Merge branch 'master' of github.com:markqvist/Reticulum

OSX NameError fix

.gitignore

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 testutils
 TODO
 Examples/RNS
+RNS/Utilities/RNS
 build
 dist
 docs/build

Examples/Announce.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import RNS
 APP_NAME = "example_utilities"
 
 # We initialise two lists of strings to use as app_data
-fruits = ["Peach", "Quince", "Date palm", "Tangerine", "Pomelo", "Carambola", "Grape"]
+fruits = ["Peach", "Quince", "Date", "Tangerine", "Pomelo", "Carambola", "Grape"]
 noble_gases = ["Helium", "Neon", "Argon", "Krypton", "Xenon", "Radon", "Oganesson"]
 
 # This initialisation is executed when the program is started

Examples/Echo.py

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ APP_NAME = "example_utilities"
 # This initialisation is executed when the users chooses
 # to run as a server
 def server(configpath):
+    global reticulum
+
     # We must first initialise Reticulum
     reticulum = RNS.Reticulum(configpath)
     
@@ -78,11 +80,32 @@ def announceLoop(destination):
 
 
 def server_callback(message, packet):
+    global reticulum
+    
     # Tell the user that we received an echo request, and
     # that we are going to send a reply to the requester.
     # Sending the proof is handled automatically, since we
     # set up the destination to prove all incoming packets.
-    RNS.log("Received packet from echo client, proof sent")
+
+    reception_stats = ""
+    if reticulum.is_connected_to_shared_instance:
+        reception_rssi = reticulum.get_packet_rssi(packet.packet_hash)
+        reception_snr  = reticulum.get_packet_snr(packet.packet_hash)
+
+        if reception_rssi != None:
+            reception_stats += " [RSSI "+str(reception_rssi)+" dBm]"
+        
+        if reception_snr != None:
+            reception_stats += " [SNR "+str(reception_snr)+" dBm]"
+
+    else:
+        if packet.rssi != None:
+            reception_stats += " [RSSI "+str(packet.rssi)+" dBm]"
+        
+        if packet.snr != None:
+            reception_stats += " [SNR "+str(packet.snr)+" dB]"
+
+    RNS.log("Received packet from echo client, proof sent"+reception_stats)
 
 
 ##########################################################
@@ -92,6 +115,8 @@ def server_callback(message, packet):
 # This initialisation is executed when the users chooses
 # to run as a client
 def client(destination_hexhash, configpath, timeout=None):
+    global reticulum
+    
     # We need a binary representation of the destination
     # hash that was entered on the command line
     try:
@@ -188,6 +213,8 @@ def client(destination_hexhash, configpath, timeout=None):
 # This function is called when our reply destination
 # receives a proof packet.
 def packet_delivered(receipt):
+    global reticulum
+
     if receipt.status == RNS.PacketReceipt.DELIVERED:
         rtt = receipt.get_rtt()
         if (rtt >= 1):
@@ -197,10 +224,30 @@ def packet_delivered(receipt):
             rtt = round(rtt*1000, 3)
             rttstring = str(rtt)+" milliseconds"
 
+        reception_stats = ""
+        if reticulum.is_connected_to_shared_instance:
+            reception_rssi = reticulum.get_packet_rssi(receipt.proof_packet.packet_hash)
+            reception_snr  = reticulum.get_packet_snr(receipt.proof_packet.packet_hash)
+
+            if reception_rssi != None:
+                reception_stats += " [RSSI "+str(reception_rssi)+" dBm]"
+            
+            if reception_snr != None:
+                reception_stats += " [SNR "+str(reception_snr)+" dB]"
+
+        else:
+            if receipt.proof_packet != None:
+                if receipt.proof_packet.rssi != None:
+                    reception_stats += " [RSSI "+str(receipt.proof_packet.rssi)+" dBm]"
+                
+                if receipt.proof_packet.snr != None:
+                    reception_stats += " [SNR "+str(receipt.proof_packet.snr)+" dB]"
+
         RNS.log(
             "Valid reply received from "+
             RNS.prettyhexrep(receipt.destination.hash)+
-            ", round-trip time is "+rttstring
+            ", round-trip time is "+rttstring+
+            reception_stats
         )
 
 # This function is called if a packet times out.

Examples/Speedtest.py

@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 ##########################################################
 # This RNS example demonstrates a simple speedtest       #
 # program to measure link throughput.                    #
+#                                                        #
+# The current configuration is suited for testing fast   #
+# links. If you want to measure slow links like LoRa or  #
+# packet radio, you must significantly lower the         #
+# data_cap variable, which defines how much data is sent #
+# for each test.                                         #
 ##########################################################
 
 import os

LICENSE

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 MIT License, unless otherwise noted
 
-Copyright (c) 2018 Mark Qvist / unsigned.io
+Copyright (c) 2016-2022 Mark Qvist / unsigned.io
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal

Makefile

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+all: release
+
+clean:
+	@echo Cleaning...
+	-rm -r ./build
+	-rm -r ./dist
+
+remove_symlinks:
+	@echo Removing symlinks for build...
+	-rm Examples/RNS
+	-rm RNS/Utilities/RNS
+
+create_symlinks:
+	@echo Creating symlinks...
+	-ln -s ../RNS ./Examples/
+	-ln -s ../../RNS ./RNS/Utilities/
+
+build_wheel:
+	python3 setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+
+release: remove_symlinks build_wheel create_symlinks
+
+upload:
+	@echo Uploading to PyPi...
+	twine upload dist/*

README.md

@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 Reticulum Network Stack β
 ==========
 
-Reticulum is a cryptography-based networking stack for wide-area networks built on readily available hardware, and can operate even with very high latency and extremely low bandwidth. Reticulum allows you to build very wide-area networks with off-the-shelf tools, and offers end-to-end encryption, autoconfiguring cryptographically backed multi-hop transport, efficient addressing, unforgeable packet acknowledgements and more.
+<p align="center"><img width="200" src="https://unsigned.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/reticulum_logo_512.png"></p>
 
-Reticulum is a complete networking stack, and does not use IP or higher layers, although it is easy to utilise IP (with TCP or UDP) as the underlying carrier for Reticulum. It is therefore trivial to tunnel Reticulum over the Internet or private IP networks.
+Reticulum is the cryptography-based networking stack for wide-area networks built on readily available hardware. It can operate even with very high latency and extremely low bandwidth. Reticulum allows you to build wide-area networks with off-the-shelf tools, and offers end-to-end encryption, initiator anonymity, autoconfiguring cryptographically backed multi-hop transport, efficient addressing, unforgeable packet acknowledgements and more.
+
+Reticulum is a complete networking stack, and does not need IP or higher layers, although it is easy to use IP (with TCP or UDP) as the underlying carrier for Reticulum. It is therefore trivial to tunnel Reticulum over the Internet or private IP networks.
 
 Having no dependencies on traditional networking stacks free up overhead that has been utilised to implement a networking stack built directly on cryptographic principles, allowing resilience and stable functionality in open and trustless networks.
 
 No kernel modules or drivers are required. Reticulum runs completely in userland, and can run on practically any system that runs Python 3.
 
+## Read The Manual
 The full documentation for Reticulum is available at [markqvist.github.io/Reticulum/manual/](https://markqvist.github.io/Reticulum/manual/).
 
 You can also [download the Reticulum manual as a PDF](https://github.com/markqvist/Reticulum/raw/master/docs/Reticulum%20Manual.pdf)
@@ -18,6 +21,7 @@ For more info, see [unsigned.io/projects/reticulum](https://unsigned.io/projects
 ## Notable Features
  - Coordination-less globally unique adressing and identification
  - Fully self-configuring multi-hop routing
+ - Complete initiator anonymity, communicate without revealing your identity
  - Asymmetric X25519 encryption and Ed25519 signatures as a basis for all communication
  - Forward Secrecy with ephemereal Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman keys on Curve25519
  - Reticulum uses the [Fernet](https://github.com/fernet/spec/blob/master/Spec.md) specification for on-the-wire / over-the-air encryption
@@ -37,8 +41,15 @@ For more info, see [unsigned.io/projects/reticulum](https://unsigned.io/projects
     - Total bandwidth cost of setting up a link is 3 packets totalling 237 bytes
     - Low cost of keeping links open at only 0.62 bits per second
 
+## Examples of Reticulum Applications
+If you want to quickly get an idea of what Reticulum can do, take a look at the following resources.
+
+ - [LXMF](https://github.com/markqvist/lxmf) is a distributed, delay and disruption tolerant message transfer protocol built on Reticulum
+ - For an off-grid, encrypted and resilient mesh communications platform, see [Nomad Network](https://github.com/markqvist/NomadNet)
+ - The Android, Linux and macOS app [Sideband](https://unsigned.io/sideband) has a graphical interface and focuses on ease of use.
+
 ## Where can Reticulum be used?
-Over practically any medium that can support at least a half-duplex channel with 1.000 bits per second throughput, and an MTU of 500 bytes. Data radios, modems, LoRa radios, serial lines, AX.25 TNCs, amateur radio digital modes, ad-hoc WiFi, free-space optical links and similar systems are all examples of the types of interfaces Reticulum was designed for.
+Over practically any medium that can support at least a half-duplex channel with 500 bits per second throughput, and an MTU of 500 bytes. Data radios, modems, LoRa radios, serial lines, AX.25 TNCs, amateur radio digital modes, ad-hoc WiFi, free-space optical links and similar systems are all examples of the types of interfaces Reticulum was designed for.
 
 An open-source LoRa-based interface called [RNode](https://unsigned.io/projects/rnode/) has been designed specifically for use with Reticulum. It is possible to build yourself, or it can be purchased as a complete transceiver that just needs a USB connection to the host.
 
@@ -46,6 +57,22 @@ Reticulum can also be encapsulated over existing IP networks, so there's nothing
 
 As an example, it's possible to set up a Raspberry Pi connected to both a LoRa radio, a packet radio TNC and a WiFi network. Once the interfaces are configured, Reticulum will take care of the rest, and any device on the WiFi network can communicate with nodes on the LoRa and packet radio sides of the network, and vice versa.
 
+## How do I get started?
+The best way to get started with the Reticulum Network Stack depends on what
+you want to do. For full details and examples, have a look at the [Getting Started Fast](https://markqvist.github.io/Reticulum/manual/gettingstartedfast.html) section of the [Reticulum Manual](https://markqvist.github.io/Reticulum/manual/).
+
+To simply install Reticulum and related utilities on your system, the easiest way is via pip:
+
+```bash
+pip3 install rns
+```
+
+You can then start any program that uses Reticulum, or start Reticulum as a system service with [the rnsd utility](https://markqvist.github.io/Reticulum/manual/using.html#the-rnsd-utility).
+
+When first started, Reticulum will create a default configuration file, providing basic connectivity to other Reticulum peers. The default config file contains examples for using Reticulum with LoRa transceivers (specifically [RNode](https://unsigned.io/projects/rnode/)), packet radio TNCs/modems, TCP and UDP.
+
+You can use the examples in the config file to expand communication over many mediums such as packet radio or LoRa (with [RNode](https://unsigned.io/projects/rnode/)), serial ports, or over fast IP links and the Internet using the UDP and TCP interfaces. For more detailed examples, take a look at the [Supported Interfaces](https://markqvist.github.io/Reticulum/manual/interfaces.html) section of the [Reticulum Manual](https://markqvist.github.io/Reticulum/manual/).
+
 ## Current Status
 Reticulum should currently be considered beta software. All core protocol features are implemented and functioning, but additions will probably occur as real-world use is explored. There will be bugs. The API and wire-format can be considered relatively stable at the moment, but could change if warranted.
 
@@ -60,33 +87,34 @@ Reticulum implements a range of generalised interface types that covers most of
  - TCP over IP networks
  - UDP over IP networks
 
-## What is currently being worked on?
- - API documentation
- - Useful example programs and utilities
- - A delay and disruption tolerant message transfer protocol built on Reticulum, see [LXMF](https://github.com/markqvist/lxmf)
- - A few useful-in-the-real-world apps built with Reticulum
-
-## Can I use Reticulum on amateur radio spectrum?
-Some countries still ban the use of encryption when operating under an amateur radio license. Reticulum offers several encryptionless modes, while still using cryptographic principles for station verification, link establishment, data integrity verification, acknowledgements and routing. It is therefore perfectly possible to include Reticulum in amateur radio use, even if your country bans encryption.
+## Planned Features
+ - More interface types for even broader compatibility
+   - ESP32 devices (ESP-Now, Bluetooth, etc.)
+   - More LoRa transceivers
+   - AT-compatible modems
+   - AWDL / OWL
+   - HF Modems
+   - CAN-bus
+   - ZeroMQ
+   - MQTT
+   - SPI
+   - i²c
+ - Globally routable multicast
 
 ## Dependencies:
- - Python 3
+ - Python 3.6
  - cryptography.io
+ - netifaces
  - pyserial
 
-## How do I get started?
-The best way to get started with the Reticulum Network Stack depends on what
-you want to do. For full details and examples, have a look at the [Getting Started Fast](https://markqvist.github.io/Reticulum/manual/gettingstartedfast.html) section of the [Reticulum Manual](https://markqvist.github.io/Reticulum/manual/).
+## Support Reticulum
+You can help support the continued development of open, free and private communications systems by donating via one of the following channels:
 
-If you just need Reticulum as a dependency for another application, the easiest way is via pip:
+- Ethereum: 0x81F7B979fEa6134bA9FD5c701b3501A2e61E897a
+- Bitcoin: 3CPmacGm34qYvR6XWLVEJmi2aNe3PZqUuq
+- Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/markqvist
 
-```bash
-pip3 install rns
-```
-
-The default config file contains examples for using Reticulum with LoRa transceivers (specifically [RNode](https://unsigned.io/projects/rnode/)), packet radio TNCs/modems and UDP. By default a UDP interface is already enabled in the default config, which will enable Reticulum communication in your local ethernet broadcast domain.
-
-You can use the examples in the config file to expand communication over other mediums such as packet radio or LoRa, or over fast IP links using the UDP interface. I'll add in-depth tutorials and explanations on these topics later. For now, the included examples will hopefully be enough to get started.
+Are certain features in the development roadmap are important to you or your organisation? Make them a reality quickly by sponsoring their implementation.
 
 ## Caveat Emptor
-Reticulum is experimental software, and should be considered as such. While it has been built with cryptography best-practices very foremost in mind, it _has not_ been externally security audited, and there could very well be privacy-breaking bugs. If you want to help out, or help sponsor an audit, please do get in touch.
+Reticulum is relatively young software, and should be considered as such. While it has been built with cryptography best-practices very foremost in mind, it _has not_ been externally security audited, and there could very well be privacy-breaking bugs. If you want to help out, or help sponsor an audit, please do get in touch.

RNS/Destination.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import base64
 import math
+import time
 import RNS
 
 from cryptography.fernet import Fernet
@@ -117,6 +118,9 @@ class Destination:
             identity = RNS.Identity()
             aspects = aspects+(identity.hexhash,)
 
+        if identity != None and self.type == Destination.PLAIN:
+            raise TypeError("Selected destination type PLAIN cannot hold an identity")
+
         self.identity = identity
 
         self.name = Destination.full_name(app_name, *aspects)      
@@ -145,8 +149,11 @@ class Destination:
         :param app_data: *bytes* containing the app_data.
         :param path_response: Internal flag used by :ref:`RNS.Transport<api-transport>`. Ignore.
         """
+        if self.type != Destination.SINGLE:
+            raise TypeError("Only SINGLE destination types can be announced")
+            
         destination_hash = self.hash
-        random_hash = RNS.Identity.get_random_hash()
+        random_hash = RNS.Identity.get_random_hash()[0:5]+int(time.time()).to_bytes(5, "big")
 
         if app_data == None and self.default_app_data != None:
             if isinstance(self.default_app_data, bytes):
@@ -262,7 +269,11 @@ class Destination:
             if plaintext != None:
                 if packet.packet_type == RNS.Packet.DATA:
                     if self.callbacks.packet != None:
-                        self.callbacks.packet(plaintext, packet)
+                        try:
+                            self.callbacks.packet(plaintext, packet)
+                        except Exception as e:
+                            RNS.log("Error while executing receive callback from "+str(self)+". The contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+
 
     def incoming_link_request(self, data, packet):
         link = RNS.Link.validate_request(self, data, packet)

RNS/Identity.py

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric.x25519 import X25519PrivateKey, X
 from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.kdf.hkdf import HKDF
 from cryptography.fernet import Fernet
 
+cio_default_backend = default_backend()
+
 class Identity:
     """
     This class is used to manage identities in Reticulum. It provides methods
@@ -90,11 +92,27 @@ class Identity:
 
     @staticmethod
     def save_known_destinations():
-        RNS.log("Saving known destinations to storage...", RNS.LOG_VERBOSE)
-        file = open(RNS.Reticulum.storagepath+"/known_destinations","wb")
-        umsgpack.dump(Identity.known_destinations, file)
-        file.close()
-        RNS.log("Done saving known destinations to storage", RNS.LOG_VERBOSE)
+        try:
+            storage_known_destinations = {}
+            if os.path.isfile(RNS.Reticulum.storagepath+"/known_destinations"):
+                try:
+                    file = open(RNS.Reticulum.storagepath+"/known_destinations","rb")
+                    storage_known_destinations = umsgpack.load(file)
+                    file.close()
+                except:
+                    pass
+
+            for destination_hash in storage_known_destinations:
+                if not destination_hash in Identity.known_destinations:
+                    Identity.known_destinations[destination_hash] = storage_known_destinations[destination_hash]
+
+            RNS.log("Saving known destinations to storage...", RNS.LOG_VERBOSE)
+            file = open(RNS.Reticulum.storagepath+"/known_destinations","wb")
+            umsgpack.dump(Identity.known_destinations, file)
+            file.close()
+            RNS.log("Done saving known destinations to storage", RNS.LOG_VERBOSE)
+        except Exception as e:
+            RNS.log("Error while saving known destinations to disk, the contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
 
     @staticmethod
     def load_known_destinations():
@@ -107,7 +125,7 @@ class Identity:
             except:
                 RNS.log("Error loading known destinations from disk, file will be recreated on exit", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
         else:
-            RNS.log("Destinations file does not exist, so no known destinations loaded", RNS.LOG_VERBOSE)
+            RNS.log("Destinations file does not exist, no known destinations loaded", RNS.LOG_VERBOSE)
 
     @staticmethod
     def full_hash(data):
@@ -376,11 +394,14 @@ class Identity:
             )
 
             shared_key = ephemeral_key.exchange(self.pub)
-            derived_key = derived_key = HKDF(
+            
+            # TODO: Improve this re-allocation of HKDF
+            derived_key = HKDF(
                 algorithm=hashes.SHA256(),
                 length=32,
                 salt=self.get_salt(),
                 info=self.get_context(),
+                backend=cio_default_backend,
             ).derive(shared_key)
 
             fernet = Fernet(base64.urlsafe_b64encode(derived_key))
@@ -408,11 +429,14 @@ class Identity:
                     peer_pub = X25519PublicKey.from_public_bytes(peer_pub_bytes)
 
                     shared_key = self.prv.exchange(peer_pub)
-                    derived_key = derived_key = HKDF(
+
+                    # TODO: Improve this re-allocation of HKDF
+                    derived_key = HKDF(
                         algorithm=hashes.SHA256(),
                         length=32,
                         salt=self.get_salt(),
                         info=self.get_context(),
+                        backend=cio_default_backend,
                     ).derive(shared_key)
 
                     fernet = Fernet(base64.urlsafe_b64encode(derived_key))

RNS/Interfaces/AX25KISSInterface.py

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 from .Interface import Interface
 from time import sleep
 import sys
-import serial
 import threading
 import time
 import RNS
@@ -48,6 +47,18 @@ class AX25KISSInterface(Interface):
     serial   = None
 
     def __init__(self, owner, name, callsign, ssid, port, speed, databits, parity, stopbits, preamble, txtail, persistence, slottime, flow_control):
+        import importlib
+        if importlib.util.find_spec('serial') != None:
+            import serial
+        else:
+            RNS.log("Using the AX.25 KISS interface requires a serial communication module to be installed.", RNS.LOG_CRITICAL)
+            RNS.log("You can install one with the command: python3 -m pip install pyserial", RNS.LOG_CRITICAL)
+            RNS.panic()
+
+        self.rxb = 0
+        self.txb = 0
+        
+        self.pyserial = serial
         self.serial   = None
         self.owner    = owner
         self.name     = name
@@ -87,44 +98,48 @@ class AX25KISSInterface(Interface):
             self.parity = serial.PARITY_ODD
 
         try:
-            RNS.log("Opening serial port "+self.port+"...")
-            self.serial = serial.Serial(
-                port = self.port,
-                baudrate = self.speed,
-                bytesize = self.databits,
-                parity = self.parity,
-                stopbits = self.stopbits,
-                xonxoff = False,
-                rtscts = False,
-                timeout = 0,
-                inter_byte_timeout = None,
-                write_timeout = None,
-                dsrdtr = False,
-            )
+            self.open_port()
         except Exception as e:
             RNS.log("Could not open serial port for interface "+str(self), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
             raise e
 
         if self.serial.is_open:
-            # Allow time for interface to initialise before config
-            sleep(2.0)
-            thread = threading.Thread(target=self.readLoop)
-            thread.setDaemon(True)
-            thread.start()
-            self.online = True
-            RNS.log("Serial port "+self.port+" is now open")
-            RNS.log("Configuring AX.25 KISS interface parameters...")
-            self.setPreamble(self.preamble)
-            self.setTxTail(self.txtail)
-            self.setPersistence(self.persistence)
-            self.setSlotTime(self.slottime)
-            self.setFlowControl(self.flow_control)
-            self.interface_ready = True
-            RNS.log("AX.25 KISS interface configured")
-            sleep(2)
+            self.configure_device()
         else:
             raise IOError("Could not open serial port")
 
