PowerBFD

0.1.0

Lab-use-only standalone BFD (RFC 5880/5881/5883) test peer for PowerShell: single-hop and multihop sessions, async and demand mode, echo, authentication (simple password, keyed MD5/SHA1 and meticulous variants), fault injection and a packet builder. The BFD code is self-contained so it can be embedded in PowerBGP, PowerOSPF and similar modules.

Minimum PowerShell version

7.4

Installation Options

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Install-Module -Name PowerBFD -RequiredVersion 0.1.0

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Install-PSResource -Name PowerBFD -Version 0.1.0

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Owners

Copyright

(c) erikgraa. All rights reserved.

Package Details

Author(s)

  • erikgraa

Tags

BFD Networking Packet Testing Router RFC5880 Linux Windows

Functions

New-PacketField New-Packet Format-Packet New-BfdControl ConvertFrom-BfdControl Start-BfdSession Get-BfdSession Set-BfdSession Stop-BfdSession Resume-BfdSession Remove-BfdSession Get-BfdEvent Export-BfdConfig Import-BfdConfig

PSEditions

Core

Dependencies

This module has no dependencies.

Release Notes

0.1.0: Initial release. BFD single-hop (RFC 5881) and multihop (RFC 5883), async and demand mode, echo, timer negotiation with Poll/Final, authentication (simple password, keyed MD5/SHA1, meticulous variants), state-change notification hook for embedding, event log, fault injection, config export/import and a generic packet builder.

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Version History

Version Downloads Last updated
0.1.1 7 11/2/2026
0.1.0 (current version) 5 11/2/2026