed Ethernet April 30, 2017 LIBVDEPLUG_NULL(1)
Synopsis
libvdeplug_null.so