+    def open_port(self):
+        RNS.log("Opening serial port "+self.port+"...", RNS.LOG_VERBOSE)
+        self.serial = self.pyserial.Serial(
+            port = self.port,
+            baudrate = self.speed,
+            bytesize = self.databits,
+            parity = self.parity,
+            stopbits = self.stopbits,
+            xonxoff = False,
+            rtscts = False,
+            timeout = 0,
+            inter_byte_timeout = None,
+            write_timeout = None,
+            dsrdtr = False,
+        )
+
+    def configure_device(self):
+        # Allow time for interface to initialise before config
+        sleep(2.0)
+        thread = threading.Thread(target=self.readLoop)
+        thread.setDaemon(True)
+        thread.start()
+        self.online = True
+        RNS.log("Serial port "+self.port+" is now open")
+        RNS.log("Configuring AX.25 KISS interface parameters...")
+        self.setPreamble(self.preamble)
+        self.setTxTail(self.txtail)
+        self.setPersistence(self.persistence)
+        self.setSlotTime(self.slottime)
+        self.setFlowControl(self.flow_control)
+        self.interface_ready = True
+        RNS.log("AX.25 KISS interface configured")
 
     def setPreamble(self, preamble):
         preamble_ms = preamble
@@ -188,10 +203,12 @@ class AX25KISSInterface(Interface):
 
     def processIncoming(self, data):
         if (len(data) > AX25.HEADER_SIZE):
+            self.rxb += len(data)
             self.owner.inbound(data[AX25.HEADER_SIZE:], self)
 
 
     def processOutgoing(self,data):
+        datalen = len(data)
         if self.online:
             if self.interface_ready:
                 if self.flow_control:
@@ -224,6 +241,8 @@ class AX25KISSInterface(Interface):
                 kiss_frame = bytes([KISS.FEND])+bytes([0x00])+data+bytes([KISS.FEND])
 
                 written = self.serial.write(kiss_frame)
+                self.txb += datalen
+
                 if written != len(kiss_frame):
                     if self.flow_control:
                         self.interface_ready = True
@@ -280,8 +299,6 @@ class AX25KISSInterface(Interface):
                                     escape = False
                                 data_buffer = data_buffer+bytes([byte])
                         elif (command == KISS.CMD_READY):
-                            # TODO: add timeout and reset if ready
-                            # command never arrives
                             self.process_queue()
                 else:
                     time_since_last = int(time.time()*1000) - last_read_ms
@@ -301,10 +318,29 @@ class AX25KISSInterface(Interface):
         except Exception as e:
             self.online = False
             RNS.log("A serial port error occurred, the contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
-            RNS.log("The interface "+str(self)+" experienced an unrecoverable error and is being torn down. Restart Reticulum to attempt to open this interface again.", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
-
+            RNS.log("The interface "+str(self)+" experienced an unrecoverable error and is now offline.", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+            
             if RNS.Reticulum.panic_on_interface_error:
                 RNS.panic()
 
+            RNS.log("Reticulum will attempt to reconnect the interface periodically.", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+
+        self.online = False
+        self.serial.close()
+        self.reconnect_port()
+
+    def reconnect_port(self):
+        while not self.online:
+            try:
+                time.sleep(5)
+                RNS.log("Attempting to reconnect serial port "+str(self.port)+" for "+str(self)+"...", RNS.LOG_VERBOSE)
+                self.open_port()
+                if self.serial.is_open:
+                    self.configure_device()
+            except Exception as e:
+                RNS.log("Error while reconnecting port, the contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+
+        RNS.log("Reconnected serial port for "+str(self))
+
     def __str__(self):
         return "AX25KISSInterface["+self.name+"]"

RNS/Interfaces/AutoInterface.py

@@ -0,0 +1,323 @@
+from .Interface import Interface
+import socketserver
+import threading
+import socket
+import struct
+import time
+import sys
+import RNS
+
+
+class AutoInterface(Interface):
+    DEFAULT_DISCOVERY_PORT = 29716
+    DEFAULT_DATA_PORT      = 42671
+    DEFAULT_GROUP_ID       = "reticulum".encode("utf-8")
+
+    SCOPE_LINK         = "2"
+    SCOPE_ADMIN        = "4"
+    SCOPE_SITE         = "5"
+    SCOPE_ORGANISATION = "8"
+    SCOPE_GLOBAL       = "e"
+
+    PEERING_TIMEOUT    = 7.5
+
+    DARWIN_IGNORE_IFS  = ["awdl0", "llw0", "lo0", "en5"]
+    ANDROID_IGNORE_IFS = ["dummy0", "lo", "tun0"]
+
+    def __init__(self, owner, name, group_id=None, discovery_scope=None, discovery_port=None, data_port=None, allowed_interfaces=None, ignored_interfaces=None):
+        import importlib
+        if importlib.util.find_spec('netifaces') != None:
+            import netifaces
+        else:
+            RNS.log("Using AutoInterface requires the netifaces module.", RNS.LOG_CRITICAL)
+            RNS.log("You can install it with the command: python3 -m pip install netifaces", RNS.LOG_CRITICAL)
+            RNS.panic()
+
+        self.netifaces = netifaces
+        self.rxb = 0
+        self.txb = 0
+        self.IN  = True
+        self.OUT = False
+        self.name = name
+        self.online = False
+        self.peers = {}
+        self.link_local_addresses = []
+        self.adopted_interfaces = {}
+        self.multicast_echoes = {}
+        self.timed_out_interfaces = {}
+
+        self.outbound_udp_socket = None
+
+        self.announce_interval = AutoInterface.PEERING_TIMEOUT/5.0
+        self.peer_job_interval = AutoInterface.PEERING_TIMEOUT*1.1
+        self.peering_timeout   = AutoInterface.PEERING_TIMEOUT
+        self.multicast_echo_timeout = AutoInterface.PEERING_TIMEOUT/2
+
+        if allowed_interfaces == None:
+            self.allowed_interfaces = []
+        else:
+            self.allowed_interfaces = allowed_interfaces
+
+        if ignored_interfaces == None:
+            self.ignored_interfaces = []
+        else:
+            self.ignored_interfaces = ignored_interfaces
+
+        if group_id == None:
+            self.group_id = AutoInterface.DEFAULT_GROUP_ID
+        else:
+            self.group_id = group_id.encode("utf-8")
+
+        if discovery_port == None:
+            self.discovery_port = AutoInterface.DEFAULT_DISCOVERY_PORT
+        else:
+            self.discovery_port = discovery_port
+
+        if data_port == None:
+            self.data_port = AutoInterface.DEFAULT_DATA_PORT
+        else:
+            self.data_port = data_port
+
+        if discovery_scope == None:
+            self.discovery_scope = AutoInterface.SCOPE_LINK
+        elif str(discovery_scope).lower() == "link":
+            self.discovery_scope = AutoInterface.SCOPE_LINK
+        elif str(discovery_scope).lower() == "admin":
+            self.discovery_scope = AutoInterface.SCOPE_ADMIN
+        elif str(discovery_scope).lower() == "site":
+            self.discovery_scope = AutoInterface.SCOPE_SITE
+        elif str(discovery_scope).lower() == "organisation":
+            self.discovery_scope = AutoInterface.SCOPE_ORGANISATION
+        elif str(discovery_scope).lower() == "global":
+            self.discovery_scope = AutoInterface.SCOPE_GLOBAL
+
+        self.group_hash = RNS.Identity.full_hash(self.group_id)
+        g = self.group_hash
+        #gt  = "{:02x}".format(g[1]+(g[0]<<8))
+        gt  = "0"
+        gt += ":"+"{:02x}".format(g[3]+(g[2]<<8))
+        gt += ":"+"{:02x}".format(g[5]+(g[4]<<8))
+        gt += ":"+"{:02x}".format(g[7]+(g[6]<<8))
+        gt += ":"+"{:02x}".format(g[9]+(g[8]<<8))
+        gt += ":"+"{:02x}".format(g[11]+(g[10]<<8))
+        gt += ":"+"{:02x}".format(g[13]+(g[12]<<8))
+        self.mcast_discovery_address = "ff1"+self.discovery_scope+":"+gt
+
+        suitable_interfaces = 0
+        for ifname in self.netifaces.interfaces():
+            if RNS.vendor.platformutils.is_darwin() and ifname in AutoInterface.DARWIN_IGNORE_IFS and not ifname in self.allowed_interfaces:
+                RNS.log(str(self)+" skipping Darwin AWDL or tethering interface "+str(ifname), RNS.LOG_EXTREME)
+            elif RNS.vendor.platformutils.is_darwin() and ifname == "lo0":
+                RNS.log(str(self)+" skipping Darwin loopback interface "+str(ifname), RNS.LOG_EXTREME)
+            elif RNS.vendor.platformutils.is_android() and ifname in AutoInterface.ANDROID_IGNORE_IFS and not ifname in self.allowed_interfaces:
+                RNS.log(str(self)+" skipping Android system interface "+str(ifname), RNS.LOG_EXTREME)
+            elif ifname in self.ignored_interfaces:
+                RNS.log(str(self)+" ignoring disallowed interface "+str(ifname), RNS.LOG_EXTREME)
+            else:
+                if len(self.allowed_interfaces) > 0 and not ifname in self.allowed_interfaces:
+                    RNS.log(str(self)+" ignoring interface "+str(ifname)+" since it was not allowed", RNS.LOG_EXTREME)
+                else:
+                    addresses = self.netifaces.ifaddresses(ifname)
+                    if self.netifaces.AF_INET6 in addresses:
+                        link_local_addr = None
+                        for address in addresses[self.netifaces.AF_INET6]:
+                            if "addr" in address:
+                                if address["addr"].startswith("fe80:"):
+                                    link_local_addr = address["addr"]
+                                    self.link_local_addresses.append(link_local_addr.split("%")[0])
+                                    self.adopted_interfaces[ifname] = link_local_addr.split("%")[0]
+                                    self.multicast_echoes[ifname] = time.time()
+                                    RNS.log(str(self)+" Selecting link-local address "+str(link_local_addr)+" for interface "+str(ifname), RNS.LOG_EXTREME)
+
+                        if link_local_addr == None:
+                            RNS.log(str(self)+" No link-local IPv6 address configured for "+str(ifname)+", skipping interface", RNS.LOG_EXTREME)
+                        else:
+                            mcast_addr = self.mcast_discovery_address
+                            RNS.log(str(self)+" Creating multicast discovery listener on "+str(ifname)+" with address "+str(mcast_addr), RNS.LOG_EXTREME)
+
+                            # Struct with interface index
+                            if_struct = struct.pack("I", socket.if_nametoindex(ifname))
+
+                            # Set up multicast socket
+                            discovery_socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET6, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+                            discovery_socket.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
+                            discovery_socket.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEPORT, 1)
+                            discovery_socket.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_IPV6, socket.IPV6_MULTICAST_IF, if_struct)
+
+                            # Join multicast group
+                            mcast_group = socket.inet_pton(socket.AF_INET6, mcast_addr) + if_struct
+                            discovery_socket.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_IPV6, socket.IPV6_JOIN_GROUP, mcast_group)
+
+                            # Bind socket
+                            addr_info = socket.getaddrinfo(mcast_addr+"%"+ifname, self.discovery_port, socket.AF_INET6, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+                            discovery_socket.bind(addr_info[0][4])
+
+                            # Set up thread for discovery packets
+                            def discovery_loop():
+                                self.discovery_handler(discovery_socket, ifname)
+
+                            thread = threading.Thread(target=discovery_loop)
+                            thread.setDaemon(True)
+                            thread.start()
+
+                            suitable_interfaces += 1
+
+        if suitable_interfaces == 0:
+            RNS.log(str(self)+" could not autoconfigure. This interface currently provides no connectivity.", RNS.LOG_WARNING)
+        else:
+            self.receives = True
+
+            peering_wait = self.announce_interval*1.2
+            RNS.log(str(self)+" discovering peers for "+str(round(peering_wait, 2))+" seconds...", RNS.LOG_VERBOSE)
+
+            def handlerFactory(callback):
+                def createHandler(*args, **keys):
+                    return AutoInterfaceHandler(callback, *args, **keys)
+                return createHandler
+
+            self.owner = owner
+            socketserver.UDPServer.address_family = socket.AF_INET6
+
+            for ifname in self.adopted_interfaces:
+                local_addr = self.adopted_interfaces[ifname]+"%"+ifname
+                addr_info = socket.getaddrinfo(local_addr, self.data_port, socket.AF_INET6, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+                address = addr_info[0][4]
+
+                self.server = socketserver.UDPServer(address, handlerFactory(self.processIncoming))
+                
+                thread = threading.Thread(target=self.server.serve_forever)
+                thread.setDaemon(True)
+                thread.start()
+
+            job_thread = threading.Thread(target=self.peer_jobs)
+            job_thread.setDaemon(True)
+            job_thread.start()
+
+            time.sleep(peering_wait)
+
+            self.online = True
+
+
+    def discovery_handler(self, socket, ifname):
+        def announce_loop():
+            self.announce_handler(ifname)
+            
+        thread = threading.Thread(target=announce_loop)
+        thread.setDaemon(True)
+        thread.start()
+        
+        while True:
+            data, ipv6_src = socket.recvfrom(1024)
+            expected_hash = RNS.Identity.full_hash(self.group_id+ipv6_src[0].encode("utf-8"))
+            if data == expected_hash:
+                self.add_peer(ipv6_src[0], ifname)
+            else:
+                RNS.log(str(self)+" received peering packet on "+str(ifname)+" from "+str(ipv6_src[0])+", but authentication hash was incorrect.", RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
+
+    def peer_jobs(self):
+        while True:
+            time.sleep(self.peer_job_interval)
+            now = time.time()
+            timed_out_peers = []
+
+            # Check for timed out peers
+            for peer_addr in self.peers:
+                peer = self.peers[peer_addr]
+                last_heard = peer[1]
+                if now > last_heard+self.peering_timeout:
+                    timed_out_peers.append(peer_addr)
+
+            # Remove any timed out peers
+            for peer_addr in timed_out_peers:
+                removed_peer = self.peers.pop(peer_addr)
+                RNS.log(str(self)+" removed peer "+str(peer_addr)+" on "+str(removed_peer[0]), RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
+
+            for ifname in self.adopted_interfaces:
+                last_multicast_echo = 0
+                if ifname in self.multicast_echoes:
+                    last_multicast_echo = self.multicast_echoes[ifname]
+
+                if now - last_multicast_echo > self.multicast_echo_timeout:
+                    if ifname in self.timed_out_interfaces and self.timed_out_interfaces[ifname] == False:
+                        RNS.log("Multicast echo timeout for "+str(ifname)+". Carrier lost.", RNS.LOG_WARNING)
+                    self.timed_out_interfaces[ifname] = True
+                else:
+                    if ifname in self.timed_out_interfaces and self.timed_out_interfaces[ifname] == True:
+                        RNS.log(str(self)+" Carrier recovered on "+str(ifname), RNS.LOG_WARNING)
+                    self.timed_out_interfaces[ifname] = False
+                
+
+    def announce_handler(self, ifname):
+        while True:
+            self.peer_announce(ifname)
+            time.sleep(self.announce_interval)
+            
+    def peer_announce(self, ifname):
+        try:
+            link_local_address = self.adopted_interfaces[ifname]
+            discovery_token = RNS.Identity.full_hash(self.group_id+link_local_address.encode("utf-8"))
+            announce_socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET6, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+            addr_info = socket.getaddrinfo(self.mcast_discovery_address, self.discovery_port, socket.AF_INET6, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+
+            ifis = struct.pack("I", socket.if_nametoindex(ifname))
+            announce_socket.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_IPV6, socket.IPV6_MULTICAST_IF, ifis)
+            announce_socket.sendto(discovery_token, addr_info[0][4])
+        except Exception as e:
+            if (ifname in self.timed_out_interfaces and self.timed_out_interfaces[ifname] == False) or not ifname in self.timed_out_interfaces:
+                RNS.log(str(self)+" Detected possible carrier loss on "+str(ifname)+": "+str(e), RNS.LOG_WARNING)
+            else:
+                pass
+
+    def add_peer(self, addr, ifname):
+        if addr in self.link_local_addresses:
+            ifname = None
+            for interface_name in self.adopted_interfaces:
+                if self.adopted_interfaces[interface_name] == addr:
+                    ifname = interface_name
+
+            if ifname != None:
+                self.multicast_echoes[ifname] = time.time()
+            else:
+                RNS.log(str(self)+" received multicast echo on unexpected interface "+str(ifname), RNS.LOG_WARNING)
+
+        else:
+            if not addr in self.peers:
+                self.peers[addr] = [ifname, time.time()]
+                RNS.log(str(self)+" added peer "+str(addr)+" on "+str(ifname), RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
+            else:
+                self.refresh_peer(addr)
+
+    def refresh_peer(self, addr):
+        self.peers[addr][1] = time.time()
+
+    def processIncoming(self, data):
+        self.rxb += len(data)
+        self.owner.inbound(data, self)
+
+    def processOutgoing(self,data):
+            for peer in self.peers:
+                try:
+                    if self.outbound_udp_socket == None:
+                        self.outbound_udp_socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET6, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+                    
+                    peer_addr = str(peer)+"%"+str(self.peers[peer][0])
+                    addr_info = socket.getaddrinfo(peer_addr, self.data_port, socket.AF_INET6, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+                    self.outbound_udp_socket.sendto(data, addr_info[0][4])
+                except Exception as e:
+                    RNS.log("Could not transmit on "+str(self)+". The contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+
+            
+            self.txb += len(data)
+            
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return "AutoInterface["+self.name+"]"
+
+class AutoInterfaceHandler(socketserver.BaseRequestHandler):
+    def __init__(self, callback, *args, **keys):
+        self.callback = callback
+        socketserver.BaseRequestHandler.__init__(self, *args, **keys)
+
+    def handle(self):
+        data = self.request[0]
+        self.callback(data)

