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Research carried out using NetBSD

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Several entities, including NASA Lewis Research Center, the Institute for Media Communication (IMK), and NEC Europe Ltd., have utilized NetBSD for various research purposes. On NASA's end, the Satellite Networks and Architectures Branch employs NetBSD extensively in their study of TCP for satellite networks, testing modifications aimed at improving communication.

The IMK's Value-added Solutions department is working on implementing an access control language within NetBSD's ip stack, providing system administrators with fine-grained control over network access. NEC Europe Ltd.'s Network Laboratories in Heidelberg, Germany, utilizes NetBSD for research and development of next-generation Internet solutions, focusing on software-oriented research for IPv6 network operation.

Additionally, the Swedish University Network (SUNET) successfully utilized NetBSD to break the Internet2 Land Speed Record, transferring 840 Gigabytes of data in under 30 minutes using a single IPv4 TCP stream between two locations. This was achieved due to NetBSD's scalability of TCP code.

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