GENIE
Genie Educational Network Investigation Experience
Genie is a virtual lab environment used for educational purposes. It is based on KNOPPIX and MLN. The goal is to provide a flexible environment making it easy to create and maintain new labs and exercises. As of now Genie is equipped with various network analysing and simulation tools, most notably MLN with a UML kernel and a stripped Debian filesystem. Using MLN Genie can run practically any configuration of networked computers, the only limit being the amount of RAM available (minimum ~512MB including optional swap-space).
In our department Genie is used for three labs:
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- Routing Lab
- Linux network setup and routing in the network layer.
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- Snoop Lab
- Investigating network layers, services and HTTP transactions using Ethereal.
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- MANET Analysis
- Vizualising and analysing mobile ad-hoc network routing protocols using ns-2.
There are also plans for creating a LAN configuration lab.
Questions about Genie can be directed to:
Downloads
Current version of Genie (580MB ISO-image)
Just the mln-projects