RNS/Interfaces/I2PInterface.py

@@ -0,0 +1,593 @@
+from .Interface import Interface
+import socketserver
+import threading
+import platform
+import socket
+import time
+import sys
+import os
+import RNS
+import asyncio
+
+class HDLC():
+    FLAG              = 0x7E
+    ESC               = 0x7D
+    ESC_MASK          = 0x20
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def escape(data):
+        data = data.replace(bytes([HDLC.ESC]), bytes([HDLC.ESC, HDLC.ESC^HDLC.ESC_MASK]))
+        data = data.replace(bytes([HDLC.FLAG]), bytes([HDLC.ESC, HDLC.FLAG^HDLC.ESC_MASK]))
+        return data
+
+class KISS():
+    FEND              = 0xC0
+    FESC              = 0xDB
+    TFEND             = 0xDC
+    TFESC             = 0xDD
+    CMD_DATA          = 0x00
+    CMD_UNKNOWN       = 0xFE
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def escape(data):
+        data = data.replace(bytes([0xdb]), bytes([0xdb, 0xdd]))
+        data = data.replace(bytes([0xc0]), bytes([0xdb, 0xdc]))
+        return data
+
+# TODO: Neater shutdown of the event loop and
+# better error handling is needed. Sometimes
+# errors occur in I2P that leave tunnel setup
+# hanging indefinitely, and right now we have
+# no way of catching it. Sometimes the server
+# and client tasks are also not cancelled on
+# shutdown, which leads to errors dumped to
+# the console. This should also be remedied.
+
+class I2PController:
+    def __init__(self, rns_storagepath):
+        import RNS.vendor.i2plib as i2plib
+        import RNS.vendor.i2plib.utils
+
+        self.client_tunnels = {}
+        self.server_tunnels = {}
+        self.loop = None
+        self.i2plib = i2plib
+        self.utils = i2plib.utils
+        self.sam_address = i2plib.get_sam_address()
+
+        self.storagepath = rns_storagepath+"/i2p"
+        if not os.path.isdir(self.storagepath):
+            os.makedirs(self.storagepath)
+
+
+    def start(self):
+        asyncio.set_event_loop(asyncio.new_event_loop())
+        self.loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+        try:
+            self.loop.run_forever()
+        except Exception as e:
+            RNS.log("Exception on event loop for "+str(self)+": "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+        finally:
+            self.loop.close()
+
+
+    def stop(self):
+        for task in asyncio.Task.all_tasks(loop=self.loop):
+            task.cancel()
+
+        self.loop.stop()
+
+
+    def get_free_port(self):
+        return self.i2plib.utils.get_free_port()
+
+
+    def client_tunnel(self, owner, i2p_destination):
+        self.client_tunnels[i2p_destination] = False
+
+        while True:
+            if not self.client_tunnels[i2p_destination]:
+                try:
+                    async def tunnel_up():
+                        RNS.log("Bringing up I2P tunnel to "+str(owner)+", this may take a while...", RNS.LOG_INFO)
+                        tunnel = self.i2plib.ClientTunnel(i2p_destination, owner.local_addr, sam_address=self.sam_address, loop=self.loop)
+                        await tunnel.run()
+                        owner.awaiting_i2p_tunnel = False
+                        RNS.log(str(owner)+ " tunnel setup complete", RNS.LOG_VERBOSE)
+
+                    try:
+                        self.loop.ext_owner = self
+                        future = asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(tunnel_up(), self.loop).result()
+                        self.client_tunnels[i2p_destination] = True
+
+                    except Exception as e:
+                        RNS.log("Error while setting up I2P tunnel: "+str(e))
+                        raise e
+
+
+                except Exception as e:
+                    raise IOError("Could not connect to I2P SAM API while configuring to "+str(owner)+". Check that I2P is running and SAM is enabled.")
+
+            time.sleep(5)
+
+
+    def server_tunnel(self, owner):
+        i2p_dest_hash = RNS.Identity.full_hash(RNS.Identity.full_hash(owner.name.encode("utf-8")))
+        i2p_keyfile   = self.storagepath+"/"+RNS.hexrep(i2p_dest_hash, delimit=False)+".i2p"
+
+        i2p_dest = None
+        if not os.path.isfile(i2p_keyfile):
+            coro = self.i2plib.new_destination(sam_address=self.sam_address, loop=self.loop)
+            i2p_dest = asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(coro, self.loop).result()
+            key_file = open(i2p_keyfile, "w")
+            key_file.write(i2p_dest.private_key.base64)
+            key_file.close()
+        else:
+            key_file = open(i2p_keyfile, "r")
+            prvd = key_file.read()
+            key_file.close()
+            i2p_dest = self.i2plib.Destination(data=prvd, has_private_key=True)
+
+        i2p_b32 = i2p_dest.base32
+        owner.b32 = i2p_b32
+
+        self.server_tunnels[i2p_b32] = False
+
+        while self.server_tunnels[i2p_b32] == False:
+            try:
+                async def tunnel_up():
+                    RNS.log(str(owner)+" Bringing up I2P endpoint, this may take a while...", RNS.LOG_INFO)
+                    tunnel = self.i2plib.ServerTunnel((owner.bind_ip, owner.bind_port), loop=self.loop, destination=i2p_dest, sam_address=self.sam_address)
+                    await tunnel.run()
+                    RNS.log(str(owner)+ " endpoint setup complete. Now reachable at: "+str(i2p_dest.base32)+".b32.i2p", RNS.LOG_VERBOSE)
+
+                asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(tunnel_up(), self.loop).result()
+                self.server_tunnels[i2p_b32] = True
+
+            except Exception as e:
+                raise IOError("Could not connect to I2P SAM API while configuring "+str(self)+". Check that I2P is running and SAM is enabled.")
+
+            time.sleep(5)
+
+    def get_loop(self):
+        return asyncio.get_event_loop()
+
+
+class ThreadingI2PServer(socketserver.ThreadingMixIn, socketserver.TCPServer):
+    pass
+
+class I2PInterfacePeer(Interface):
+    RECONNECT_WAIT = 15
+    RECONNECT_MAX_TRIES = None
+
+    # TCP socket options
+    I2P_USER_TIMEOUT = 40
+    I2P_PROBE_AFTER = 10
+    I2P_PROBE_INTERVAL = 5
+    I2P_PROBES = 6
+
+    def __init__(self, parent_interface, owner, name, target_i2p_dest=None, connected_socket=None, max_reconnect_tries=None):
+        self.rxb = 0
+        self.txb = 0
+        
+        self.IN               = True
+        self.OUT              = False
+        self.socket           = None
+        self.parent_interface = parent_interface
+        self.parent_count     = True
+        self.name             = name
+        self.initiator        = False
+        self.reconnecting     = False
+        self.never_connected  = True
+        self.owner            = owner
+        self.writing          = False
+        self.online           = False
+        self.detached         = False
+        self.kiss_framing     = False
+        self.i2p_tunneled     = True
+        self.i2p_dest         = None
+        self.i2p_tunnel_ready = False
+        self.mode             = RNS.Interfaces.Interface.Interface.MODE_FULL
+
+        if max_reconnect_tries == None:
+            self.max_reconnect_tries = I2PInterfacePeer.RECONNECT_MAX_TRIES
+        else:
+            self.max_reconnect_tries = max_reconnect_tries
+
+        if connected_socket != None:
+            self.receives    = True
+            self.target_ip   = None
+            self.target_port = None
+            self.socket      = connected_socket
+
+            if platform.system() == "Linux":
+                self.set_timeouts_linux()
+            elif platform.system() == "Darwin":
+                self.set_timeouts_osx()
+
+        elif target_i2p_dest != None:
+            self.receives    = True
+            self.initiator   = True
+
+            self.bind_ip     = "127.0.0.1"
+            self.bind_port   = self.parent_interface.i2p.get_free_port()
+            self.local_addr  = (self.bind_ip, self.bind_port)
+            self.target_ip = self.bind_ip
+            self.target_port = self.bind_port
+
+            self.awaiting_i2p_tunnel = True
+
+            def tunnel_job():
+                self.parent_interface.i2p.client_tunnel(self, target_i2p_dest)
+
+            thread = threading.Thread(target=tunnel_job)
+            thread.setDaemon(True)
+            thread.start()
+
+            def wait_job():
+                while self.awaiting_i2p_tunnel:
+                    time.sleep(0.25)
+                
+                if not self.kiss_framing:
+                    self.wants_tunnel = True
+
+                if not self.connect(initial=True):
+                    thread = threading.Thread(target=self.reconnect)
+                    thread.setDaemon(True)
+                    thread.start()
+                else:
+                    thread = threading.Thread(target=self.read_loop)
+                    thread.setDaemon(True)
+                    thread.start()
+
+            thread = threading.Thread(target=wait_job)
+            thread.setDaemon(True)
+            thread.start()
+
+
+    def set_timeouts_linux(self):
+        if not self.i2p_tunneled:
+            self.socket.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_TCP, socket.TCP_USER_TIMEOUT, int(I2PInterfacePeer.TCP_USER_TIMEOUT * 1000))
+            self.socket.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_KEEPALIVE, 1)
+            self.socket.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_TCP, socket.TCP_KEEPIDLE, int(I2PInterfacePeer.TCP_PROBE_AFTER))
+            self.socket.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_TCP, socket.TCP_KEEPINTVL, int(I2PInterfacePeer.TCP_PROBE_INTERVAL))
+            self.socket.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_TCP, socket.TCP_KEEPCNT, int(I2PInterfacePeer.TCP_PROBES))
+        else:
+            self.socket.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_TCP, socket.TCP_USER_TIMEOUT, int(I2PInterfacePeer.I2P_USER_TIMEOUT * 1000))
+            self.socket.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_KEEPALIVE, 1)
+            self.socket.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_TCP, socket.TCP_KEEPIDLE, int(I2PInterfacePeer.I2P_PROBE_AFTER))
+            self.socket.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_TCP, socket.TCP_KEEPINTVL, int(I2PInterfacePeer.I2P_PROBE_INTERVAL))
+            self.socket.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_TCP, socket.TCP_KEEPCNT, int(I2PInterfacePeer.I2P_PROBES))
+
+    def set_timeouts_osx(self):
+        if hasattr(socket, "TCP_KEEPALIVE"):
+            TCP_KEEPIDLE = socket.TCP_KEEPALIVE
+        else:
+            TCP_KEEPIDLE = 0x10
+
+        self.socket.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_KEEPALIVE, 1)
+        
+        if not self.i2p_tunneled:
+            self.socket.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_KEEPIDLE, int(I2PInterfacePeer.TCP_PROBE_AFTER))
+        else:
+            self.socket.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_KEEPIDLE, int(I2PInterfacePeer.I2P_PROBE_AFTER))
+        
+    def detach(self):
+        if self.socket != None:
+            if hasattr(self.socket, "close"):
+                if callable(self.socket.close):
+                    RNS.log("Detaching "+str(self), RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
+                    self.detached = True
+                    
+                    try:
+                        self.socket.shutdown(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
+                    except Exception as e:
+                        RNS.log("Error while shutting down socket for "+str(self)+": "+str(e))
+
+                    try:
+                        self.socket.close()
+                    except Exception as e:
+                        RNS.log("Error while closing socket for "+str(self)+": "+str(e))
+
+                    self.socket = None
+
+    def connect(self, initial=False):
+        try:
+            self.socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+            self.socket.connect((self.target_ip, self.target_port))
+            self.online  = True
+        
+        except Exception as e:
+            if initial:
+                if not self.awaiting_i2p_tunnel:
+                    RNS.log("Initial connection for "+str(self)+" could not be established: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+                    RNS.log("Leaving unconnected and retrying connection in "+str(I2PInterfacePeer.RECONNECT_WAIT)+" seconds.", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+
+                return False
+            
+            else:
+                raise e
+
+        if platform.system() == "Linux":
+            self.set_timeouts_linux()
+        elif platform.system() == "Darwin":
+            self.set_timeouts_osx()
+        
+        self.online  = True
+        self.writing = False
+        self.never_connected = False
+
+        if not self.kiss_framing and self.wants_tunnel:
+            RNS.Transport.synthesize_tunnel(self)
+
+        return True
+
+
+    def reconnect(self):
+        if self.initiator:
+            if not self.reconnecting:
+                self.reconnecting = True
+                attempts = 0
+                while not self.online:
+                    time.sleep(I2PInterfacePeer.RECONNECT_WAIT)
+                    attempts += 1
+
+                    if self.max_reconnect_tries != None and attempts > self.max_reconnect_tries:
+                        RNS.log("Max reconnection attempts reached for "+str(self), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+                        self.teardown()
+                        break
+
+                    try:
+                        self.connect()
+
+                    except Exception as e:
+                        if not self.awaiting_i2p_tunnel:
+                            RNS.log("Connection attempt for "+str(self)+" failed: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
+                        else:
+                            RNS.log(str(self)+" still waiting for I2P tunnel to appear", RNS.LOG_VERBOSE)
+
+                if not self.never_connected:
+                    RNS.log(str(self)+" Re-established connection via I2P tunnel", RNS.LOG_INFO)
+
+                self.reconnecting = False
+                thread = threading.Thread(target=self.read_loop)
+                thread.setDaemon(True)
+                thread.start()
+                if not self.kiss_framing:
+                    RNS.Transport.synthesize_tunnel(self)
+
+        else:
+            RNS.log("Attempt to reconnect on a non-initiator I2P interface. This should not happen.", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+            raise IOError("Attempt to reconnect on a non-initiator I2P interface")
+
+    def processIncoming(self, data):
+        self.rxb += len(data)
+        if hasattr(self, "parent_interface") and self.parent_interface != None and self.parent_count:
+            self.parent_interface.rxb += len(data)
+                    
+        self.owner.inbound(data, self)
+
+    def processOutgoing(self, data):
+        if self.online:
+            while self.writing:
+                time.sleep(0.01)
+
+            try:
+                self.writing = True
+
+                if self.kiss_framing:
+                    data = bytes([KISS.FEND])+bytes([KISS.CMD_DATA])+KISS.escape(data)+bytes([KISS.FEND])
+                else:
+                    data = bytes([HDLC.FLAG])+HDLC.escape(data)+bytes([HDLC.FLAG])
+
+                self.socket.sendall(data)
+                self.writing = False
+                self.txb += len(data)
+                if hasattr(self, "parent_interface") and self.parent_interface != None and self.parent_count:
+                    self.parent_interface.txb += len(data)
+
+            except Exception as e:
+                RNS.log("Exception occurred while transmitting via "+str(self)+", tearing down interface", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+                RNS.log("The contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+                self.teardown()
+
+
+    def read_loop(self):
+        try:
+            in_frame = False
+            escape = False
+            data_buffer = b""
+            command = KISS.CMD_UNKNOWN
+
+            while True:
+                data_in = self.socket.recv(4096)
+                if len(data_in) > 0:
+                    pointer = 0
+                    while pointer < len(data_in):
+                        byte = data_in[pointer]
+                        pointer += 1
+
+                        if self.kiss_framing:
+                            # Read loop for KISS framing
+                            if (in_frame and byte == KISS.FEND and command == KISS.CMD_DATA):
+                                in_frame = False
+                                self.processIncoming(data_buffer)
+                            elif (byte == KISS.FEND):
+                                in_frame = True
+                                command = KISS.CMD_UNKNOWN
+                                data_buffer = b""
+                            elif (in_frame and len(data_buffer) < RNS.Reticulum.MTU):
+                                if (len(data_buffer) == 0 and command == KISS.CMD_UNKNOWN):
+                                    # We only support one HDLC port for now, so
+                                    # strip off the port nibble
+                                    byte = byte & 0x0F
+                                    command = byte
+                                elif (command == KISS.CMD_DATA):
+                                    if (byte == KISS.FESC):
+                                        escape = True
+                                    else:
+                                        if (escape):
+                                            if (byte == KISS.TFEND):
+                                                byte = KISS.FEND
+                                            if (byte == KISS.TFESC):
+                                                byte = KISS.FESC
+                                            escape = False
+                                        data_buffer = data_buffer+bytes([byte])
+
+                        else:
+                            # Read loop for HDLC framing
+                            if (in_frame and byte == HDLC.FLAG):
+                                in_frame = False
+                                self.processIncoming(data_buffer)
+                            elif (byte == HDLC.FLAG):
+                                in_frame = True
+                                data_buffer = b""
+                            elif (in_frame and len(data_buffer) < RNS.Reticulum.MTU):
+                                if (byte == HDLC.ESC):
+                                    escape = True
+                                else:
+                                    if (escape):
+                                        if (byte == HDLC.FLAG ^ HDLC.ESC_MASK):
+                                            byte = HDLC.FLAG
+                                        if (byte == HDLC.ESC  ^ HDLC.ESC_MASK):
+                                            byte = HDLC.ESC
+                                        escape = False
+                                    data_buffer = data_buffer+bytes([byte])
+                else:
+                    self.online = False
+                    if self.initiator and not self.detached:
+                        RNS.log("Socket for "+str(self)+" was closed, attempting to reconnect...", RNS.LOG_WARNING)
+                        self.reconnect()
+                    else:
+                        RNS.log("Socket for remote client "+str(self)+" was closed.", RNS.LOG_VERBOSE)
+                        self.teardown()
+
+                    break
+
+                
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.online = False
+            RNS.log("An interface error occurred for "+str(self)+", the contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_WARNING)
+
+            if self.initiator:
+                RNS.log("Attempting to reconnect...", RNS.LOG_WARNING)
+                self.reconnect()
+            else:
+                self.teardown()
+
+    def teardown(self):
+        if self.initiator and not self.detached:
+            RNS.log("The interface "+str(self)+" experienced an unrecoverable error and is being torn down. Restart Reticulum to attempt to open this interface again.", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+            if RNS.Reticulum.panic_on_interface_error:
+                RNS.panic()
+
+        else:
+            RNS.log("The interface "+str(self)+" is being torn down.", RNS.LOG_VERBOSE)
+
+        self.online = False
+        self.OUT = False
+        self.IN = False
+
+        if hasattr(self, "parent_interface") and self.parent_interface != None:
+            self.parent_interface.clients -= 1
+
+        if self in RNS.Transport.interfaces:
+            if not self.initiator:
+                RNS.Transport.interfaces.remove(self)
+
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return "I2PInterfacePeer["+str(self.name)+"]"
+
+
+class I2PInterface(Interface):
+
+    def __init__(self, owner, name, rns_storagepath, peers, connectable = True):
+        self.rxb = 0
+        self.txb = 0
+        self.online = False
+        self.clients = 0
+        self.owner = owner
+        self.connectable = connectable
+        self.i2p_tunneled = True
+        self.mode = RNS.Interfaces.Interface.Interface.MODE_FULL
+
+        self.b32 = None
+        self.i2p = I2PController(rns_storagepath)
+
+        self.IN  = True
+        self.OUT = False
+        self.name = name
+
+
+        self.receives = True
+        self.bind_ip     = "127.0.0.1"
+        self.bind_port   = self.i2p.get_free_port()
+        self.address = (self.bind_ip, self.bind_port)
+
+        i2p_thread = threading.Thread(target=self.i2p.start)
+        i2p_thread.setDaemon(True)
+        i2p_thread.start()
+
+        def handlerFactory(callback):
+            def createHandler(*args, **keys):
+                return I2PInterfaceHandler(callback, *args, **keys)
+            return createHandler
+        
+        ThreadingI2PServer.allow_reuse_address = True
+        self.server = ThreadingI2PServer(self.address, handlerFactory(self.incoming_connection))
+
+        thread = threading.Thread(target=self.server.serve_forever)
+        thread.setDaemon(True)
+        thread.start()
+
+        if self.connectable:
+            def tunnel_job():
+                self.i2p.server_tunnel(self)
+
+            thread = threading.Thread(target=tunnel_job)
+            thread.setDaemon(True)
+            thread.start()
+
+        if peers != None:
+            for peer_addr in peers:
+                interface_name = peer_addr
+                peer_interface = I2PInterfacePeer(self, self.owner, interface_name, peer_addr)
+                peer_interface.OUT = True
+                peer_interface.IN  = True
+                peer_interface.parent_interface = self
+                peer_interface.parent_count = False
+                RNS.Transport.interfaces.append(peer_interface)
+
+        self.online = True
+
+
+    def incoming_connection(self, handler):
+        RNS.log("Accepting incoming I2P connection", RNS.LOG_VERBOSE)
+        interface_name = "Connected peer on "+self.name
+        spawned_interface = I2PInterfacePeer(self, self.owner, interface_name, connected_socket=handler.request)
+        spawned_interface.OUT = True
+        spawned_interface.IN  = True
+        spawned_interface.parent_interface = self
+        spawned_interface.online = True
+        RNS.log("Spawned new I2PInterface Peer: "+str(spawned_interface), RNS.LOG_VERBOSE)
+        RNS.Transport.interfaces.append(spawned_interface)
+        self.clients += 1
+        spawned_interface.read_loop()
+
+    def processOutgoing(self, data):
+        pass
+
+    def detach(self):
+        self.i2p.stop()
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return "I2PInterface["+self.name+"]"
+
+class I2PInterfaceHandler(socketserver.BaseRequestHandler):
+    def __init__(self, callback, *args, **keys):
+        self.callback = callback
+        socketserver.BaseRequestHandler.__init__(self, *args, **keys)
+
+    def handle(self):
+        self.callback(handler=self)

RNS/Interfaces/Interface.py

@@ -7,8 +7,17 @@ class Interface:
     RPT = False
     name = None
 
+    MODE_FULL           = 0x01
+    MODE_POINT_TO_POINT = 0x02
+    MODE_ACCESS_POINT   = 0x03
+
     def __init__(self):
-        pass
+        self.rxb = 0
+        self.txb = 0
+        self.online = False
 
     def get_hash(self):
-        return RNS.Identity.full_hash(str(self).encode("utf-8"))
+        return RNS.Identity.full_hash(str(self).encode("utf-8"))
+
+    def detach(self):
+        pass

RNS/Interfaces/KISSInterface.py

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from .Interface import Interface
 from time import sleep
 import sys
-import serial
 import threading
 import time
 import RNS
@@ -40,9 +39,21 @@ class KISSInterface(Interface):
     serial   = None
 
     def __init__(self, owner, name, port, speed, databits, parity, stopbits, preamble, txtail, persistence, slottime, flow_control, beacon_interval, beacon_data):
+        import importlib
+        if importlib.util.find_spec('serial') != None:
+            import serial
+        else:
+            RNS.log("Using the KISS interface requires a serial communication module to be installed.", RNS.LOG_CRITICAL)
+            RNS.log("You can install one with the command: python3 -m pip install pyserial", RNS.LOG_CRITICAL)
+            RNS.panic()
+
+        self.rxb = 0
+        self.txb = 0
+        
         if beacon_data == None:
             beacon_data = ""
 
+        self.pyserial = serial
         self.serial   = None
         self.owner    = owner
         self.name     = name
@@ -75,44 +86,52 @@ class KISSInterface(Interface):
             self.parity = serial.PARITY_ODD
 
         try:
-            RNS.log("Opening serial port "+self.port+"...")
-            self.serial = serial.Serial(
-                port = self.port,
-                baudrate = self.speed,
-                bytesize = self.databits,
-                parity = self.parity,
-                stopbits = self.stopbits,
-                xonxoff = False,
-                rtscts = False,
-                timeout = 0,
-                inter_byte_timeout = None,
-                write_timeout = None,
-                dsrdtr = False,
-            )
+            self.open_port()
         except Exception as e:
             RNS.log("Could not open serial port "+self.port, RNS.LOG_ERROR)
             raise e
 
         if self.serial.is_open:
-            # Allow time for interface to initialise before config
-            sleep(2.0)
-            thread = threading.Thread(target=self.readLoop)
-            thread.setDaemon(True)
-            thread.start()
-            self.online = True
-            RNS.log("Serial port "+self.port+" is now open")
-            RNS.log("Configuring KISS interface parameters...")
-            self.setPreamble(self.preamble)
-            self.setTxTail(self.txtail)
-            self.setPersistence(self.persistence)
-            self.setSlotTime(self.slottime)
-            self.setFlowControl(self.flow_control)
-            self.interface_ready = True
-            RNS.log("KISS interface configured")
+            self.configure_device()
         else:
             raise IOError("Could not open serial port")
 
 
+    def open_port(self):
+        RNS.log("Opening serial port "+self.port+"...", RNS.LOG_VERBOSE)
+        self.serial = self.pyserial.Serial(
+            port = self.port,
+            baudrate = self.speed,
+            bytesize = self.databits,
+            parity = self.parity,
+            stopbits = self.stopbits,
+            xonxoff = False,
+            rtscts = False,
+            timeout = 0,
+            inter_byte_timeout = None,
+            write_timeout = None,
+            dsrdtr = False,
+        )
+
+
+    def configure_device(self):
+        # Allow time for interface to initialise before config
+        sleep(2.0)
+        thread = threading.Thread(target=self.readLoop)
+        thread.setDaemon(True)
+        thread.start()
+        self.online = True
+        RNS.log("Serial port "+self.port+" is now open")
+        RNS.log("Configuring KISS interface parameters...")
+        self.setPreamble(self.preamble)
+        self.setTxTail(self.txtail)
+        self.setPersistence(self.persistence)
+        self.setSlotTime(self.slottime)
+        self.setFlowControl(self.flow_control)
+        self.interface_ready = True
+        RNS.log("KISS interface configured")
+
+
     def setPreamble(self, preamble):
         preamble_ms = preamble
         preamble = int(preamble_ms / 10)
@@ -174,10 +193,12 @@ class KISSInterface(Interface):
 
 
     def processIncoming(self, data):
+        self.rxb += len(data)  
         self.owner.inbound(data, self)
 
 
     def processOutgoing(self,data):
+        datalen = len(data)
         if self.online:
             if self.interface_ready:
                 if self.flow_control:
@@ -189,6 +210,7 @@ class KISSInterface(Interface):
                 frame = bytes([KISS.FEND])+bytes([0x00])+data+bytes([KISS.FEND])
 
                 written = self.serial.write(frame)
+                self.txb += datalen
 
                 if data == self.beacon_d:
                     self.first_tx = None
@@ -277,10 +299,29 @@ class KISSInterface(Interface):
         except Exception as e:
             self.online = False
             RNS.log("A serial port error occurred, the contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
-            RNS.log("The interface "+str(self)+" experienced an unrecoverable error and is being torn down. Restart Reticulum to attempt to open this interface again.", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
-
+            RNS.log("The interface "+str(self)+" experienced an unrecoverable error and is now offline.", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+            
             if RNS.Reticulum.panic_on_interface_error:
                 RNS.panic()
 
+            RNS.log("Reticulum will attempt to reconnect the interface periodically.", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+
+        self.online = False
+        self.serial.close()
+        self.reconnect_port()
+
+    def reconnect_port(self):
+        while not self.online:
+            try:
+                time.sleep(5)
+                RNS.log("Attempting to reconnect serial port "+str(self.port)+" for "+str(self)+"...", RNS.LOG_VERBOSE)
+                self.open_port()
+                if self.serial.is_open:
+                    self.configure_device()
+            except Exception as e:
+                RNS.log("Error while reconnecting port, the contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+
+        RNS.log("Reconnected serial port for "+str(self))
+
     def __str__(self):
         return "KISSInterface["+self.name+"]"

RNS/Interfaces/LocalInterface.py

@@ -22,13 +22,22 @@ class ThreadingTCPServer(socketserver.ThreadingMixIn, socketserver.TCPServer):
     pass
 
 class LocalClientInterface(Interface):
+    RECONNECT_WAIT = 3
 
     def __init__(self, owner, name, target_port = None, connected_socket=None):
+        self.rxb = 0
+        self.txb = 0
+        self.online  = False
+        
         self.IN               = True
         self.OUT              = False
         self.socket           = None
         self.parent_interface = None
+        self.reconnecting     = False
+        self.never_connected  = True
+        self.detached         = False
         self.name             = name
+        self.mode             = RNS.Interfaces.Interface.Interface.MODE_FULL
 
         if connected_socket != None:
             self.receives    = True
@@ -36,15 +45,13 @@ class LocalClientInterface(Interface):
             self.target_port = None
             self.socket      = connected_socket
 
+            self.is_connected_to_shared_instance = False
+
         elif target_port != None:
             self.receives    = True
             self.target_ip   = "127.0.0.1"
             self.target_port = target_port
-
-            self.socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
-            self.socket.connect((self.target_ip, self.target_port))
-
-            self.is_connected_to_shared_instance = True
+            self.connect()
 
         self.owner   = owner
         self.online  = True
@@ -55,9 +62,55 @@ class LocalClientInterface(Interface):
             thread.setDaemon(True)
             thread.start()
 
