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

[Will Hawkins]

On 12/21/2012 12:25 PM, Ferry Huberts wrote:
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> 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?
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> I think we would happily look at your code but you have to make it easy
> for us to understand it ;-)

I'm happy to make it easy for you to understand, once I understand it
:-) Just kidding, of course.

I posted the repo with the mdp branch to github under
https://github.com/opentechinstitute/olsrd-mdp

As I said previously, this relies heavily on olsrd-secure and I followed
their style (which hopefully matches up with the project's general style).

I look forward to your feedback. Happy Friday everyone!

Will

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>> 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:
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>>>> 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.
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>>>> 2. olsrd_mdp allows for variable-length keys.
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>>>> 3. olsrd_mdp salts AND signs OLSR packets with a private key.
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>>>> 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:
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>>>> 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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