[hippotat] / PROTOCOL

Server maintains a queue of outbound packets for each user

Packets which are older than MAX_QUEUE_TIME are discarded

Each incoming request to the server takes up to MAX_BATCH_DOWN bytes
from the queue and returns them as the POST response body payload

Each incoming request contains up to MAX_BATCH_UP bytes of payload.
It's a multipart/form-data.

Authentication: for now, plaintext password

Sever side configuration:

 [<client-ipaddr>] or [default]
 max_batch_down
 max_queue_time
 max_request_time
 password

 [global]
 max_batch_down
 max_queue_time
 max_request_time

 [virtual]
 network	    # required
 host		    # default is first host in network (eg <network>.1)
 relay		    # default is first host in network not equal to server
 mtu                # default is 1500

Client side configuration;
 MAX_BATCH_DOWN MAX_QUEUE_TIME PASSWORD

Routing assistance: none needed; secnet polypath will DTRT

Client form parameters:
 i		ip address (textual)
 p		password
 d              data (SLIP format)
 mbd mqt mrt	config updates
Commit	Line	Data
3fba9787 IJ	1	Server maintains a queue of outbound packets for each user
	2
	3	Packets which are older than MAX_QUEUE_TIME are discarded
	4
	5	Each incoming request to the server takes up to MAX_BATCH_DOWN bytes
	6	from the queue and returns them as the POST response body payload
	7
	8	Each incoming request contains up to MAX_BATCH_UP bytes of payload.
	9	It's a multipart/form-data.
	10
	11	Authentication: for now, plaintext password
	12
	13	Sever side configuration:
ec88b1f1 IJ	14
	15	[<client-ipaddr>] or [default]
	16	max_batch_down
	17	max_queue_time
	18	max_request_time
	19	password
	20
	21	[global]
	22	max_batch_down
	23	max_queue_time
	24	max_request_time
	25
	26	[virtual]
	27	network # required
58b51fa3 IJ	28	host # default is first host in network (eg <network>.1)
58b51fa3 IJ	29	relay # default is first host in network not equal to server
ec88b1f1	30	mtu # default is 1500
3fba9787 IJ	31
	32	Client side configuration;
	33	MAX_BATCH_DOWN MAX_QUEUE_TIME PASSWORD
	34
	35	Routing assistance: none needed; secnet polypath will DTRT
	36
	37	Client form parameters:
ec88b1f1 IJ	38	i ip address (textual)
	39	p password
	40	d data (SLIP format)
	41	mbd mqt mrt config updates