+    def connect(self):
+        self.socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+        self.socket.connect((self.target_ip, self.target_port))
+
+        self.online = True
+        self.is_connected_to_shared_instance = True
+        self.never_connected = False
+
+        return True
+
+
+    def reconnect(self):
+        if self.is_connected_to_shared_instance:
+            if not self.reconnecting:
+                self.reconnecting = True
+                attempts = 0
+
+                while not self.online:
+                    time.sleep(LocalClientInterface.RECONNECT_WAIT)
+                    attempts += 1
+
+                    try:
+                        self.connect()
+
+                    except Exception as e:
+                        RNS.log("Connection attempt for "+str(self)+" failed: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
+
+                if not self.never_connected:
+                    RNS.log("Reconnected TCP socket for "+str(self)+".", RNS.LOG_INFO)
+
+                self.reconnecting = False
+                thread = threading.Thread(target=self.read_loop)
+                thread.setDaemon(True)
+                thread.start()
+                RNS.Transport.shared_connection_reappeared()
+        
+        else:
+            RNS.log("Attempt to reconnect on a non-initiator shared local interface. This should not happen.", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+            raise IOError("Attempt to reconnect on a non-initiator local interface")
+
+
     def processIncoming(self, data):
+        self.rxb += len(data)
+        if hasattr(self, "parent_interface") and self.parent_interface != None:
+            self.parent_interface.rxb += len(data)
+            
         self.owner.inbound(data, self)
 
+
     def processOutgoing(self, data):
         if self.online:
             while self.writing:
@@ -68,6 +121,10 @@ class LocalClientInterface(Interface):
                 data = bytes([HDLC.FLAG])+HDLC.escape(data)+bytes([HDLC.FLAG])
                 self.socket.sendall(data)
                 self.writing = False
+                self.txb += len(data)
+                if hasattr(self, "parent_interface") and self.parent_interface != None:
+                    self.parent_interface.txb += len(data)
+
             except Exception as e:
                 RNS.log("Exception occurred while transmitting via "+str(self)+", tearing down interface", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
                 RNS.log("The contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
@@ -105,8 +162,14 @@ class LocalClientInterface(Interface):
                                     escape = False
                                 data_buffer = data_buffer+bytes([byte])
                 else:
-                    RNS.log("Socket for "+str(self)+" was closed, tearing down interface", RNS.LOG_VERBOSE)
-                    self.teardown()
+                    self.online = False
+                    if self.is_connected_to_shared_instance and not self.detached:
+                        RNS.log("Socket for "+str(self)+" was closed, attempting to reconnect...", RNS.LOG_WARNING)
+                        RNS.Transport.shared_connection_disappeared()
+                        self.reconnect()
+                    else:
+                        self.teardown(nowarning=True)
+
                     break
 
                 
@@ -116,7 +179,26 @@ class LocalClientInterface(Interface):
             RNS.log("Tearing down "+str(self), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
             self.teardown()
 
-    def teardown(self):
+    def detach(self):
+        if self.socket != None:
+            if hasattr(self.socket, "close"):
+                if callable(self.socket.close):
+                    RNS.log("Detaching "+str(self), RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
+                    self.detached = True
+                    
+                    try:
+                        self.socket.shutdown(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
+                    except Exception as e:
+                        RNS.log("Error while shutting down socket for "+str(self)+": "+str(e))
+
+                    try:
+                        self.socket.close()
+                    except Exception as e:
+                        RNS.log("Error while closing socket for "+str(self)+": "+str(e))
+
+                    self.socket = None
+
+    def teardown(self, nowarning=False):
         self.online = False
         self.OUT = False
         self.IN = False
@@ -126,10 +208,19 @@ class LocalClientInterface(Interface):
 
         if self in RNS.Transport.local_client_interfaces:
             RNS.Transport.local_client_interfaces.remove(self)
+            if hasattr(self, "parent_interface") and self.parent_interface != None:
+                self.parent_interface.clients -= 1
 
-        RNS.log("The interface "+str(self)+" experienced an unrecoverable error and is being torn down. Restart Reticulum to attempt to open this interface again.", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
-        if RNS.Reticulum.panic_on_interface_error:
-            RNS.panic()
+        if nowarning == False:
+            RNS.log("The interface "+str(self)+" experienced an unrecoverable error and is being torn down. Restart Reticulum to attempt to open this interface again.", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+            if RNS.Reticulum.panic_on_interface_error:
+                RNS.panic()
+
+        if self.is_connected_to_shared_instance:
+            if nowarning == False:
+                RNS.log("Permanently lost connection to local shared RNS instance. Exiting now.", RNS.LOG_CRITICAL)
+    
+            RNS.exit()
 
 
     def __str__(self):
@@ -139,9 +230,15 @@ class LocalClientInterface(Interface):
 class LocalServerInterface(Interface):
 
     def __init__(self, owner, bindport=None):
+        self.rxb = 0
+        self.txb = 0
+        self.online = False
+        self.clients = 0
+        
         self.IN  = True
         self.OUT = False
         self.name = "Reticulum"
+        self.mode = RNS.Interfaces.Interface.Interface.MODE_FULL
 
         if (bindport != None):
             self.receives = True
@@ -157,12 +254,17 @@ class LocalServerInterface(Interface):
             self.is_local_shared_instance = True
 
             address = (self.bind_ip, self.bind_port)
+
+            ThreadingTCPServer.allow_reuse_address = True
             self.server = ThreadingTCPServer(address, handlerFactory(self.incoming_connection))
 
             thread = threading.Thread(target=self.server.serve_forever)
             thread.setDaemon(True)
             thread.start()
 
+            self.online = True
+
+
 
     def incoming_connection(self, handler):
         interface_name = str(str(handler.client_address[1]))
@@ -175,13 +277,14 @@ class LocalServerInterface(Interface):
         RNS.log("Accepting new connection to shared instance: "+str(spawned_interface), RNS.LOG_VERBOSE)
         RNS.Transport.interfaces.append(spawned_interface)
         RNS.Transport.local_client_interfaces.append(spawned_interface)
+        self.clients += 1
         spawned_interface.read_loop()
 
     def processOutgoing(self, data):
         pass
 
     def __str__(self):
-        return "Shared Instance ["+str(self.bind_port)+"]"
+        return "Shared Instance["+str(self.bind_port)+"]"
 
 class LocalInterfaceHandler(socketserver.BaseRequestHandler):
     def __init__(self, callback, *args, **keys):

RNS/Interfaces/RNodeInterface.py

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 from .Interface import Interface
 from time import sleep
 import sys
-import serial
 import threading
 import time
 import math
@@ -31,8 +30,11 @@ class KISS():
     CMD_STAT_SNR    = 0x24
     CMD_BLINK       = 0x30
     CMD_RANDOM      = 0x40
+    CMD_PLATFORM    = 0x48
+    CMD_MCU         = 0x49
     CMD_FW_VERSION  = 0x50
     CMD_ROM_READ    = 0x51
+    CMD_RESET       = 0x55
 
     DETECT_REQ      = 0x73
     DETECT_RESP     = 0x46
@@ -46,6 +48,9 @@ class KISS():
     ERROR_TXFAILED      = 0x02
     ERROR_EEPROM_LOCKED = 0x03
 
+    PLATFORM_AVR   = 0x90
+    PLATFORM_ESP32 = 0x80
+
     @staticmethod
     def escape(data):
         data = data.replace(bytes([0xdb]), bytes([0xdb, 0xdd]))
@@ -71,7 +76,22 @@ class RNodeInterface(Interface):
 
     CALLSIGN_MAX_LEN    = 32
 
+    REQUIRED_FW_VER_MAJ = 1
+    REQUIRED_FW_VER_MIN = 26
+
     def __init__(self, owner, name, port, frequency = None, bandwidth = None, txpower = None, sf = None, cr = None, flow_control = False, id_interval = None, id_callsign = None):
+        import importlib
+        if importlib.util.find_spec('serial') != None:
+            import serial
+        else:
+            RNS.log("Using the RNode interface requires a serial communication module to be installed.", RNS.LOG_CRITICAL)
+            RNS.log("You can install one with the command: python3 -m pip install pyserial", RNS.LOG_CRITICAL)
+            RNS.panic()
+
+        self.rxb = 0
+        self.txb = 0
+        
+        self.pyserial    = serial
         self.serial      = None
         self.owner       = owner
         self.name        = name
@@ -90,6 +110,12 @@ class RNodeInterface(Interface):
         self.cr          = cr
         self.state       = KISS.RADIO_STATE_OFF
         self.bitrate     = 0
+        self.platform    = None
+        self.mcu         = None
+        self.detected    = False
+        self.firmware_ok = False
+        self.maj_version = 0
+        self.min_version = 0
 
         self.last_id     = 0
         self.first_tx    = None
@@ -147,46 +173,64 @@ class RNodeInterface(Interface):
             raise ValueError("The configuration for "+str(self)+" contains errors, interface is offline")
 
         try:
-            RNS.log("Opening serial port "+self.port+"...")
-            self.serial = serial.Serial(
-                port = self.port,
-                baudrate = self.speed,
-                bytesize = self.databits,
-                parity = self.parity,
-                stopbits = self.stopbits,
-                xonxoff = False,
-                rtscts = False,
-                timeout = 0,
-                inter_byte_timeout = None,
-                write_timeout = None,
-                dsrdtr = False,
-            )
+            self.open_port()
         except Exception as e:
             RNS.log("Could not open serial port for interface "+str(self), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
             raise e
 
         if self.serial.is_open:
-            sleep(2.0)
-            thread = threading.Thread(target=self.readLoop)
-            thread.setDaemon(True)
-            thread.start()
-            self.online = True
-            RNS.log("Serial port "+self.port+" is now open")
-            RNS.log("Configuring RNode interface...", RNS.LOG_VERBOSE)
-            self.initRadio()
-            if (self.validateRadioState()):
-                self.interface_ready = True
-                RNS.log(str(self)+" is configured and powered up")
-                sleep(1.0)
-            else:
-                RNS.log("After configuring "+str(self)+", the reported radio parameters did not match your configuration.", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
-                RNS.log("Make sure that your hardware actually supports the parameters specified in the configuration", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
-                RNS.log("Aborting RNode startup", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
-                self.serial.close()
-                raise IOError("RNode interface did not pass validation")
+            self.configure_device()
         else:
             raise IOError("Could not open serial port")
 
+    def open_port(self):
+        RNS.log("Opening serial port "+self.port+"...")
+        self.serial = self.pyserial.Serial(
+            port = self.port,
+            baudrate = self.speed,
+            bytesize = self.databits,
+            parity = self.parity,
+            stopbits = self.stopbits,
+            xonxoff = False,
+            rtscts = False,
+            timeout = 0,
+            inter_byte_timeout = None,
+            write_timeout = None,
+            dsrdtr = False,
+        )
+
+
+    def configure_device(self):
+        sleep(2.0)
+        thread = threading.Thread(target=self.readLoop)
+        thread.setDaemon(True)
+        thread.start()
+
+        self.detect()
+        sleep(0.1)
+        
+        if not self.detected:
+            raise IOError("Could not detect device")
+        else:
+            if self.platform == KISS.PLATFORM_ESP32:
+                RNS.log("Resetting ESP32-based device before configuration...", RNS.LOG_VERBOSE)
+                self.hard_reset()
+
+        self.online = True
+        RNS.log("Serial port "+self.port+" is now open")
+        RNS.log("Configuring RNode interface...", RNS.LOG_VERBOSE)
+        self.initRadio()
+        if (self.validateRadioState()):
+            self.interface_ready = True
+            RNS.log(str(self)+" is configured and powered up")
+            sleep(1.0)
+        else:
+            RNS.log("After configuring "+str(self)+", the reported radio parameters did not match your configuration.", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+            RNS.log("Make sure that your hardware actually supports the parameters specified in the configuration", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+            RNS.log("Aborting RNode startup", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+            self.serial.close()
+            raise IOError("RNode interface did not pass configuration validation")
+            
 
     def initRadio(self):
         self.setFrequency()
@@ -196,6 +240,19 @@ class RNodeInterface(Interface):
         self.setCodingRate()
         self.setRadioState(KISS.RADIO_STATE_ON)
 
+    def detect(self):
+        kiss_command = bytes([KISS.FEND, KISS.CMD_DETECT, KISS.DETECT_REQ, KISS.FEND, KISS.CMD_FW_VERSION, 0x00, KISS.FEND, KISS.CMD_PLATFORM, 0x00, KISS.FEND, KISS.CMD_MCU, 0x00, KISS.FEND])
+        written = self.serial.write(kiss_command)
+        if written != len(kiss_command):
+            raise IOError("An IO error occurred while detecting hardware for "+self(str))
+
+    def hard_reset(self):
+        kiss_command = bytes([KISS.FEND, KISS.CMD_RESET, 0xf8, KISS.FEND])
+        written = self.serial.write(kiss_command)
+        if written != len(kiss_command):
+            raise IOError("An IO error occurred while restarting device")
+        sleep(2.25);
+
     def setFrequency(self):
         c1 = self.frequency >> 24
         c2 = self.frequency >> 16 & 0xFF
@@ -242,13 +299,28 @@ class RNodeInterface(Interface):
             raise IOError("An IO error occurred while configuring coding rate for "+self(str))
 
     def setRadioState(self, state):
+        self.state = state
         kiss_command = bytes([KISS.FEND])+bytes([KISS.CMD_RADIO_STATE])+bytes([state])+bytes([KISS.FEND])
         written = self.serial.write(kiss_command)
         if written != len(kiss_command):
             raise IOError("An IO error occurred while configuring radio state for "+self(str))
 
+    def validate_firmware(self):
+        if (self.maj_version >= RNodeInterface.REQUIRED_FW_VER_MAJ):
+            if (self.min_version >= RNodeInterface.REQUIRED_FW_VER_MIN):
+                self.firmware_ok = True
+        
+        if self.firmware_ok:
+            return
+
+        RNS.log("The firmware version of the connected RNode is "+str(self.maj_version)+"."+str(self.min_version), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+        RNS.log("This version of Reticulum requires at least version "+str(RNodeInterface.REQUIRED_FW_VER_MAJ)+"."+str(RNodeInterface.REQUIRED_FW_VER_MIN), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+        RNS.log("Please update your RNode firmware with rnodeconf (https://github.com/markqvist/rnodeconfigutil/)")
+        RNS.panic()
+
+
     def validateRadioState(self):
-        RNS.log("Validating radio configuration for "+str(self)+"...", RNS.LOG_VERBOSE)
+        RNS.log("Wating for radio configuration validation for "+str(self)+"...", RNS.LOG_VERBOSE)
         sleep(0.25);
         if (self.frequency != self.r_frequency):
             RNS.log("Frequency mismatch", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
@@ -262,6 +334,9 @@ class RNodeInterface(Interface):
         if (self.sf != self.r_sf):
             RNS.log("Spreading factor mismatch", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
             self.validcfg = False
+        if (self.state != self.r_state):
+            RNS.log("Radio state mismatch", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+            self.validcfg = False
 
         if (self.validcfg):
             return True
@@ -273,15 +348,19 @@ class RNodeInterface(Interface):
         try:
             self.bitrate = self.r_sf * ( (4.0/self.r_cr) / (math.pow(2,self.r_sf)/(self.r_bandwidth/1000)) ) * 1000
             self.bitrate_kbps = round(self.bitrate/1000.0, 2)
-            RNS.log(str(self)+" On-air bitrate is now "+str(self.bitrate_kbps)+ " kbps", RNS.LOG_INFO)
+            RNS.log(str(self)+" On-air bitrate is now "+str(self.bitrate_kbps)+ " kbps", RNS.LOG_VERBOSE)
         except:
             self.bitrate = 0
 
     def processIncoming(self, data):
+        self.rxb += len(data)            
         self.owner.inbound(data, self)
+        self.r_stat_rssi = None
+        self.r_stat_snr = None
 
 
     def processOutgoing(self,data):
+        datalen = len(data)
         if self.online:
             if self.interface_ready:
                 if self.flow_control:
@@ -297,6 +376,7 @@ class RNodeInterface(Interface):
                 frame   = bytes([0xc0])+bytes([0x00])+data+bytes([0xc0])
 
                 written = self.serial.write(frame)
+                self.txb += datalen
 
                 if written != len(frame):
                     raise IOError("Serial interface only wrote "+str(written)+" bytes of "+str(len(data)))
@@ -397,8 +477,30 @@ class RNodeInterface(Interface):
                             self.updateBitrate()
                         elif (command == KISS.CMD_RADIO_STATE):
                             self.r_state = byte
+                            if self.r_state:
+                                pass
+                                #RNS.log(str(self)+" Radio reporting state is online", RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
+                            else:
+                                RNS.log(str(self)+" Radio reporting state is offline", RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
+
                         elif (command == KISS.CMD_RADIO_LOCK):
                             self.r_lock = byte
+                        elif (command == KISS.CMD_FW_VERSION):
+                            if (byte == KISS.FESC):
+                                escape = True
+                            else:
+                                if (escape):
+                                    if (byte == KISS.TFEND):
+                                        byte = KISS.FEND
+                                    if (byte == KISS.TFESC):
+                                        byte = KISS.FESC
+                                    escape = False
+                                command_buffer = command_buffer+bytes([byte])
+                                if (len(command_buffer) == 2):
+                                    self.maj_version = int(command_buffer[0])
+                                    self.min_version = int(command_buffer[1])
+                                    self.validate_firmware()
+
                         elif (command == KISS.CMD_STAT_RX):
                             if (byte == KISS.FESC):
                                 escape = True
@@ -433,15 +535,33 @@ class RNodeInterface(Interface):
                             self.r_stat_snr = int.from_bytes(bytes([byte]), byteorder="big", signed=True) * 0.25
                         elif (command == KISS.CMD_RANDOM):
                             self.r_random = byte
+                        elif (command == KISS.CMD_PLATFORM):
+                            self.platform = byte
+                        elif (command == KISS.CMD_MCU):
+                            self.mcu = byte
                         elif (command == KISS.CMD_ERROR):
                             if (byte == KISS.ERROR_INITRADIO):
                                 RNS.log(str(self)+" hardware initialisation error (code "+RNS.hexrep(byte)+")", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+                                raise IOError("Radio initialisation failure")
                             elif (byte == KISS.ERROR_INITRADIO):
                                 RNS.log(str(self)+" hardware TX error (code "+RNS.hexrep(byte)+")", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+                                raise IOError("Hardware transmit failure")
                             else:
                                 RNS.log(str(self)+" hardware error (code "+RNS.hexrep(byte)+")", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+                                raise IOError("Unknown hardware failure")
+                        elif (command == KISS.CMD_RESET):
+                            if (byte == 0xF8):
+                                if self.platform == KISS.PLATFORM_ESP32:
+                                    if self.online:
+                                        RNS.log("Detected reset while device was online, reinitialising device...", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+                                        raise IOError("ESP32 reset")
                         elif (command == KISS.CMD_READY):
                             self.process_queue()
+                        elif (command == KISS.CMD_DETECT):
+                            if byte == KISS.DETECT_RESP:
+                                self.detected = True
+                            else:
+                                self.detected = False
                         
                 else:
                     time_since_last = int(time.time()*1000) - last_read_ms
@@ -463,11 +583,30 @@ class RNodeInterface(Interface):
         except Exception as e:
             self.online = False
             RNS.log("A serial port error occurred, the contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
-            RNS.log("The interface "+str(self)+" experienced an unrecoverable error and is being torn down. Restart Reticulum to attempt to open this interface again.", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+            RNS.log("The interface "+str(self)+" experienced an unrecoverable error and is now offline.", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
 
             if RNS.Reticulum.panic_on_interface_error:
                 RNS.panic()
 
-    def __str__(self):
-        return "RNodeInterface["+self.name+"]"
+            RNS.log("Reticulum will attempt to reconnect the interface periodically.", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+
+        self.online = False
+        self.serial.close()
+        self.reconnect_port()
+
+    def reconnect_port(self):
+        while not self.online:
+            try:
+                time.sleep(3.5)
+                RNS.log("Attempting to reconnect serial port "+str(self.port)+" for "+str(self)+"...", RNS.LOG_VERBOSE)
+                self.open_port()
+                if self.serial.is_open:
+                    self.configure_device()
+            except Exception as e:
+                RNS.log("Error while reconnecting port, the contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+
+        RNS.log("Reconnected serial port for "+str(self))
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return "RNodeInterface["+str(self.name)+"]"
 

RNS/Interfaces/SerialInterface.py

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from .Interface import Interface
 from time import sleep
 import sys
-import serial
 import threading
 import time
 import RNS
@@ -31,6 +30,18 @@ class SerialInterface(Interface):
     serial   = None
 
     def __init__(self, owner, name, port, speed, databits, parity, stopbits):
+        import importlib
+        if importlib.util.find_spec('serial') != None:
+            import serial
+        else:
+            RNS.log("Using the Serial interface requires a serial communication module to be installed.", RNS.LOG_CRITICAL)
+            RNS.log("You can install one with the command: python3 -m pip install pyserial", RNS.LOG_CRITICAL)
+            RNS.panic()
+
+        self.rxb = 0
+        self.txb = 0
+        
+        self.pyserial = serial
         self.serial   = None
         self.owner    = owner
         self.name     = name
@@ -49,36 +60,45 @@ class SerialInterface(Interface):
             self.parity = serial.PARITY_ODD
 
         try:
-            RNS.log("Opening serial port "+self.port+"...")
-            self.serial = serial.Serial(
-                port = self.port,
-                baudrate = self.speed,
-                bytesize = self.databits,
-                parity = self.parity,
-                stopbits = self.stopbits,
-                xonxoff = False,
-                rtscts = False,
-                timeout = 0,
-                inter_byte_timeout = None,
-                write_timeout = None,
-                dsrdtr = False,
-            )
+            self.open_port()
         except Exception as e:
             RNS.log("Could not open serial port for interface "+str(self), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
             raise e
 
         if self.serial.is_open:
-            sleep(0.5)
-            thread = threading.Thread(target=self.readLoop)
-            thread.setDaemon(True)
-            thread.start()
-            self.online = True
-            RNS.log("Serial port "+self.port+" is now open")
+            self.configure_device()
         else:
             raise IOError("Could not open serial port")
 
