[Olsr-dev] New OLSRd Plugin (derivative of olsrd_secure)

[Ferry Huberts]

On 21/12/12 17:54, Will Hawkins wrote:
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> On 12/21/2012 07:51 AM, Saverio Proto wrote:
>> Hello,
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>> do you have your git branch published somewhere on the web  ?
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> No, but I could easily make that happen. You could just pull from that
> to review the code then, right?
>

I think we would happily look at your code but you have to make it easy 
for us to understand it ;-)




> Will
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>> Saverio
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>> 2012/12/20 Will Hawkins <(spam-protected)>:
>>> Hello everyone!
>>>
>>> The Open Technology Institute has created a new plugin for OLSRd known
>>> as olsrd_mdp (Mesh Datagram Protocol [MDP] Secure OLSR). The plugin
>>> integrates OLSRd with Serval to create a mechanism for signing OLSR
>>> packets with a shared private key stored in a Serval keyring. This
>>> plugin is a derivative of the olsrd_secure plugin.
>>>
>>> Serval is a mesh networking project out of Australia
>>> (http://www.servalproject.org). One of their main products, serval-dna,
>>> includes a keyring that stores (and optionally locks) a set of
>>> public/private keypairs. olsrd_mdp takes a private key from Serval's key
>>> ring and uses it to sign OLSR packets.
>>>
>>> It differs from olsrd_secure in a few ways:
>>>
>>> 1. olsrd_mdp is configured with a key identifier. The key identifier
>>> allows the user to specify which keypair from the Serval keyring will
>>> sign packets.
>>>
>>> 2. olsrd_mdp allows for variable-length keys.
>>>
>>> 3. olsrd_mdp salts AND signs OLSR packets with a private key.
>>>
>>> We would really like to share this plugin with the OLSRd community. We
>>> developed the plugin in a branch off of master but the plugin requires
>>> Serval's serval-dna development kit to compile. This brings up two
>>> questions:
>>>
>>> 1. How do plugin makefiles alert the user that they need configuration
>>> to compile correctly? The necessary parameter is documented in the
>>> olsrd_mdp README file. Is there another better way to document this?
>>>
>>> 2. What is the best way to submit the plugin for review for possible
>>> inclusion? I did my best to follow OLSRd code standards while
>>> developing, but I'd appreciate your feedback in spotting the places
>>> where I inevitably messed up.
>>>
>>> Thanks for reading this rather long message. We are really excited about
>>> the possibility of sharing this plugin with the OLSRd community.
>>>
>>> Talk to you soon!
>>> Will
>>>
>>>
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Ferry Huberts