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HACKING file for libradsec (in Emacs -*- org -*- mode).
Status as of libradsec-0.0.2.dev (2011-03-24).
* Build instructions
cd libradsec/lib
sh autogen.sh
./configure #--enable-tls
make
examples/client -r examples/client.conf blocking-tls; echo $?
* Design of the API
- There are three usage modes
- Application use the send and receive calls (blocking mode)
- Application registers callbacks and runs the libevent dispatch
loop (a.k.a. user dispatch mode)
- Application runs its own event loop, using fd's for select and
performs I/O using the libradsec send/receive calls
(a.k.a. on-your-own mode)
- User chooses allocation regime
Note that as of 0.0.2.dev libradsec suffers from way too much focus on
the behaviour of a blocking client and is totally useless as a server.
Not only does it lack most of the functions needed for writing a
server but it also contains at least one architectural mishap which
kills the server idea. A connection timeout (TCP) or a retransmit
timeout (UDP) will result in the event loop being broken. The same is
thing will happen if there's an error on a TCP connection, f.ex. a
failing certificate validation (TLS).
* Dependencies
Details apply to Ubuntu 10.10.
- libconfuse (2.7-1)
sudo apt-get install libconfuse-dev libconfuse0
- libevent from source (release-2.0.10-stable)
git clone --branch release-2.0.10-stable git://levent.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/levent/levent
cd levent; sh autogen.sh && ./configure --enable-openssl
make && sudo make install
- OpenSSL (optional, for TLS and DTLS support)
sudo apt-get install libssl-dev
* Functionality and quality
** Not well tested
- reading config file
- [TCP] short read
- [TCP] short write
- [TLS] basic tls support
- [TLS] preshared key support
- [TLS] verification of CN
** Known issues
- error stack is only one entry deep
- custom allocation scheme is not used in all places
** Not implemented
- server failover
- [DTLS] support
* Found a bug?
Please report it. This is how we improve the quality of the code.
If possible, please build the library with DEBUG defined (CFLAGS="-g
-DDEBUG") and reproduce the problem. With DEBUG defined, lots of
asserts are enabled which might give a hint about what's gone wrong.
Running the library under gdb is another good idea. If you experience
a crash, catching it in gdb and providing a backtrace is highly
valuable for debugging.
Contact: mailto:linus+libradsec@nordu.net
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