 
+    def open_port(self):
+        RNS.log("Opening serial port "+self.port+"...", RNS.LOG_VERBOSE)
+        self.serial = self.pyserial.Serial(
+            port = self.port,
+            baudrate = self.speed,
+            bytesize = self.databits,
+            parity = self.parity,
+            stopbits = self.stopbits,
+            xonxoff = False,
+            rtscts = False,
+            timeout = 0,
+            inter_byte_timeout = None,
+            write_timeout = None,
+            dsrdtr = False,
+        )
+
+
+    def configure_device(self):
+        sleep(0.5)
+        thread = threading.Thread(target=self.readLoop)
+        thread.setDaemon(True)
+        thread.start()
+        self.online = True
+        RNS.log("Serial port "+self.port+" is now open")
+
+
     def processIncoming(self, data):
+        self.rxb += len(data)            
         self.owner.inbound(data, self)
 
 
@@ -86,6 +106,7 @@ class SerialInterface(Interface):
         if self.online:
             data = bytes([HDLC.FLAG])+HDLC.escape(data)+bytes([HDLC.FLAG])
             written = self.serial.write(data)
+            self.txb += len(data)            
             if written != len(data):
                 raise IOError("Serial interface only wrote "+str(written)+" bytes of "+str(len(data)))
 
@@ -127,13 +148,33 @@ class SerialInterface(Interface):
                         in_frame = False
                         escape = False
                     sleep(0.08)
+                    
         except Exception as e:
             self.online = False
             RNS.log("A serial port error occurred, the contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
-            RNS.log("The interface "+str(self)+" experienced an unrecoverable error and is being torn down. Restart Reticulum to attempt to open this interface again.", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
-
+            RNS.log("The interface "+str(self)+" experienced an unrecoverable error and is now offline.", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+            
             if RNS.Reticulum.panic_on_interface_error:
                 RNS.panic()
 
+            RNS.log("Reticulum will attempt to reconnect the interface periodically.", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+
+        self.online = False
+        self.serial.close()
+        self.reconnect_port()
+
+    def reconnect_port(self):
+        while not self.online:
+            try:
+                time.sleep(5)
+                RNS.log("Attempting to reconnect serial port "+str(self.port)+" for "+str(self)+"...", RNS.LOG_VERBOSE)
+                self.open_port()
+                if self.serial.is_open:
+                    self.configure_device()
+            except Exception as e:
+                RNS.log("Error while reconnecting port, the contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+
+        RNS.log("Reconnected serial port for "+str(self))
+
     def __str__(self):
         return "SerialInterface["+self.name+"]"

RNS/Interfaces/TCPInterface.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from .Interface import Interface
 import socketserver
 import threading
-import netifaces
+import platform
 import socket
 import time
 import sys
@@ -19,6 +19,20 @@ class HDLC():
         data = data.replace(bytes([HDLC.FLAG]), bytes([HDLC.ESC, HDLC.FLAG^HDLC.ESC_MASK]))
         return data
 
+class KISS():
+    FEND              = 0xC0
+    FESC              = 0xDB
+    TFEND             = 0xDC
+    TFESC             = 0xDD
+    CMD_DATA          = 0x00
+    CMD_UNKNOWN       = 0xFE
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def escape(data):
+        data = data.replace(bytes([0xdb]), bytes([0xdb, 0xdd]))
+        data = data.replace(bytes([0xc0]), bytes([0xdb, 0xdc]))
+        return data
+
 class ThreadingTCPServer(socketserver.ThreadingMixIn, socketserver.TCPServer):
     pass
 
@@ -26,14 +40,37 @@ class TCPClientInterface(Interface):
     RECONNECT_WAIT = 5
     RECONNECT_MAX_TRIES = None
 
-    def __init__(self, owner, name, target_ip=None, target_port=None, connected_socket=None, max_reconnect_tries=None):
+    # TCP socket options
+    TCP_USER_TIMEOUT = 20
+    TCP_PROBE_AFTER = 5
+    TCP_PROBE_INTERVAL = 3
+    TCP_PROBES = 5
+
+    I2P_USER_TIMEOUT = 40
+    I2P_PROBE_AFTER = 10
+    I2P_PROBE_INTERVAL = 5
+    I2P_PROBES = 6
+
+    def __init__(self, owner, name, target_ip=None, target_port=None, connected_socket=None, max_reconnect_tries=None, kiss_framing=False, i2p_tunneled = False):
+        self.rxb = 0
+        self.txb = 0
+        
         self.IN               = True
         self.OUT              = False
         self.socket           = None
         self.parent_interface = None
         self.name             = name
         self.initiator        = False
-
+        self.reconnecting     = False
+        self.never_connected  = True
+        self.owner            = owner
+        self.writing          = False
+        self.online           = False
+        self.detached         = False
+        self.kiss_framing     = kiss_framing
+        self.i2p_tunneled     = i2p_tunneled
+        self.mode             = RNS.Interfaces.Interface.Interface.MODE_FULL
+        
         if max_reconnect_tries == None:
             self.max_reconnect_tries = TCPClientInterface.RECONNECT_MAX_TRIES
         else:
@@ -45,57 +82,141 @@ class TCPClientInterface(Interface):
             self.target_port = None
             self.socket      = connected_socket
 
+            if platform.system() == "Linux":
+                self.set_timeouts_linux()
+            elif platform.system() == "Darwin":
+                self.set_timeouts_osx()
+
         elif target_ip != None and target_port != None:
             self.receives    = True
             self.target_ip   = target_ip
             self.target_port = target_port
+            self.initiator   = True
+            
+            if not self.connect(initial=True):
+                thread = threading.Thread(target=self.reconnect)
+                thread.setDaemon(True)
+                thread.start()
+            else:
+                thread = threading.Thread(target=self.read_loop)
+                thread.setDaemon(True)
+                thread.start()
+                if not self.kiss_framing:
+                    self.wants_tunnel = True
 
+
+    def set_timeouts_linux(self):
+        if not self.i2p_tunneled:
+            self.socket.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_TCP, socket.TCP_USER_TIMEOUT, int(TCPClientInterface.TCP_USER_TIMEOUT * 1000))
+            self.socket.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_KEEPALIVE, 1)
+            self.socket.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_TCP, socket.TCP_KEEPIDLE, int(TCPClientInterface.TCP_PROBE_AFTER))
+            self.socket.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_TCP, socket.TCP_KEEPINTVL, int(TCPClientInterface.TCP_PROBE_INTERVAL))
+            self.socket.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_TCP, socket.TCP_KEEPCNT, int(TCPClientInterface.TCP_PROBES))
+        else:
+            self.socket.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_TCP, socket.TCP_USER_TIMEOUT, int(TCPClientInterface.I2P_USER_TIMEOUT * 1000))
+            self.socket.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_KEEPALIVE, 1)
+            self.socket.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_TCP, socket.TCP_KEEPIDLE, int(TCPClientInterface.I2P_PROBE_AFTER))
+            self.socket.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_TCP, socket.TCP_KEEPINTVL, int(TCPClientInterface.I2P_PROBE_INTERVAL))
+            self.socket.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_TCP, socket.TCP_KEEPCNT, int(TCPClientInterface.I2P_PROBES))
+
+    def set_timeouts_osx(self):
+        if hasattr(socket, "TCP_KEEPALIVE"):
+            TCP_KEEPIDLE = socket.TCP_KEEPALIVE
+        else:
+            TCP_KEEPIDLE = 0x10
+
+        self.socket.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_KEEPALIVE, 1)
+        
+        if not self.i2p_tunneled:
+            self.socket.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_KEEPIDLE, int(TCPClientInterface.TCP_PROBE_AFTER))
+        else:
+            self.socket.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_KEEPIDLE, int(TCPClientInterface.I2P_PROBE_AFTER))
+        
+    def detach(self):
+        if self.socket != None:
+            if hasattr(self.socket, "close"):
+                if callable(self.socket.close):
+                    RNS.log("Detaching "+str(self), RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
+                    self.detached = True
+                    
+                    try:
+                        self.socket.shutdown(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
+                    except Exception as e:
+                        RNS.log("Error while shutting down socket for "+str(self)+": "+str(e))
+
+                    try:
+                        self.socket.close()
+                    except Exception as e:
+                        RNS.log("Error while closing socket for "+str(self)+": "+str(e))
+
+                    self.socket = None
+
+    def connect(self, initial=False):
+        try:
             self.socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
             self.socket.connect((self.target_ip, self.target_port))
+            self.online  = True
+        
+        except Exception as e:
+            if initial:
+                RNS.log("Initial connection for "+str(self)+" could not be established: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+                RNS.log("Leaving unconnected and retrying connection in "+str(TCPClientInterface.RECONNECT_WAIT)+" seconds.", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+                return False
+            
+            else:
+                raise e
 
-        self.owner   = owner
+        if platform.system() == "Linux":
+            self.set_timeouts_linux()
+        elif platform.system() == "Darwin":
+            self.set_timeouts_osx()
+        
         self.online  = True
         self.writing = False
+        self.never_connected = False
+
+        return True
 
-        if connected_socket == None:
-            self.initiator = True
-            thread = threading.Thread(target=self.read_loop)
-            thread.setDaemon(True)
-            thread.start()
-            self.wants_tunnel = True
 
     def reconnect(self):
         if self.initiator:
-            attempts = 0
-            while not self.online:
-                attempts += 1
+            if not self.reconnecting:
+                self.reconnecting = True
+                attempts = 0
+                while not self.online:
+                    time.sleep(TCPClientInterface.RECONNECT_WAIT)
+                    attempts += 1
 
-                if self.max_reconnect_tries != None and attempts > self.max_reconnect_tries:
-                    RNS.log("Max reconnection attempts reached for "+str(self), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
-                    self.teardown()
-                    break
+                    if self.max_reconnect_tries != None and attempts > self.max_reconnect_tries:
+                        RNS.log("Max reconnection attempts reached for "+str(self), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+                        self.teardown()
+                        break
 
-                try:
-                    self.socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
-                    self.socket.connect((self.target_ip, self.target_port))
-                    self.online  = True
-                    self.writing = False
+                    try:
+                        self.connect()
 
-                    thread = threading.Thread(target=self.read_loop)
-                    thread.setDaemon(True)
-                    thread.start()
+                    except Exception as e:
+                        RNS.log("Connection attempt for "+str(self)+" failed: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
+
+                if not self.never_connected:
+                    RNS.log("Reconnected TCP socket for "+str(self)+".", RNS.LOG_INFO)
+
+                self.reconnecting = False
+                thread = threading.Thread(target=self.read_loop)
+                thread.setDaemon(True)
+                thread.start()
+                if not self.kiss_framing:
                     RNS.Transport.synthesize_tunnel(self)
 
-                except Exception as e:
-                    RNS.log("Reconnection attempt for "+str(self)+" failed. The contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
-
-                time.sleep(TCPClientInterface.RECONNECT_WAIT)
-
         else:
             RNS.log("Attempt to reconnect on a non-initiator TCP interface. This should not happen.", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
             raise IOError("Attempt to reconnect on a non-initiator TCP interface")
 
     def processIncoming(self, data):
+        self.rxb += len(data)
+        if hasattr(self, "parent_interface") and self.parent_interface != None:
+            self.parent_interface.rxb += len(data)
+                    
         self.owner.inbound(data, self)
 
     def processOutgoing(self, data):
@@ -105,9 +226,18 @@ class TCPClientInterface(Interface):
 
             try:
                 self.writing = True
-                data = bytes([HDLC.FLAG])+HDLC.escape(data)+bytes([HDLC.FLAG])
+
+                if self.kiss_framing:
+                    data = bytes([KISS.FEND])+bytes([KISS.CMD_DATA])+KISS.escape(data)+bytes([KISS.FEND])
+                else:
+                    data = bytes([HDLC.FLAG])+HDLC.escape(data)+bytes([HDLC.FLAG])
+
                 self.socket.sendall(data)
                 self.writing = False
+                self.txb += len(data)
+                if hasattr(self, "parent_interface") and self.parent_interface != None:
+                    self.parent_interface.txb += len(data)
+
             except Exception as e:
                 RNS.log("Exception occurred while transmitting via "+str(self)+", tearing down interface", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
                 RNS.log("The contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
@@ -119,6 +249,7 @@ class TCPClientInterface(Interface):
             in_frame = False
             escape = False
             data_buffer = b""
+            command = KISS.CMD_UNKNOWN
 
             while True:
                 data_in = self.socket.recv(4096)
@@ -127,47 +258,94 @@ class TCPClientInterface(Interface):
                     while pointer < len(data_in):
                         byte = data_in[pointer]
                         pointer += 1
-                        if (in_frame and byte == HDLC.FLAG):
-                            in_frame = False
-                            self.processIncoming(data_buffer)
-                        elif (byte == HDLC.FLAG):
-                            in_frame = True
-                            data_buffer = b""
-                        elif (in_frame and len(data_buffer) < RNS.Reticulum.MTU):
-                            if (byte == HDLC.ESC):
-                                escape = True
-                            else:
-                                if (escape):
-                                    if (byte == HDLC.FLAG ^ HDLC.ESC_MASK):
-                                        byte = HDLC.FLAG
-                                    if (byte == HDLC.ESC  ^ HDLC.ESC_MASK):
-                                        byte = HDLC.ESC
-                                    escape = False
-                                data_buffer = data_buffer+bytes([byte])
+
+                        if self.kiss_framing:
+                            # Read loop for KISS framing
+                            if (in_frame and byte == KISS.FEND and command == KISS.CMD_DATA):
+                                in_frame = False
+                                self.processIncoming(data_buffer)
+                            elif (byte == KISS.FEND):
+                                in_frame = True
+                                command = KISS.CMD_UNKNOWN
+                                data_buffer = b""
+                            elif (in_frame and len(data_buffer) < RNS.Reticulum.MTU):
+                                if (len(data_buffer) == 0 and command == KISS.CMD_UNKNOWN):
+                                    # We only support one HDLC port for now, so
+                                    # strip off the port nibble
+                                    byte = byte & 0x0F
+                                    command = byte
+                                elif (command == KISS.CMD_DATA):
+                                    if (byte == KISS.FESC):
+                                        escape = True
+                                    else:
+                                        if (escape):
+                                            if (byte == KISS.TFEND):
+                                                byte = KISS.FEND
+                                            if (byte == KISS.TFESC):
+                                                byte = KISS.FESC
+                                            escape = False
+                                        data_buffer = data_buffer+bytes([byte])
+
+                        else:
+                            # Read loop for HDLC framing
+                            if (in_frame and byte == HDLC.FLAG):
+                                in_frame = False
+                                self.processIncoming(data_buffer)
+                            elif (byte == HDLC.FLAG):
+                                in_frame = True
+                                data_buffer = b""
+                            elif (in_frame and len(data_buffer) < RNS.Reticulum.MTU):
+                                if (byte == HDLC.ESC):
+                                    escape = True
+                                else:
+                                    if (escape):
+                                        if (byte == HDLC.FLAG ^ HDLC.ESC_MASK):
+                                            byte = HDLC.FLAG
+                                        if (byte == HDLC.ESC  ^ HDLC.ESC_MASK):
+                                            byte = HDLC.ESC
+                                        escape = False
+                                    data_buffer = data_buffer+bytes([byte])
                 else:
-                    RNS.log("TCP socket for "+str(self)+" was closed, attempting to reconnect...", RNS.LOG_WARNING)
                     self.online = False
-                    if self.initiator:
+                    if self.initiator and not self.detached:
+                        RNS.log("TCP socket for "+str(self)+" was closed, attempting to reconnect...", RNS.LOG_WARNING)
                         self.reconnect()
+                    else:
+                        RNS.log("TCP socket for remote client "+str(self)+" was closed.", RNS.LOG_VERBOSE)
+                        self.teardown()
 
                     break
 
                 
         except Exception as e:
             self.online = False
-            RNS.log("An interface error occurred, the contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
-            self.teardown()
+            RNS.log("An interface error occurred for "+str(self)+", the contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_WARNING)
+
+            if self.initiator:
+                RNS.log("Attempting to reconnect...", RNS.LOG_WARNING)
+                self.reconnect()
+            else:
+                self.teardown()
 
     def teardown(self):
-        RNS.log("The interface "+str(self)+" experienced an unrecoverable error and is being torn down. Restart Reticulum to attempt to open this interface again.", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+        if self.initiator and not self.detached:
+            RNS.log("The interface "+str(self)+" experienced an unrecoverable error and is being torn down. Restart Reticulum to attempt to open this interface again.", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+            if RNS.Reticulum.panic_on_interface_error:
+                RNS.panic()
+
+        else:
+            RNS.log("The interface "+str(self)+" is being torn down.", RNS.LOG_VERBOSE)
+
         self.online = False
         self.OUT = False
         self.IN = False
-        if self in RNS.Transport.interfaces:
-            RNS.Transport.interfaces.remove(self)
 
-        if RNS.Reticulum.panic_on_interface_error:
-            RNS.panic()
+        if hasattr(self, "parent_interface") and self.parent_interface != None:
+            self.parent_interface.clients -= 1
+
+        if self in RNS.Transport.interfaces:
+            if not self.initiator:
+                RNS.Transport.interfaces.remove(self)
 
 
     def __str__(self):
@@ -177,16 +355,39 @@ class TCPClientInterface(Interface):
 class TCPServerInterface(Interface):
     @staticmethod
     def get_address_for_if(name):
-        return netifaces.ifaddresses(name)[netifaces.AF_INET][0]['addr']
+        import importlib
+        if importlib.util.find_spec('netifaces') != None:
+            import netifaces
+            return netifaces.ifaddresses(name)[netifaces.AF_INET][0]['addr']
+        else:
+            RNS.log("Getting interface addresses from device names requires the netifaces module.", RNS.LOG_CRITICAL)
+            RNS.log("You can install it with the command: python3 -m pip install netifaces", RNS.LOG_CRITICAL)
+            RNS.panic()
 
+    @staticmethod
     def get_broadcast_for_if(name):
-        return netifaces.ifaddresses(name)[netifaces.AF_INET][0]['broadcast']
+        import importlib
+        if importlib.util.find_spec('netifaces') != None:
+            import netifaces
+            return netifaces.ifaddresses(name)[netifaces.AF_INET][0]['broadcast']
+        else:
+            RNS.log("Getting interface addresses from device names requires the netifaces module.", RNS.LOG_CRITICAL)
+            RNS.log("You can install it with the command: python3 -m pip install netifaces", RNS.LOG_CRITICAL)
+            RNS.panic()
 
-    def __init__(self, owner, name, device=None, bindip=None, bindport=None):
+    def __init__(self, owner, name, device=None, bindip=None, bindport=None, i2p_tunneled=False):
+        self.rxb = 0
+        self.txb = 0
+        self.online = False
+        self.clients = 0
+        
         self.IN  = True
         self.OUT = False
         self.name = name
 
+        self.i2p_tunneled = i2p_tunneled
+        self.mode         = RNS.Interfaces.Interface.Interface.MODE_FULL
+
         if device != None:
             bindip = TCPServerInterface.get_address_for_if(device)
 
@@ -202,24 +403,30 @@ class TCPServerInterface(Interface):
 
             self.owner = owner
             address = (self.bind_ip, self.bind_port)
+
+            ThreadingTCPServer.allow_reuse_address = True
             self.server = ThreadingTCPServer(address, handlerFactory(self.incoming_connection))
 
             thread = threading.Thread(target=self.server.serve_forever)
             thread.setDaemon(True)
             thread.start()
 
+            self.online = True
+
 
     def incoming_connection(self, handler):
         RNS.log("Accepting incoming TCP connection", RNS.LOG_VERBOSE)
         interface_name = "Client on "+self.name
-        spawned_interface = TCPClientInterface(self.owner, interface_name, target_ip=None, target_port=None, connected_socket=handler.request)
+        spawned_interface = TCPClientInterface(self.owner, interface_name, target_ip=None, target_port=None, connected_socket=handler.request, i2p_tunneled=self.i2p_tunneled)
         spawned_interface.OUT = self.OUT
         spawned_interface.IN  = self.IN
         spawned_interface.target_ip = handler.client_address[0]
         spawned_interface.target_port = str(handler.client_address[1])
         spawned_interface.parent_interface = self
+        spawned_interface.online = True
         RNS.log("Spawned new TCPClient Interface: "+str(spawned_interface), RNS.LOG_VERBOSE)
         RNS.Transport.interfaces.append(spawned_interface)
+        self.clients += 1
         spawned_interface.read_loop()
 
     def processOutgoing(self, data):
@@ -234,4 +441,4 @@ class TCPInterfaceHandler(socketserver.BaseRequestHandler):
         socketserver.BaseRequestHandler.__init__(self, *args, **keys)
 
     def handle(self):
-        self.callback(handler=self)
+        self.callback(handler=self)

RNS/Interfaces/UDPInterface.py

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from .Interface import Interface
 import socketserver
 import threading
-import netifaces
 import socket
 import time
 import sys
@@ -12,15 +11,33 @@ class UDPInterface(Interface):
 
     @staticmethod
     def get_address_for_if(name):
-        return netifaces.ifaddresses(name)[netifaces.AF_INET][0]['addr']
+        import importlib
+        if importlib.util.find_spec('netifaces') != None:
+            import netifaces
+            return netifaces.ifaddresses(name)[netifaces.AF_INET][0]['addr']
+        else:
+            RNS.log("Getting interface addresses from device names requires the netifaces module.", RNS.LOG_CRITICAL)
+            RNS.log("You can install it with the command: python3 -m pip install netifaces", RNS.LOG_CRITICAL)
+            RNS.panic()
 
+    @staticmethod
     def get_broadcast_for_if(name):
-        return netifaces.ifaddresses(name)[netifaces.AF_INET][0]['broadcast']
+        import importlib
+        if importlib.util.find_spec('netifaces') != None:
+            import netifaces
+            return netifaces.ifaddresses(name)[netifaces.AF_INET][0]['broadcast']
+        else:
+            RNS.log("Getting interface addresses from device names requires the netifaces module.", RNS.LOG_CRITICAL)
+            RNS.log("You can install it with the command: python3 -m pip install netifaces", RNS.LOG_CRITICAL)
+            RNS.panic()
 
     def __init__(self, owner, name, device=None, bindip=None, bindport=None, forwardip=None, forwardport=None):
+        self.rxb = 0
+        self.txb = 0
         self.IN  = True
         self.OUT = False
         self.name = name
+        self.online = False
 
         if device != None:
             if bindip == None:
@@ -41,12 +58,15 @@ class UDPInterface(Interface):
 
             self.owner = owner
             address = (self.bind_ip, self.bind_port)
+            socketserver.UDPServer.address_family = socket.AF_INET
             self.server = socketserver.UDPServer(address, handlerFactory(self.processIncoming))
 
             thread = threading.Thread(target=self.server.serve_forever)
             thread.setDaemon(True)
             thread.start()
 
