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+# packetdrill
+A fork of (packetdrill)[https://code.google.com/p/packetdrill/] with support for
+* UDPLite
+* SCTP
+and bug fixes for FreeBSD.
+
+It will initially support:
+* (RFC 4960)[https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4960]
+* (RFC 7053)[https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7053]