2 libmeshlink.h -- Tincd Library
3 Copyright (C) 2014 Guus Sliepen <guus@tinc-vpn.org> Saverio Proto <zioproto@gmail.com>
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23 //#include "tincctl.h"
26 extern char *hosts_dir;
28 extern int check_port(char *name);
29 /* OLD: tinc_configuration_t provides all information required to setup "/etc/tinc"
30 I think tinc_setup() should basically do what cmd_init() from src/tincctl.c does, except it doesn't have to generate a tinc-up script.
32 bool tinc_setup(const char* tinc_conf, const char* name);
34 bool tinc_start(const char* path);
38 // can be called from any thread
39 bool tinc_send_packet(node_t *receiver, const char* buf, unsigned int len);
41 // handler runs in tinc thread and should return immediately
42 bool tinc_set_packet_receive_handler(void (*handler)(const char* sender, const char* buf, unsigned int len));
45 //It might also be a good idea to add the option of looking up hosts by public
46 //key (fingerprints) instead of names.
48 node_t *tinc_get_host(const char *name);
50 bool tinc_get_hosts(node_t** hosts);
51 //This tinc_host_t is redundant because node_t should be ok
59 unsigned int maxpacketsize;
60 //TODO: anything else?
63 bool tinc_sign(const char* payload, unsigned int len, const char** signature);
65 int tinc_verify(const char* sender, const char* payload, unsigned int plen, const char* signature, unsigned int slen);
68 TODO: It would be good to add a void pointer here that will be passed on to the
69 handler function whenever it is called, or have a void pointer in node_t
70 that can be filled in by the application. That way, you can easily link an
71 application-specific data structure to a node_t.
73 void channel_set_packet_send_handler(int (*handler)(const char* receiver, const char* buf, unsigned int len));
74 void channel_packet_receive_handler(const char* sender, const char* buf, unsigned int len);
76 bool channel_open(const char* partner, void(*read)(int id, const char* buf, unsigned int len), void(*result)(int result, int id));
77 void channel_close(int id);
78 bool channel_write(int id, const char* buf, unsigned int len, void(*result)(int result, int id, unsigned int written));
81 //We do need some more functions. First of all, we need to be able to add nodes
82 //to a VPN. To do that, either an invitation protocol should be used:
84 bool tinc_join_network(const char *invitation);
85 const char *tinc_generate_invitation(const char *name);
88 Or two nodes should exchange some information (their name, address, public
89 key). If the application provides a way to exchange some data with another
93 bool tinc_export(char *buf, size_t *len);
94 node_t *tinc_import(const char *buf, size_t len);
96 Last but not least, some way to get rid of unwanted nodes. Simplest is a
97 function that just blacklists a node.
98 Which should immediately cause the local tincd to ignore any data from that
99 host from that point on. Of course, a somewhat centrally managed,
100 automatically distributed blacklist or whitelist would be the next step.
102 bool tinc_blacklist(node_t *host);