+            self.online = True
+
         if (forwardip != None and forwardport != None):
             self.forwards = True
             self.forward_ip = forwardip
@@ -54,12 +74,18 @@ class UDPInterface(Interface):
 
 
     def processIncoming(self, data):
+        self.rxb += len(data)
         self.owner.inbound(data, self)
 
     def processOutgoing(self,data):
-        udp_socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
-        udp_socket.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_BROADCAST, 1)
-        udp_socket.sendto(data, (self.forward_ip, self.forward_port))
+        try:
+            udp_socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+            udp_socket.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_BROADCAST, 1)
+            udp_socket.sendto(data, (self.forward_ip, self.forward_port))
+            self.txb += len(data)
+            
+        except Exception as e:
+            RNS.log("Could not transmit on "+str(self)+". The contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
 
 
     def __str__(self):

RNS/Link.py

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import RNS
 
 import traceback
 
+cio_default_backend = default_backend()
+
 class LinkCallbacks:
     def __init__(self):
         self.link_established = None
@@ -45,11 +47,7 @@ class Link:
 
     MDU = math.floor((RNS.Reticulum.MTU-RNS.Reticulum.HEADER_MINSIZE-RNS.Identity.FERNET_OVERHEAD)/RNS.Identity.AES128_BLOCKSIZE)*RNS.Identity.AES128_BLOCKSIZE - 1
 
-    # This value is set at a reasonable level for a 1 Kb/s channel.
-    #
-    # TODO: Find a way to automatically raise or lower this according to
-    # channel bandwidth and utilisation.
-    ESTABLISHMENT_TIMEOUT_PER_HOP = 5
+    ESTABLISHMENT_TIMEOUT_PER_HOP = RNS.Reticulum.DEFAULT_PER_HOP_TIMEOUT
     """
     Default timeout for link establishment in seconds per hop to destination.
     """
@@ -99,7 +97,7 @@ class Link:
 
             except Exception as e:
                 RNS.log("Validating link request failed", RNS.LOG_VERBOSE)
-                traceback.print_exc()
+                RNS.log("exc: "+str(e))
                 return None
 
         else:
@@ -127,6 +125,7 @@ class Link:
         self.keepalive = Link.KEEPALIVE
         self.watchdog_lock = False
         self.status = Link.PENDING
+        self.activated_at = None
         self.type = RNS.Destination.LINK
         self.owner = owner
         self.destination = destination
@@ -182,7 +181,7 @@ class Link:
             self.start_watchdog()
             self.packet.send()
             self.had_outbound()
-            RNS.log("Link request "+RNS.prettyhexrep(self.link_id)+" sent to "+str(self.destination), RNS.LOG_VERBOSE)
+            RNS.log("Link request "+RNS.prettyhexrep(self.link_id)+" sent to "+str(self.destination), RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
 
 
     def load_peer(self, peer_pub_bytes, peer_sig_pub_bytes):
@@ -202,11 +201,14 @@ class Link:
     def handshake(self):
         self.status = Link.HANDSHAKE
         self.shared_key = self.prv.exchange(self.peer_pub)
+
+        # TODO: Improve this re-allocation of HKDF
         self.derived_key = HKDF(
             algorithm=hashes.SHA256(),
             length=32,
             salt=self.get_salt(),
             info=self.get_context(),
+            backend=cio_default_backend,
         ).derive(self.shared_key)
 
     def prove(self):
@@ -218,6 +220,7 @@ class Link:
         proof.send()
         self.had_outbound()
 
+
     def prove_packet(self, packet):
         signature = self.sign(packet.packet_hash)
         # TODO: Hardcoded as explicit proof for now
@@ -249,6 +252,7 @@ class Link:
                     self.had_outbound()
 
                     self.status = Link.ACTIVE
+                    self.activated_at = time.time()
                     if self.callbacks.link_established != None:
                         thread = threading.Thread(target=self.callbacks.link_established, args=(self,))
                         thread.setDaemon(True)
@@ -292,7 +296,7 @@ class Link:
         packed_request    = umsgpack.packb(unpacked_request)
 
         if timeout == None:
-            timeout = self.rtt * self.traffic_timeout_factor + RNS.Resource.RESPONSE_MAX_GRACE_TIME
+            timeout = self.rtt * self.traffic_timeout_factor + RNS.Resource.RESPONSE_MAX_GRACE_TIME/4.0
 
         if len(packed_request) <= Link.MDU:
             request_packet   = RNS.Packet(self, packed_request, RNS.Packet.DATA, context = RNS.Packet.REQUEST)
@@ -338,6 +342,8 @@ class Link:
             rtt = umsgpack.unpackb(plaintext)
             self.rtt = max(measured_rtt, rtt)
             self.status = Link.ACTIVE
+            self.activated_at = time.time()
+
             
             if self.owner.callbacks.link_established != None:
                     self.owner.callbacks.link_established(self)
@@ -425,7 +431,11 @@ class Link:
                     self.destination.links.remove(self)
 
         if self.callbacks.link_closed != None:
-            self.callbacks.link_closed(self)
+            try:
+                self.callbacks.link_closed(self)
+            except Exception as e:
+                RNS.log("Error while executing link closed callback from "+str(self)+". The contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+
 
     def start_watchdog(self):
         thread = threading.Thread(target=self.__watchdog_job)
@@ -455,7 +465,7 @@ class Link:
                     sleep_time = next_check - time.time()
                     if time.time() >= self.request_time + self.establishment_timeout:
                         if self.initiator:
-                            RNS.log("Timeout waiting link request proof", RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
+                            RNS.log("Timeout waiting for link request proof", RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
                         else:
                             RNS.log("Timeout waiting for RTT packet from link initiator", RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
 
@@ -527,7 +537,7 @@ class Link:
                         else:
                             response_resource = RNS.Resource(packed_response, self, request_id = request_id, is_response = True)
                 else:
-                    identity_string = RNS.prettyhexrep(self.get_remote_identity()) if self.get_remote_identity() != None else "<Unknown>"
+                    identity_string = str(self.get_remote_identity()) if self.get_remote_identity() != None else "<Unknown>"
                     RNS.log("Request "+RNS.prettyhexrep(request_id)+" from "+identity_string+" not allowed for: "+str(path), RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
 
     def handle_response(self, request_id, response_data, response_size, response_transfer_size):
@@ -546,7 +556,8 @@ class Link:
                     break
 
             if remove != None:
-                self.pending_requests.remove(remove)
+                if remove in self.pending_requests:
+                    self.pending_requests.remove(remove)
 
     def request_resource_concluded(self, resource):
         if resource.status == RNS.Resource.COMPLETE:
@@ -598,7 +609,10 @@ class Link:
 
                         elif self.destination.proof_strategy == RNS.Destination.PROVE_APP:
                             if self.destination.callbacks.proof_requested:
-                                self.destination.callbacks.proof_requested(packet)
+                                try:
+                                    self.destination.callbacks.proof_requested(packet)
+                                except Exception as e:
+                                    RNS.log("Error while executing proof request callback from "+str(self)+". The contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
 
                     elif packet.context == RNS.Packet.LINKIDENTIFY:
                         plaintext = self.decrypt(packet.data)
@@ -613,7 +627,10 @@ class Link:
                             if identity.validate(signature, signed_data):
                                 self.__remote_identity = identity
                                 if self.callbacks.remote_identified != None:
-                                    self.callbacks.remote_identified(self.__remote_identity)
+                                    try:
+                                        self.callbacks.remote_identified(self.__remote_identity)
+                                    except Exception as e:
+                                        RNS.log("Error while executing remote identified callback from "+str(self)+". The contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
 
                     elif packet.context == RNS.Packet.REQUEST:
                         try:
@@ -659,8 +676,11 @@ class Link:
                             pass
                         elif self.resource_strategy == Link.ACCEPT_APP:
                             if self.callbacks.resource != None:
-                                if self.callbacks.resource(resource):
-                                    RNS.Resource.accept(packet, self.callbacks.resource_concluded)
+                                try:
+                                    if self.callbacks.resource(resource):
+                                        RNS.Resource.accept(packet, self.callbacks.resource_concluded)
+                                except Exception as e:
+                                    RNS.log("Error while executing resource accept callback from "+str(self)+". The contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
                         elif self.resource_strategy == Link.ACCEPT_ALL:
                             RNS.Resource.accept(packet, self.callbacks.resource_concluded)
 
@@ -751,7 +771,7 @@ class Link:
             return plaintext
         except Exception as e:
             RNS.log("Decryption failed on link "+str(self)+". The contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
-            RNS.log(traceback.format_exc(), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+            # RNS.log(traceback.format_exc(), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
             # TODO: Think long about implications here
             # self.teardown()
 
@@ -933,7 +953,10 @@ class RequestReceipt():
             self.link.pending_requests.remove(self)
 
             if self.callbacks.failed != None:
-                self.callbacks.failed(self)
+                try:
+                    self.callbacks.failed(self)
+                except Exception as e:
+                    RNS.log("Error while executing request failed callback from "+str(self)+". The contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
 
 
     def __response_timeout_job(self):
@@ -951,7 +974,10 @@ class RequestReceipt():
         self.link.pending_requests.remove(self)
 
         if self.callbacks.failed != None:
-            self.callbacks.failed(self)
+            try:
+                self.callbacks.failed(self)
+            except Exception as e:
+                RNS.log("Error while executing request timed out callback from "+str(self)+". The contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
 
 
     def response_resource_progress(self, resource):
@@ -967,7 +993,10 @@ class RequestReceipt():
             self.progress = resource.get_progress()
             
             if self.callbacks.progress != None:
-                self.callbacks.progress(self)
+                try:
+                    self.callbacks.progress(self)
+                except Exception as e:
+                    RNS.log("Error while executing response progress callback from "+str(self)+". The contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
         else:
             resource.cancel()
 
@@ -987,10 +1016,16 @@ class RequestReceipt():
                     self.packet_receipt.callbacks.delivery(self.packet_receipt)
 
             if self.callbacks.progress != None:
-                self.callbacks.progress(self)
+                try:
+                    self.callbacks.progress(self)
+                except Exception as e:
+                    RNS.log("Error while executing response progress callback from "+str(self)+". The contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
 
             if self.callbacks.response != None:
-                self.callbacks.response(self)
+                try:
+                    self.callbacks.response(self)
+                except Exception as e:
+                    RNS.log("Error while executing response received callback from "+str(self)+". The contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
 
     def get_request_id(self):
         """
@@ -1034,4 +1069,4 @@ class RequestReceiptCallbacks:
     def __init__(self):
         self.response = None
         self.failed   = None
-        self.progress = None
+        self.progress = None

RNS/Packet.py

@@ -75,9 +75,7 @@ class Packet:
     The maximum size of the payload data in a single unencrypted packet 
     """
 
-    # This value is set at a reasonable
-    # level for a 1 Kb/s channel.
-    TIMEOUT_PER_HOP = 5
+    TIMEOUT_PER_HOP = RNS.Reticulum.DEFAULT_PER_HOP_TIMEOUT
 
     def __init__(self, destination, data, packet_type = DATA, context = NONE, transport_type = RNS.Transport.BROADCAST, header_type = HEADER_1, transport_id = None, attached_interface = None, create_receipt = True):
         if destination != None:
@@ -113,6 +111,8 @@ class Packet:
 
         self.attached_interface = attached_interface
         self.receiving_interface = None
+        self.rssi = None
+        self.snr = None
 
     def get_packed_flags(self):
         if self.context == Packet.LRPROOF:
@@ -185,27 +185,33 @@ class Packet:
 
 
     def unpack(self):
-        self.flags = self.raw[0]
-        self.hops  = self.raw[1]
+        try:
+            self.flags = self.raw[0]
+            self.hops  = self.raw[1]
 
-        self.header_type      = (self.flags & 0b11000000) >> 6
-        self.transport_type   = (self.flags & 0b00110000) >> 4
-        self.destination_type = (self.flags & 0b00001100) >> 2
-        self.packet_type      = (self.flags & 0b00000011)
+            self.header_type      = (self.flags & 0b11000000) >> 6
+            self.transport_type   = (self.flags & 0b00110000) >> 4
+            self.destination_type = (self.flags & 0b00001100) >> 2
+            self.packet_type      = (self.flags & 0b00000011)
 
-        if self.header_type == Packet.HEADER_2:
-            self.transport_id = self.raw[2:12]
-            self.destination_hash = self.raw[12:22]
-            self.context = ord(self.raw[22:23])
-            self.data = self.raw[23:]
-        else:
-            self.transport_id = None
-            self.destination_hash = self.raw[2:12]
-            self.context = ord(self.raw[12:13])
-            self.data = self.raw[13:]
+            if self.header_type == Packet.HEADER_2:
+                self.transport_id = self.raw[2:12]
+                self.destination_hash = self.raw[12:22]
+                self.context = ord(self.raw[22:23])
+                self.data = self.raw[23:]
+            else:
+                self.transport_id = None
+                self.destination_hash = self.raw[2:12]
+                self.context = ord(self.raw[12:13])
+                self.data = self.raw[13:]
 
-        self.packed = False
-        self.update_hash()
+            self.packed = False
+            self.update_hash()
+            return True
+
+        except Exception as e:
+            RNS.log("Received malformed packet, dropping it. The contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_EXTREME)
+            return False
 
     def send(self):
         """
@@ -328,6 +334,7 @@ class PacketReceipt:
         self.destination    = packet.destination
         self.callbacks      = PacketReceiptCallbacks()
         self.concluded_at   = None
+        self.proof_packet   = None
 
         if packet.destination.type == RNS.Destination.LINK:
             self.timeout    = packet.destination.rtt * packet.destination.traffic_timeout_factor
@@ -344,12 +351,12 @@ class PacketReceipt:
     # Validate a proof packet
     def validate_proof_packet(self, proof_packet):
         if hasattr(proof_packet, "link") and proof_packet.link:
-            return self.validate_link_proof(proof_packet.data, proof_packet.link)
+            return self.validate_link_proof(proof_packet.data, proof_packet.link, proof_packet)
         else:
-            return self.validate_proof(proof_packet.data)
+            return self.validate_proof(proof_packet.data, proof_packet)
 
     # Validate a raw proof for a link
-    def validate_link_proof(self, proof, link):
+    def validate_link_proof(self, proof, link, proof_packet=None):
         # TODO: Hardcoded as explicit proofs for now
         if True or len(proof) == PacketReceipt.EXPL_LENGTH:
             # This is an explicit proof
@@ -361,6 +368,8 @@ class PacketReceipt:
                     self.status = PacketReceipt.DELIVERED
                     self.proved = True
                     self.concluded_at = time.time()
+                    self.proof_packet = proof_packet
+
                     if self.callbacks.delivery != None:
                         self.callbacks.delivery(self)
                     return True
@@ -388,7 +397,7 @@ class PacketReceipt:
             return False
 
     # Validate a raw proof
-    def validate_proof(self, proof):
+    def validate_proof(self, proof, proof_packet=None):
         if len(proof) == PacketReceipt.EXPL_LENGTH:
             # This is an explicit proof
             proof_hash = proof[:RNS.Identity.HASHLENGTH//8]
@@ -399,8 +408,14 @@ class PacketReceipt:
                     self.status = PacketReceipt.DELIVERED
                     self.proved = True
                     self.concluded_at = time.time()
+                    self.proof_packet = proof_packet
+
                     if self.callbacks.delivery != None:
-                        self.callbacks.delivery(self)
+                        try:
+                            self.callbacks.delivery(self)
+                        except Exception as e:
+                            RNS.log("Error while executing proof validated callback. The contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+
                     return True
                 else:
                     return False
@@ -417,8 +432,14 @@ class PacketReceipt:
                     self.status = PacketReceipt.DELIVERED
                     self.proved = True
                     self.concluded_at = time.time()
+                    self.proof_packet = proof_packet
+
                     if self.callbacks.delivery != None:
-                        self.callbacks.delivery(self)
+                        try:
+                            self.callbacks.delivery(self)
+                        except Exception as e:
+                            RNS.log("Error while executing proof validated callback. The contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+                            
                     return True
             else:
                 return False

RNS/Resource.py

@@ -123,7 +123,10 @@ class Resource:
 
             RNS.log("Accepting resource advertisement for "+RNS.prettyhexrep(resource.hash), RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
             if resource.link.callbacks.resource_started != None:
-                resource.link.callbacks.resource_started(resource)
+                try:
+                    resource.link.callbacks.resource_started(resource)
+                except Exception as e:
+                    RNS.log("Error while executing resource started callback from "+str(self)+". The contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
 
             resource.hashmap_update(0, resource.hashmap_raw)
 
@@ -140,6 +143,8 @@ class Resource:
     def __init__(self, data, link, advertise=True, auto_compress=True, callback=None, progress_callback=None, timeout = None, segment_index = 1, original_hash = None, request_id = None, is_response = False):
         data_size = None
         resource_data = None
+        self.assembly_lock = False
+
         if hasattr(data, "read"):
             data_size = os.stat(data.name).st_size
             self.total_size  = data_size
@@ -321,10 +326,6 @@ class Resource:
             self.request_next()
 
     def get_map_hash(self, data):
-        # TODO: This will break if running unencrypted,
-        # uncompressed transfers on streams with long blocks
-        # of identical bytes. Doing so would be very silly
-        # anyways but maybe it should be handled gracefully.
         return RNS.Identity.full_hash(data+self.random_hash)[:Resource.MAPHASH_LEN]
 
     def advertise(self):
@@ -405,15 +406,6 @@ class Resource:
 
                     sleep_time = self.last_activity + (rtt*(self.part_timeout_factor+window_remaining)) + Resource.RETRY_GRACE_TIME - time.time()
                     
-                    # TODO: Remove debug info
-                    # RNS.log("rtt   "+str(rtt))
-                    # RNS.log("ptof  "+str(self.part_timeout_factor))
-                    # RNS.log("wait  "+str((rtt*self.part_timeout_factor) + Resource.RETRY_GRACE_TIME))
-                    # RNS.log("sleep "+str(sleep_time))
-                    # RNS.log("wndw  "+str(self.window))
-                    # RNS.log("wndwr "+str(window_remaining))
-                    # RNS.log("")
-
                     if sleep_time < 0:
                         if self.retries_left > 0:
                             RNS.log("Timed out waiting for parts, requesting retry", RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
@@ -506,7 +498,10 @@ class Resource:
             if self.segment_index == self.total_segments:
                 if self.callback != None:
                     self.data = open(self.storagepath, "rb")
-                    self.callback(self)
+                    try:
+                        self.callback(self)
+                    except Exception as e:
+                        RNS.log("Error while executing resource assembled callback from "+str(self)+". The contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
 
                 try:
                     self.data.close()
@@ -540,7 +535,10 @@ class Resource:
                         # If all segments were processed, we'll
                         # signal that the resource sending concluded
                         if self.callback != None:
-                            self.callback(self)
+                            try:
+                                self.callback(self)
+                            except Exception as e:
+                                RNS.log("Error while executing resource concluded callback from "+str(self)+". The contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
                     else:
                         # Otherwise we'll recursively create the
                         # next segment of the resource
@@ -596,20 +594,17 @@ class Resource:
                             cp += 1
 
                         if self.__progress_callback != None:
-                            self.__progress_callback(self)
-
-                        # TODO: Remove debug info
-                        # RNS.log("outstanding_parts "+str(self.outstanding_parts))
-                        # RNS.log("total_parts "+str(self.total_parts))
-                        # RNS.log("received_count "+str(self.received_count))
+                            try:
+                                self.__progress_callback(self)
+                            except Exception as e:
+                                RNS.log("Error while executing progress callback from "+str(self)+". The contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
 
                 i += 1
 
             self.receiving_part = False
 
-            # TODO: Remove
-            #if self.outstanding_parts == 0 and self.received_count == self.total_parts:
-            if self.received_count == self.total_parts:
+            if self.received_count == self.total_parts and not self.assembly_lock:
+                self.assembly_lock = True
                 self.assemble()
             elif self.outstanding_parts == 0:
                 # TODO: Figure out if there is a mathematically
@@ -754,7 +749,10 @@ class Resource:
                 self.status = Resource.AWAITING_PROOF
 
             if self.__progress_callback != None:
-                self.__progress_callback(self)
+                try:
+                    self.__progress_callback(self)
+                except Exception as e:
+                    RNS.log("Error while executing progress callback from "+str(self)+". The contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
 
     def cancel(self):
         """
@@ -774,8 +772,11 @@ class Resource:
                 self.link.cancel_incoming_resource(self)
             
             if self.callback != None:
-                self.link.resource_concluded(self)
-                self.callback(self)
+                try:
+                    self.link.resource_concluded(self)
+                    self.callback(self)
+                except Exception as e:
+                    RNS.log("Error while executing callbacks on resource cancel from "+str(self)+". The contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
 
     def set_callback(self, callback):
         self.callback = callback
@@ -804,7 +805,7 @@ class Resource:
         return progress
 
     def __str__(self):
-        return RNS.prettyhexrep(self.hash)+str(self.link)
+        return "<"+RNS.hexrep(self.hash)+"/"+RNS.hexrep(self.link.link_id)+">"
 
 
 class ResourceAdvertisement:

RNS/Reticulum.py

@@ -1,7 +1,20 @@
-from .Interfaces import *
-import configparser
+from .vendor.platformutils import get_platform
+
+if get_platform() == "android":
+    from .Interfaces import Interface
+    from .Interfaces import LocalInterface
+    from .Interfaces import AutoInterface
+    from .Interfaces import TCPInterface
+    from .Interfaces import UDPInterface
+    from .Interfaces import I2PInterface
+else:
+    from .Interfaces import *
+
 from .vendor.configobj import ConfigObj
-import RNS
+import configparser
+import multiprocessing.connection
+import signal
+import threading
 import atexit
 import struct
 import array
@@ -50,6 +63,14 @@ class Reticulum:
     the default value.
     """
 
+    # TODO: To reach the 300bps level without unreasonably impacting
+    # performance on faster links, we need a mechanism for setting
+    # this value more intelligently. One option could be inferring it
+    # from interface speed, but a better general approach would most
+    # probably be to let Reticulum somehow continously build a map of
+    # per-hop latencies and use this map for the timeout calculation. 
+    DEFAULT_PER_HOP_TIMEOUT = 5
+
     # Length of truncated hashes in bits.
     TRUNCATED_HASHLENGTH = 80
 
@@ -78,7 +99,19 @@ class Reticulum:
         RNS.Transport.exit_handler()
         RNS.Identity.exit_handler()
 
-    def __init__(self,configdir=None):
+    @staticmethod
+    def sigint_handler(signal, frame):
+        RNS.Transport.detach_interfaces()
+        RNS.exit()
+
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def sigterm_handler(signal, frame):
+        RNS.Transport.detach_interfaces()
+        RNS.exit()
+
+
+    def __init__(self,configdir=None, loglevel=None):
         """
         Initialises and starts a Reticulum instance. This must be
         done before any other operations, and Reticulum will not
@@ -87,6 +120,8 @@ class Reticulum:
         :param configdir: Full path to a Reticulum configuration directory.
         """
 
+        RNS.vendor.platformutils.platform_checks()
+
         if configdir != None:
             Reticulum.configdir = configdir
         
@@ -101,7 +136,18 @@ class Reticulum:
         Reticulum.panic_on_interface_error = False
 
         self.local_interface_port = 37428
-        self.share_instance = True
+        self.local_control_port   = 37429
+        self.share_instance       = True
+        self.rpc_listener         = None
+
+        self.requested_loglevel = loglevel
+        if self.requested_loglevel != None:
+            if self.requested_loglevel > RNS.LOG_EXTREME:
+                self.requested_loglevel = RNS.LOG_EXTREME
+            if self.requested_loglevel < RNS.LOG_CRITICAL:
+                self.requested_loglevel = RNS.LOG_CRITICAL
+
+            RNS.loglevel = self.requested_loglevel
 
         self.is_shared_instance = False
         self.is_connected_to_shared_instance = False
@@ -119,7 +165,6 @@ class Reticulum:
         if os.path.isfile(self.configpath):
             try:
                 self.config = ConfigObj(self.configpath)
-                RNS.log("Configuration loaded from "+self.configpath)
             except Exception as e:
                 RNS.log("Could not parse the configuration at "+self.configpath, RNS.LOG_ERROR)
                 RNS.log("Check your configuration file for errors!", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
@@ -127,16 +172,29 @@ class Reticulum:
         else:
             RNS.log("Could not load config file, creating default configuration file...")
             self.__create_default_config()
-            RNS.log("Default config file created. Make any necessary changes in "+Reticulum.configdir+"/config and start Reticulum again.")
-            RNS.log("Exiting now!")
-            exit(1)
+            RNS.log("Default config file created. Make any necessary changes in "+Reticulum.configdir+"/config and restart Reticulum if needed.")
+            import time
+            time.sleep(1.5)
 
         self.__apply_config()
+        RNS.log("Configuration loaded from "+self.configpath, RNS.LOG_VERBOSE)
+        
         RNS.Identity.load_known_destinations()
 
         RNS.Transport.start(self)
 
+        self.rpc_addr = ("127.0.0.1", self.local_control_port)
+        self.rpc_key  = RNS.Identity.full_hash(RNS.Transport.identity.get_private_key())
+        
+        if self.is_shared_instance:
+            self.rpc_listener = multiprocessing.connection.Listener(self.rpc_addr, authkey=self.rpc_key)
+            thread = threading.Thread(target=self.rpc_loop)
+            thread.setDaemon(True)
+            thread.start()
+
         atexit.register(Reticulum.exit_handler)
+        signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, Reticulum.sigint_handler)
+        signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, Reticulum.sigterm_handler)
 
     def __start_local_interface(self):
         if self.share_instance:
@@ -147,6 +205,7 @@ class Reticulum:
                 )
                 interface.OUT = True
                 RNS.Transport.interfaces.append(interface)
+                
                 self.is_shared_instance = True
                 RNS.log("Started shared instance interface: "+str(interface), RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
             except Exception as e:
@@ -161,6 +220,7 @@ class Reticulum:
                     self.is_shared_instance = False
                     self.is_standalone_instance = False
                     self.is_connected_to_shared_instance = True
+                    Reticulum.__transport_enabled = False
                     RNS.log("Connected to local shared instance via: "+str(interface), RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
                 except Exception as e:
                     RNS.log("Local shared instance appears to be running, but it could not be connected", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
@@ -177,7 +237,7 @@ class Reticulum:
         if "logging" in self.config:
             for option in self.config["logging"]:
                 value = self.config["logging"][option]
-                if option == "loglevel":
+                if option == "loglevel" and self.requested_loglevel == None:
                     RNS.loglevel = int(value)
                     if RNS.loglevel < 0:
                         RNS.loglevel = 0
@@ -193,6 +253,9 @@ class Reticulum:
                 if option == "shared_instance_port":
                     value = int(self.config["reticulum"][option])
                     self.local_interface_port = value
+                if option == "instance_control_port":
+                    value = int(self.config["reticulum"][option])
+                    self.local_control_port = value
                 if option == "enable_transport":
                     v = self.config["reticulum"].as_bool(option)
                     if v == True:
@@ -211,13 +274,58 @@ class Reticulum:
         self.__start_local_interface()
 
         if self.is_shared_instance or self.is_standalone_instance:
+            RNS.log("Bringing up system interfaces...", RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
             interface_names = []
             for name in self.config["interfaces"]:
                 if not name in interface_names:
                     c = self.config["interfaces"][name]
 
+                    interface_mode = Interface.Interface.MODE_FULL
+                    
+                    if "mode" in c:
+                        if c["mode"] == "full":
+                            interface_mode = Interface.Interface.MODE_FULL
+                        elif c["mode"] == "accesspoint" or c["mode"] == "ap":
+                            interface_mode = Interface.Interface.MODE_ACCESS_POINT
+                        elif c["mode"] == "pointtopoint" or c["mode"] == "ptp":
+                            interface_mode = Interface.Interface.MODE_POINT_TO_POINT
+
                     try:
                         if ("interface_enabled" in c) and c.as_bool("interface_enabled") == True:
+                            if c["type"] == "AutoInterface":
+                                if not RNS.vendor.platformutils.is_windows():
+                                    group_id        = c["group_id"] if "group_id" in c else None
+                                    discovery_scope = c["discovery_scope"] if "discovery_scope" in c else None
+                                    discovery_port  = int(c["discovery_port"]) if "discovery_port" in c else None
+                                    data_port  = int(c["data_port"]) if "data_port" in c else None
+                                    allowed_interfaces = c.as_list("devices") if "devices" in c else None
+                                    ignored_interfaces = c.as_list("ignored_devices") if "ignored_devices" in c else None
+
+                                    interface = AutoInterface.AutoInterface(
+                                        RNS.Transport,
+                                        name,
+                                        group_id,
+                                        discovery_scope,
+                                        discovery_port,
+                                        data_port,
+                                        allowed_interfaces,
+                                        ignored_interfaces
+                                    )
+
+                                    if "outgoing" in c and c.as_bool("outgoing") == False:
+                                        interface.OUT = False
+                                    else:
+                                        interface.OUT = True
+
+                                    interface.mode = interface_mode
+
+                                    RNS.Transport.interfaces.append(interface)
+                                else:
+                                    RNS.log("AutoInterface is not currently supported on Windows, disabling interface.", RNS.LOG_ERROR);
+                                    RNS.log("Please remove this AutoInterface instance from your configuration file.", RNS.LOG_ERROR);
+                                    RNS.log("You will have to manually configure other interfaces for connectivity.", RNS.LOG_ERROR);
+
+
                             if c["type"] == "UDPInterface":
                                 device       = c["device"] if "device" in c else None
                                 port         = int(c["port"]) if "port" in c else None
@@ -242,10 +350,12 @@ class Reticulum:
                                     forward_port
                                 )
 
-                                if "outgoing" in c and c.as_bool("outgoing") == True:
-                                    interface.OUT = True
-                                else:
+                                if "outgoing" in c and c.as_bool("outgoing") == False:
                                     interface.OUT = False
+                                else:
+                                    interface.OUT = True
+
+                                interface.mode = interface_mode
 
                                 RNS.Transport.interfaces.append(interface)
 
@@ -255,6 +365,7 @@ class Reticulum:
                                 port         = int(c["port"]) if "port" in c else None
                                 listen_ip    = c["listen_ip"] if "listen_ip" in c else None
                                 listen_port  = int(c["listen_port"]) if "listen_port" in c else None
+                                i2p_tunneled = c.as_bool("i2p_tunneled") if "i2p_tunneled" in c else False
 
                                 if port != None:
                                     listen_port = port
@@ -264,29 +375,76 @@ class Reticulum:
                                     name,
                                     device,
                                     listen_ip,
-                                    listen_port
+                                    listen_port,
+                                    i2p_tunneled
                                 )
 
-                                if "outgoing" in c and c.as_bool("outgoing") == True:
-                                    interface.OUT = True
-                                else:
+                                if "outgoing" in c and c.as_bool("outgoing") == False:
                                     interface.OUT = False
+                                else:
+                                    interface.OUT = True
+
+                                if interface_mode != Interface.Interface.MODE_FULL:
+                                    RNS.log(str(interface)+" does not support Access Point mode, reverting to default mode: Full", RNS.LOG_WARNING)
+                                    interface_mode = Interface.Interface.MODE_FULL
+                                
+                                interface.mode = interface_mode
 
                                 RNS.Transport.interfaces.append(interface)
 
 
                             if c["type"] == "TCPClientInterface":
+                                kiss_framing = False
+                                if "kiss_framing" in c and c.as_bool("kiss_framing") == True:
+                                    kiss_framing = True
+                                i2p_tunneled = c.as_bool("i2p_tunneled") if "i2p_tunneled" in c else False
+
+
                                 interface = TCPInterface.TCPClientInterface(
                                     RNS.Transport,
                                     name,
                                     c["target_host"],
-                                    int(c["target_port"])
+                                    int(c["target_port"]),
+                                    kiss_framing = kiss_framing,
+                                    i2p_tunneled = i2p_tunneled
                                 )
 
-                                if "outgoing" in c and c.as_bool("outgoing") == True:
-                                    interface.OUT = True
-                                else:
+                                if "outgoing" in c and c.as_bool("outgoing") == False:
                                     interface.OUT = False
+                                else:
+                                    interface.OUT = True
+
+                                if interface_mode != Interface.Interface.MODE_FULL:
+                                    RNS.log(str(interface)+" does not support Access Point mode, reverting to default mode: Full", RNS.LOG_WARNING)
+                                    interface_mode = Interface.Interface.MODE_FULL
+                                
+                                interface.mode = interface_mode
+
+                                RNS.Transport.interfaces.append(interface)
+
+
+                            if c["type"] == "I2PInterface":
+                                i2p_peers = c.as_list("peers") if "peers" in c else None
+                                connectable = c.as_bool("connectable") if "connectable" in c else False
+
+                                interface = I2PInterface.I2PInterface(
+                                    RNS.Transport,
+                                    name,
+                                    Reticulum.storagepath,
+                                    i2p_peers,
+                                    connectable = connectable,
+                                )
+
+                                if "outgoing" in c and c.as_bool("outgoing") == False:
+                                    interface.OUT = False
+                                else:
+                                    interface.OUT = True
+
+                                if interface_mode != Interface.Interface.MODE_FULL:
+                                    RNS.log(str(interface)+" does not support Access Point mode, reverting to default mode: Full", RNS.LOG_WARNING)
+                                    interface_mode = Interface.Interface.MODE_FULL
+                                
+                                interface.mode = interface_mode
 
                                 RNS.Transport.interfaces.append(interface)
 
@@ -311,10 +469,12 @@ class Reticulum:
                                     stopbits
                                 )
 
-                                if "outgoing" in c and c.as_bool("outgoing") == True:
-                                    interface.OUT = True
-                                else:
+                                if "outgoing" in c and c.as_bool("outgoing") == False:
                                     interface.OUT = False
+                                else:
+                                    interface.OUT = True
+
+                                interface.mode = interface_mode
 
                                 RNS.Transport.interfaces.append(interface)
 
@@ -352,10 +512,12 @@ class Reticulum:
                                     beacon_data
                                 )
 
-                                if "outgoing" in c and c.as_bool("outgoing") == True:
-                                    interface.OUT = True
-                                else:
+                                if "outgoing" in c and c.as_bool("outgoing") == False:
                                     interface.OUT = False
+                                else:
+                                    interface.OUT = True
+
+                                interface.mode = interface_mode
 
                                 RNS.Transport.interfaces.append(interface)
 
@@ -394,10 +556,12 @@ class Reticulum:
                                     flow_control
                                 )
 
-                                if "outgoing" in c and c.as_bool("outgoing") == True:
-                                    interface.OUT = True
-                                else:
+                                if "outgoing" in c and c.as_bool("outgoing") == False:
                                     interface.OUT = False
+                                else:
+                                    interface.OUT = True
+
+                                interface.mode = interface_mode
 
                                 RNS.Transport.interfaces.append(interface)
 
@@ -430,14 +594,16 @@ class Reticulum:
                                     id_callsign = id_callsign
                                 )
 
-                                if "outgoing" in c and c.as_bool("outgoing") == True:
-                                    interface.OUT = True
-                                else:
+                                if "outgoing" in c and c.as_bool("outgoing") == False:
                                     interface.OUT = False
+                                else:
+                                    interface.OUT = True
+
+                                interface.mode = interface_mode
 
                                 RNS.Transport.interfaces.append(interface)
                         else:
-                            RNS.log("Skipping disabled interface \""+name+"\"", RNS.LOG_NOTICE)
+                            RNS.log("Skipping disabled interface \""+name+"\"", RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
 
                     except Exception as e:
                         RNS.log("The interface \""+name+"\" could not be created. Check your configuration file for errors!", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
@@ -446,6 +612,9 @@ class Reticulum:
                 else:
                     RNS.log("The interface name \""+name+"\" was already used. Check your configuration file for errors!", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
                     RNS.panic()
+
+            RNS.log("System interfaces are ready", RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
+
                 
 
     def __create_default_config(self):
@@ -455,7 +624,113 @@ class Reticulum:
         if not os.path.isdir(Reticulum.configdir):
             os.makedirs(Reticulum.configdir)
         self.config.write()
-        self.__apply_config()
+
+    def rpc_loop(self):
+        while True:
+            try:
+                rpc_connection = self.rpc_listener.accept()
+                call = rpc_connection.recv()
+
+                if "get" in call:
+                    path = call["get"]
+
+                    if path == "interface_stats":
+                        rpc_connection.send(self.get_interface_stats())
+
+                    if path == "next_hop_if_name":
+                        rpc_connection.send(self.get_next_hop_if_name(call["destination_hash"]))
+
+                    if path == "next_hop":
+                        rpc_connection.send(self.get_next_hop(call["destination_hash"]))
+
+                    if path == "packet_rssi":
+                        rpc_connection.send(self.get_packet_rssi(call["packet_hash"]))
+
+                    if path == "packet_snr":
+                        rpc_connection.send(self.get_packet_snr(call["packet_hash"]))
+
+                rpc_connection.close()
+            except Exception as e:
+                RNS.log("An error ocurred while handling RPC call from local client: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+
+    def get_interface_stats(self):
+        if self.is_connected_to_shared_instance:
+            rpc_connection = multiprocessing.connection.Client(self.rpc_addr, authkey=self.rpc_key)
+            rpc_connection.send({"get": "interface_stats"})
+            response = rpc_connection.recv()
+            return response
+        else:
+            stats = []
+            for interface in RNS.Transport.interfaces:
+                ifstats = {}
+                
+                if hasattr(interface, "clients"):
+                    ifstats["clients"] = interface.clients
+                else:
+                    ifstats["clients"] = None
+
+                if hasattr(interface, "b32"):
+                    if interface.b32 != None:
+                        ifstats["i2p_b32"] = interface.b32+".b32.i2p"
+                    else:
+                        ifstats["i2p_b32"] = None
+
+                ifstats["name"] = str(interface)
+                ifstats["rxb"] = interface.rxb
+                ifstats["txb"] = interface.txb
+                ifstats["status"] = interface.online
+                stats.append(ifstats)
+
+            return stats
+
+    def get_next_hop_if_name(self, destination):
+        if self.is_connected_to_shared_instance:
+            rpc_connection = multiprocessing.connection.Client(self.rpc_addr, authkey=self.rpc_key)
+            rpc_connection.send({"get": "next_hop_if_name", "destination_hash": destination})
+            response = rpc_connection.recv()
+            return response
+
+        else:
+            return str(RNS.Transport.next_hop_interface(destination))
+
+    def get_next_hop(self, destination):
+        if self.is_connected_to_shared_instance:
+            rpc_connection = multiprocessing.connection.Client(self.rpc_addr, authkey=self.rpc_key)
+            rpc_connection.send({"get": "next_hop", "destination_hash": destination})
+            response = rpc_connection.recv()
+            return response
+
+        else:
+            return RNS.Transport.next_hop(destination)
+
+    def get_packet_rssi(self, packet_hash):
+        if self.is_connected_to_shared_instance:
+            rpc_connection = multiprocessing.connection.Client(self.rpc_addr, authkey=self.rpc_key)
+            rpc_connection.send({"get": "packet_rssi", "packet_hash": packet_hash})
+            response = rpc_connection.recv()
+            return response
+
+        else:
+            for entry in RNS.Transport.local_client_rssi_cache:
+                if entry[0] == packet_hash:
+                    return entry[1]
+
+            return None
+
+    def get_packet_snr(self, packet_hash):
+        if self.is_connected_to_shared_instance:
+            rpc_connection = multiprocessing.connection.Client(self.rpc_addr, authkey=self.rpc_key)
+            rpc_connection.send({"get": "packet_snr", "packet_hash": packet_hash})
+            response = rpc_connection.recv()
+            return response
+
+        else:
+            for entry in RNS.Transport.local_client_snr_cache:
+                if entry[0] == packet_hash:
+                    return entry[1]
+
+            return None
+
 
     @staticmethod
     def should_use_implicit_proof():
@@ -485,6 +760,12 @@ __default_rns_config__ = '''# This is the default Reticulum config file.
 # You should probably edit it to include any additional,
 # interfaces and settings you might need.
 
+# Only the most basic options are included in this default
+# configuration. To see a more verbose, and much longer,
+# configuration example, you can run the command:
+# rnsd --exampleconfig
+
+
 [reticulum]
 
 # If you enable Transport, your system will route traffic
@@ -510,11 +791,14 @@ share_instance = Yes
 
 
 # If you want to run multiple *different* shared instances
-# on the same system, you will need to specify a different
-# shared instance port for each. The default is given below,
-# and again, this option is optional and can be left out.
+# on the same system, you will need to specify different
+# shared instance ports for each. The defaults are given
+# below, and again, these options can be left out if you
+# don't need them.
 
 shared_instance_port = 37428
+instance_control_port = 37429
+
 
 # You can configure Reticulum to panic and forcibly close
 # if an unrecoverable interface error occurs, such as the
@@ -548,267 +832,15 @@ loglevel = 4
 [interfaces]
 
   # This interface enables communication with other
-  # local Reticulum nodes over UDP. You can modify it
-  # to suit your needs or turn it off completely.
-  # As a minimum, you should probably specify the
-  # network device you want to communicate on, such
-  # as eth0 or wlan0.
-  
-  [[Default UDP Interface]]
-    type = UDPInterface
+  # link-local Reticulum nodes over UDP. It does not
+  # need any functional IP infrastructure like routers
+  # or DHCP servers, but will require that at least link-
+  # local IPv6 is enabled in your operating system, which
+  # should be enabled by default in almost any OS. See
+  # the Reticulum Manual for more configuration options.
+
+  [[Default Interface]]
+    type = AutoInterface
     interface_enabled = True
-    outgoing = True
-    listen_ip = 0.0.0.0
-    listen_port = 4242
-    forward_ip = 255.255.255.255
-    forward_port = 4242
 
-    # The above configuration will allow communication
-    # within the local broadcast domains of all local
-    # IP interfaces. This is enabled by default as an
-    # easy way to get started, but you might want to
-    # consider altering it to something more specific.
-
-    # Instead of specifying listen_ip, listen_port,
-    # forward_ip and forward_port, you can also bind
-    # to a specific network device like below.
-
-    # device = eth0
-    # port = 4242
-
-    # Assuming the eth0 device has the address
-    # 10.55.0.72/24, the above configuration would
-    # be equivalent to the following manual setup.
-    # Note that we are both listening and forwarding to
-    # the broadcast address of the network segments.
-
-    # listen_ip = 10.55.0.255
-    # listen_port = 4242
-    # forward_ip = 10.55.0.255
-    # forward_port = 4242
-
-    # You can of course also communicate only with
-    # a single IP address
-
-    # listen_ip = 10.55.0.15
-    # listen_port = 4242
-    # forward_ip = 10.55.0.16
-    # forward_port = 4242
-
-
-  # This example demonstrates a TCP server interface.
-  # It will listen for incoming connections on the
-  # specified IP address and port number.
-  
-  [[TCP Server Interface]]
-    type = TCPServerInterface
-    interface_enabled = False
-    outgoing = True
-
-    # This configuration will listen on all IP
-    # interfaces on port 4242
-    
-    listen_ip = 0.0.0.0
-    listen_port = 4242
-
-    # Alternatively you can bind to a specific IP
-    
-    # listen_ip = 10.0.0.88
-    # listen_port = 4242
-
-    # Or a specific network device
-    
-    # device = eth0
-    # port = 4242
-
-
-  # To connect to a TCP server interface, you would
-  # naturally use the TCP client interface. Here's
-  # an example. The target_host can either be an IP
-  # address or a hostname
-
-  [[TCP Client Interface]]
-    type = TCPClientInterface
-    interface_enabled = False
-    outgoing = True
-    target_host = 127.0.0.1
-    target_port = 4242
-
-
-  # Here's an example of how to add a LoRa interface
-  # using the RNode LoRa transceiver.
-
-  [[RNode LoRa Interface]]
-    type = RNodeInterface
-
-    # Enable interface if you want use it!
-    interface_enabled = False
-
-    # Allow transmit on interface. Setting
-    # this to false will create a listen-
-    # only interface.
-    outgoing = true
-
-    # Serial port for the device
-    port = /dev/ttyUSB0
-
-    # Set frequency to 867.2 MHz
-    frequency = 867200000
-
-    # Set LoRa bandwidth to 125 KHz
-    bandwidth = 125000
-
-    # Set TX power to 7 dBm (5 mW)
-    txpower = 7
-
-    # Select spreading factor 8. Valid 
-    # range is 7 through 12, with 7
-    # being the fastest and 12 having
-    # the longest range.
-    spreadingfactor = 8
-
-    # Select coding rate 5. Valid range
-    # is 5 throough 8, with 5 being the
-    # fastest, and 8 the longest range.
-    codingrate = 5
-
-    # You can configure the RNode to send
-    # out identification on the channel with
-    # a set interval by configuring the
-    # following two parameters. The trans-
-    # ceiver will only ID if the set
-    # interval has elapsed since it's last
-    # actual transmission. The interval is
-    # configured in seconds.
-    # This option is commented out and not
-    # used by default.
-    # id_callsign = MYCALL-0
-    # id_interval = 600
-
-    # For certain homebrew RNode interfaces
-    # with low amounts of RAM, using packet
-    # flow control can be useful. By default
-    # it is disabled.
-    flow_control = False
-    
-    
-  # An example KISS modem interface. Useful for running
-  # Reticulum over packet radio hardware.
-
-  [[Packet Radio KISS Interface]]
-    type = KISSInterface
-
-    # Enable interface if you want use it!
-    interface_enabled = False
-
-    # Allow transmit on interface.
-    outgoing = true
-
-    # Serial port for the device
-    port = /dev/ttyUSB1
-
-    # Set the serial baud-rate and other
-    # configuration parameters.
-    speed = 115200    
-    databits = 8
-    parity = none
-    stopbits = 1
-
-    # Set the modem preamble. A 150ms
-    # preamble should be a reasonable
-    # default, but may need to be
-    # increased for radios with slow-
-    # opening squelch and long TX/RX
-    # turnaround
-    preamble = 150
-
-    # Set the modem TX tail. In most
-    # cases this should be kept as low
-    # as possible to not waste airtime.
-    txtail = 10
-
-    # Configure CDMA parameters. These
-    # settings are reasonable defaults.
-    persistence = 200
-    slottime = 20
-
-    # You can configure the interface to send
-    # out identification on the channel with
-    # a set interval by configuring the
-    # following two parameters. The KISS
-    # interface will only ID if the set
-    # interval has elapsed since it's last
-    # actual transmission. The interval is
-    # configured in seconds.
-    # This option is commented out and not
-    # used by default.
-    # id_callsign = MYCALL-0
-    # id_interval = 600
-
-    # Whether to use KISS flow-control.
-    # This is useful for modems that have
-    # a small internal packet buffer, but
-    # support packet flow control instead.
-    flow_control = false
-
-
-  # If you're using Reticulum on amateur radio spectrum,
-  # you might want to use the AX.25 KISS interface. This
-  # way, Reticulum will automatically encapsulate it's
-  # traffic in AX.25 and also identify your stations
-  # transmissions with your callsign and SSID.
-  # 
-  # Only do this if you really need to! Reticulum doesn't
-  # need the AX.25 layer for anything, and it incurs extra
-  # overhead on every packet to encapsulate in AX.25.
-  #
-  # A more efficient way is to use the plain KISS interface
-  # with the beaconing functionality described above.
-
-  [[Packet Radio AX.25 KISS Interface]]
-    type = AX25KISSInterface
-
-    # Set the station callsign and SSID
-    callsign = NO1CLL
-    ssid = 0
-
-    # Enable interface if you want use it!
-    interface_enabled = False
-
-    # Allow transmit on interface.
-    outgoing = true
-
-    # Serial port for the device
-    port = /dev/ttyUSB2
-
-    # Set the serial baud-rate and other
-    # configuration parameters.
-    speed = 115200    
-    databits = 8
-    parity = none
-    stopbits = 1
-
-    # Whether to use KISS flow-control.
-    # This is useful for modems with a
-    # small internal packet buffer.
-    flow_control = false
-
-    # Set the modem preamble. A 150ms
-    # preamble should be a reasonable
-    # default, but may need to be
-    # increased for radios with slow-
-    # opening squelch and long TX/RX
-    # turnaround
-    preamble = 150
-
-    # Set the modem TX tail. In most
-    # cases this should be kept as low
-    # as possible to not waste airtime.
-    txtail = 10
-
-    # Configure CDMA parameters. These
-    # settings are reasonable defaults.
-    persistence = 200
-    slottime = 20
-
-'''.splitlines()
+'''.splitlines()

RNS/Transport.py

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class Transport:
     PATHFINDER_T    = 10         # Retry grace period
     PATHFINDER_RW   = 10         # Random window for announce rebroadcast
     PATHFINDER_E    = 60*60*24*7 # Path expiration in seconds
+    AP_PATH_TIME    = 60*60*24   # Expiration for Access Point paths 
 
     # TODO: Calculate an optimal number for this in
     # various situations
@@ -76,6 +77,12 @@ class Transport:
     # Reticulum instance
     local_client_interfaces = []
 
+    local_client_rssi_cache    = []
+    local_client_snr_cache     = []
+    LOCAL_CLIENT_CACHE_MAXSIZE = 512
+
+    pending_local_path_requests = {}
+
     jobs_locked = False
     jobs_running = False
     job_interval = 0.250
@@ -226,7 +233,7 @@ class Transport:
 
 
 
-            RNS.log("Transport instance "+str(Transport.identity)+" started")
+            RNS.log("Transport instance "+str(Transport.identity)+" started", RNS.LOG_VERBOSE)
 
         # Synthesize tunnels for any interfaces wanting it
         for interface in Transport.interfaces:
@@ -322,10 +329,11 @@ class Transport:
 
                 if time.time() > Transport.tables_last_culled + Transport.tables_cull_interval:
                     # Cull the reverse table according to timeout
+                    stale_reverse_entries = []
                     for truncated_packet_hash in Transport.reverse_table:
                         reverse_entry = Transport.reverse_table[truncated_packet_hash]
                         if time.time() > reverse_entry[2] + Transport.REVERSE_TIMEOUT:
-                            Transport.reverse_table.pop(truncated_packet_hash)
+                            stale_reverse_entries.append(truncated_packet_hash)
 
                     # Cull the link table according to timeout
                     stale_links = []
@@ -378,6 +386,21 @@ class Transport:
                         else:
                             RNS.log("Removed "+str(ti)+" tunnel paths", RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
 
+
+                    
+                    i = 0
+                    for truncated_packet_hash in stale_reverse_entries:
+                        Transport.reverse_table.pop(truncated_packet_hash)
+                        i += 1
+
+                    if i > 0:
+                        if i == 1:
+                            RNS.log("Dropped "+str(i)+" reverse table entry", RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
+                        else:
+                            RNS.log("Dropped "+str(i)+" reverse table entries", RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
+
+                    
+
                     i = 0
                     for link_id in stale_links:
                         Transport.link_table.pop(link_id)
@@ -434,7 +457,7 @@ class Transport:
         sent = False
 
         # Check if we have a known path for the destination in the path table
-        if packet.packet_type != RNS.Packet.ANNOUNCE and packet.destination_hash in Transport.destination_table:
+        if packet.packet_type != RNS.Packet.ANNOUNCE and packet.destination.type != RNS.Destination.PLAIN and packet.destination.type != RNS.Destination.GROUP and packet.destination_hash in Transport.destination_table:
             outbound_interface = Transport.destination_table[packet.destination_hash][5]
 
             # If there's more than one hop to the destination, and we know
@@ -489,13 +512,19 @@ class Transport:
             for interface in Transport.interfaces:
                 if interface.OUT:
                     should_transmit = True
+
                     if packet.destination.type == RNS.Destination.LINK:
                         if packet.destination.status == RNS.Link.CLOSED:
                             should_transmit = False
                         if interface != packet.destination.attached_interface:
                             should_transmit = False
+                    
                     if packet.attached_interface != None and interface != packet.attached_interface:
                         should_transmit = False
+
+                    if packet.packet_type == RNS.Packet.ANNOUNCE:
+                        if packet.attached_interface == None and interface.mode == RNS.Interfaces.Interface.Interface.MODE_ACCESS_POINT:
+                            should_transmit = False
                             
                     if should_transmit:
                         if not stored_hash:
@@ -543,14 +572,38 @@ class Transport:
             return True
         if packet.context == RNS.Packet.CACHE_REQUEST:
             return True
+
         if packet.destination_type == RNS.Destination.PLAIN:
-            return True
+            if packet.packet_type != RNS.Packet.ANNOUNCE:
+                if packet.hops > 1:
+                    RNS.log("Dropped PLAIN packet "+RNS.prettyhexrep(packet.hash)+" with "+str(packet.hops)+" hops", RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
+                    return False
+                else:
+                    return True
+            else:
+                RNS.log("Dropped invalid PLAIN announce packet", RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
+                return False
+
+        if packet.destination_type == RNS.Destination.GROUP:
+            if packet.packet_type != RNS.Packet.ANNOUNCE:
+                if packet.hops > 1:
+                    RNS.log("Dropped GROUP packet "+RNS.prettyhexrep(packet.hash)+" with "+str(packet.hops)+" hops", RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
+                    return False
+                else:
+                    return True
+            else:
+                RNS.log("Dropped invalid GROUP announce packet", RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
+                return False
 
         if not packet.packet_hash in Transport.packet_hashlist:
             return True
         else:
             if packet.packet_type == RNS.Packet.ANNOUNCE:
-                return True
+                if packet.destination_type == RNS.Destination.SINGLE:
+                    return True
+                else:
+                    RNS.log("Dropped invalid announce packet", RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
+                    return False
 
         RNS.log("Filtered packet with hash "+RNS.prettyhexrep(packet.packet_hash), RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
         return False
@@ -563,14 +616,35 @@ class Transport:
         Transport.jobs_locked = True
         
         packet = RNS.Packet(None, raw)
-        packet.unpack()
+        if not packet.unpack():
+            return
+            
         packet.receiving_interface = interface
         packet.hops += 1
 
-        if len(Transport.local_client_interfaces) > 0:
+        if interface != None:
+            if hasattr(interface, "r_stat_rssi"):
+                if interface.r_stat_rssi != None:
+                    packet.rssi = interface.r_stat_rssi
+                    if len(Transport.local_client_interfaces) > 0:
+                        Transport.local_client_rssi_cache.append([packet.packet_hash, packet.rssi])
 
+                        while len(Transport.local_client_rssi_cache) > Transport.LOCAL_CLIENT_CACHE_MAXSIZE:
+                            Transport.local_client_rssi_cache.pop()
+
+            if hasattr(interface, "r_stat_snr"):
+                if interface.r_stat_rssi != None:
+                    packet.snr = interface.r_stat_snr
+                    if len(Transport.local_client_interfaces) > 0:
+                        Transport.local_client_snr_cache.append([packet.packet_hash, packet.snr])
+
+                        while len(Transport.local_client_snr_cache) > Transport.LOCAL_CLIENT_CACHE_MAXSIZE:
+                            Transport.local_client_snr_cache.pop()
+
+        if len(Transport.local_client_interfaces) > 0:
             if Transport.is_local_client_interface(interface):
                 packet.hops -= 1
+
         elif Transport.interface_to_shared_instance(interface):
             packet.hops -= 1
 
@@ -682,7 +756,7 @@ class Transport:
                             # TODO: There should probably be some kind of REJECT
                             # mechanism here, to signal to the source that their
                             # expected path failed.
-                            RNS.log("Got packet in transport, but no known path to final destination. Dropping packet.", RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
+                            RNS.log("Got packet in transport, but no known path to final destination "+RNS.prettyhexrep(packet.destination_hash)+". Dropping packet.", RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
 
                 # Link transport handling. Directs packets according
                 # to entries in the link tables
@@ -726,7 +800,7 @@ class Transport:
             # of queued announce rebroadcasts once handed to the next node.
             if packet.packet_type == RNS.Packet.ANNOUNCE:
                 local_destination = next((d for d in Transport.destinations if d.hash == packet.destination_hash), None)
-                if local_destination == None and RNS.Identity.validate_announce(packet):
+                if local_destination == None and RNS.Identity.validate_announce(packet): 
                     if packet.transport_id != None:
                         received_from = packet.transport_id
                         
@@ -759,7 +833,8 @@ class Transport:
                     # First, check that the announce is not for a destination
                     # local to this system, and that hops are less than the max
                     if (not any(packet.destination_hash == d.hash for d in Transport.destinations) and packet.hops < Transport.PATHFINDER_M+1):
-                        random_blob = packet.data[RNS.Identity.KEYSIZE//8+10:RNS.Identity.KEYSIZE//8+20]
+                        random_blob = packet.data[RNS.Identity.KEYSIZE//8:RNS.Identity.KEYSIZE//8+RNS.Reticulum.TRUNCATED_HASHLENGTH//8]
+                        announce_emitted = int.from_bytes(random_blob[5:10], "big")
                         random_blobs = []
                         if packet.destination_hash in Transport.destination_table:
                             random_blobs = Transport.destination_table[packet.destination_hash][4]
@@ -780,8 +855,18 @@ class Transport:
                             else:
                                 # If an announce arrives with a larger hop
                                 # count than we already have in the table,
-                                # ignore it, unless the path is expired
-                                if (time.time() > Transport.destination_table[packet.destination_hash][3]):
+                                # ignore it, unless the path is expired, or
+                                # the emission timestamp is more recent.
+                                now = time.time()
+                                path_expires = Transport.destination_table[packet.destination_hash][3]
+                                
+                                path_announce_emitted = 0
+                                for path_random_blob in random_blobs:
+                                    path_announce_emitted = max(path_announce_emitted, int.from_bytes(path_random_blob[5:10], "big"))
+                                    if path_announce_emitted >= announce_emitted:
+                                        break
+
+                                if (now >= path_expires):
                                     # We also check that the announce hash is
                                     # different from ones we've already heard,
                                     # to avoid loops in the network
@@ -793,7 +878,13 @@ class Transport:
                                     else:
                                         should_add = False
                                 else:
-                                    should_add = False
+                                    if (announce_emitted > path_announce_emitted):
+                                        if not random_blob in random_blobs:
+                                            RNS.log("Replacing destination table entry for "+str(RNS.prettyhexrep(packet.destination_hash))+" with new announce, since it was more recently emitted", RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
+                                            should_add = True
+                                        else:
+                                            should_add = False
+
                         else:
                             # If this destination is unknown in our table
                             # we should add it
@@ -802,20 +893,25 @@ class Transport:
                         if should_add:
                             now                = time.time()
                             retries            = 0
-                            expires            = now + Transport.PATHFINDER_E
                             announce_hops      = packet.hops
                             local_rebroadcasts = 0
                             block_rebroadcasts = False
                             attached_interface = None
                             retransmit_timeout = now + math.pow(Transport.PATHFINDER_C, packet.hops) + (RNS.rand() * Transport.PATHFINDER_RW)
+
+                            if packet.receiving_interface.mode == RNS.Interfaces.Interface.Interface.MODE_ACCESS_POINT:
+                                expires            = now + Transport.AP_PATH_TIME
+                            else:
+                                expires            = now + Transport.PATHFINDER_E
                             
                             random_blobs.append(random_blob)
 
                             if (RNS.Reticulum.transport_enabled() or Transport.from_local_client(packet)) and packet.context != RNS.Packet.PATH_RESPONSE:
-                                # If the announce is from a local client,
-                                # we announce it immediately, but only one
-                                # time.
+                                # Insert announce into announce table for retransmission
+
                                 if Transport.from_local_client(packet):
+                                    # If the announce is from a local client,
+                                    # it is announced immediately, but only one time.
                                     retransmit_timeout = now
                                     retries = Transport.PATHFINDER_R
 
@@ -831,6 +927,29 @@ class Transport:
                                     attached_interface
                                 ]
 
+                            # TODO: Check from_local_client once and store result
+                            elif Transport.from_local_client(packet) and packet.context == RNS.Packet.PATH_RESPONSE:
+                                # If this is a path response from a local client,
+                                # check if any external interfaces have pending
+                                # path requests.
+                                if packet.destination_hash in Transport.pending_local_path_requests:
+                                    desiring_interface = Transport.pending_local_path_requests.pop(packet.destination_hash)
+                                    retransmit_timeout = now
+                                    retries = Transport.PATHFINDER_R
+
+                                    Transport.announce_table[packet.destination_hash] = [
+                                        now,
+                                        retransmit_timeout,
+                                        retries,
+                                        received_from,
+                                        announce_hops,
+                                        packet,
+                                        local_rebroadcasts,
+                                        block_rebroadcasts,
+                                        attached_interface
+                                    ]
+
+
                             # If we have any local clients connected, we re-
                             # transmit the announce to them immediately
                             if (len(Transport.local_client_interfaces)):
@@ -842,8 +961,8 @@ class Transport:
                                 announce_data = packet.data
 
                                 if Transport.from_local_client(packet) and packet.context == RNS.Packet.PATH_RESPONSE:
-                                    for interface in Transport.interfaces:
-                                        if packet.receiving_interface != interface:
+                                    for local_interface in Transport.local_client_interfaces:
+                                        if packet.receiving_interface != local_interface:
                                             new_announce = RNS.Packet(
                                                 announce_destination,
                                                 announce_data,
@@ -852,7 +971,7 @@ class Transport:
                                                 header_type = RNS.Packet.HEADER_2,
                                                 transport_type = Transport.TRANSPORT,
                                                 transport_id = Transport.identity.hash,
-                                                attached_interface = interface
+                                                attached_interface = local_interface
                                             )
                                             
                                             new_announce.hops = packet.hops
@@ -860,19 +979,20 @@ class Transport:
 
                                 else:
                                     for local_interface in Transport.local_client_interfaces:
-                                        new_announce = RNS.Packet(
-                                            announce_destination,
-                                            announce_data,
-                                            RNS.Packet.ANNOUNCE,
-                                            context = announce_context,
-                                            header_type = RNS.Packet.HEADER_2,
-                                            transport_type = Transport.TRANSPORT,
-                                            transport_id = Transport.identity.hash,
-                                            attached_interface = local_interface
-                                        )
+                                        if packet.receiving_interface != local_interface:
+                                            new_announce = RNS.Packet(
+                                                announce_destination,
+                                                announce_data,
+                                                RNS.Packet.ANNOUNCE,
+                                                context = announce_context,
+                                                header_type = RNS.Packet.HEADER_2,
+                                                transport_type = Transport.TRANSPORT,
+                                                transport_id = Transport.identity.hash,
+                                                attached_interface = local_interface
+                                            )
 
-                                        new_announce.hops = packet.hops
-                                        new_announce.send()
+                                            new_announce.hops = packet.hops
+                                            new_announce.send()
 
                             destination_table_entry = [now, received_from, announce_hops, expires, random_blobs, packet.receiving_interface, packet]
                             Transport.destination_table[packet.destination_hash] = destination_table_entry
@@ -890,29 +1010,30 @@ class Transport:
 
                             # Call externally registered callbacks from apps
                             # wanting to know when an announce arrives
-                            for handler in Transport.announce_handlers:
-                                try:
-                                    # Check that the announced destination matches
-                                    # the handlers aspect filter
-                                    execute_callback = False
-                                    if handler.aspect_filter == None:
-                                        # If the handlers aspect filter is set to
-                                        # None, we execute the callback in all cases
-                                        execute_callback = True
-                                    else:
-                                        announce_identity = RNS.Identity.recall(packet.destination_hash)
-                                        handler_expected_hash = RNS.Destination.hash_from_name_and_identity(handler.aspect_filter, announce_identity)
-                                        if packet.destination_hash == handler_expected_hash:
+                            if packet.context != RNS.Packet.PATH_RESPONSE:
+                                for handler in Transport.announce_handlers:
+                                    try:
+                                        # Check that the announced destination matches
+                                        # the handlers aspect filter
+                                        execute_callback = False
+                                        if handler.aspect_filter == None:
+                                            # If the handlers aspect filter is set to
+                                            # None, we execute the callback in all cases
                                             execute_callback = True
-                                    if execute_callback:
-                                        handler.received_announce(
-                                            destination_hash=packet.destination_hash,
-                                            announced_identity=announce_identity,
-                                            app_data=RNS.Identity.recall_app_data(packet.destination_hash)
-                                        )
-                                except Exception as e:
-                                    RNS.log("Error while processing external announce callback.", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
-                                    RNS.log("The contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+                                        else:
+                                            announce_identity = RNS.Identity.recall(packet.destination_hash)
+                                            handler_expected_hash = RNS.Destination.hash_from_name_and_identity(handler.aspect_filter, announce_identity)
+                                            if packet.destination_hash == handler_expected_hash:
+                                                execute_callback = True
+                                        if execute_callback:
+                                            handler.received_announce(
+                                                destination_hash=packet.destination_hash,
+                                                announced_identity=announce_identity,
+                                                app_data=RNS.Identity.recall_app_data(packet.destination_hash)
+                                            )
+                                    except Exception as e:
+                                        RNS.log("Error while processing external announce callback.", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+                                        RNS.log("The contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
 
             # Handling for linkrequests to local destinations
             elif packet.packet_type == RNS.Packet.LINKREQUEST:
@@ -939,8 +1060,11 @@ class Transport:
 
                             elif destination.proof_strategy == RNS.Destination.PROVE_APP:
                                 if destination.callbacks.proof_requested:
-                                    if destination.callbacks.proof_requested(packet):
-                                        packet.prove()
+                                    try:
+                                        if destination.callbacks.proof_requested(packet):
+                                            packet.prove()
+                                    except Exception as e:
+                                        RNS.log("Error while executing proof request callback. The contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
 
             # Handling for proofs and link-request proofs
             elif packet.packet_type == RNS.Packet.PROOF:
@@ -1076,6 +1200,7 @@ class Transport:
             interface.tunnel_id = tunnel_id
             paths = tunnel_entry[2]
 
+            deprecated_paths = []
             for destination_hash, path_entry in paths.items():
                 received_from = path_entry[1]
                 announce_hops = path_entry[2]
@@ -1095,11 +1220,20 @@ class Transport:
                     else:
                         RNS.log("Did not restore path to "+RNS.prettyhexrep(packet.destination_hash)+" because a newer path with fewer hops exist", RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
                 else:
-                    should_add = True
+                    if time.time() < expires:
+                        should_add = True
+                    else:
+                        RNS.log("Did not restore path to "+RNS.prettyhexrep(packet.destination_hash)+" because it has expired", RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
 
                 if should_add:
                     Transport.destination_table[destination_hash] = new_entry
-                    RNS.log("Restored path to "+RNS.prettyhexrep(packet.destination_hash)+" is now "+str(announce_hops)+" hops away via "+RNS.prettyhexrep(received_from)+" on "+str(receiving_interface), RNS.LOG_VERBOSE)
+                    RNS.log("Restored path to "+RNS.prettyhexrep(packet.destination_hash)+" is now "+str(announce_hops)+" hops away via "+RNS.prettyhexrep(received_from)+" on "+str(receiving_interface), RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
+                else:
+                    deprecated_paths.append(destination_hash)
+
+            for deprecated_path in deprecated_paths:
+                RNS.log("Removing path to "+RNS.prettyhexrep(deprecated_path)+" from tunnel "+RNS.prettyhexrep(tunnel_id), RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
+                paths.pop(deprecated_path)
 
 
                 
@@ -1276,6 +1410,28 @@ class Transport:
         else:
             return Transport.PATHFINDER_M
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def next_hop(destination_hash):
+        """
+        :param destination_hash: A destination hash as *bytes*.
+        :returns: The destination hash as *bytes* for the next hop to the specified destination, or *None* if the next hop is unknown.
+        """
+        if destination_hash in Transport.destination_table:
+            return Transport.destination_table[destination_hash][1]
+        else:
+            return None
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def next_hop_interface(destination_hash):
+        """
+        :param destination_hash: A destination hash as *bytes*.
+        :returns: The interface for the next hop to the specified destination, or *None* if the interface is unknown.
+        """
+        if destination_hash in Transport.destination_table:
+            return Transport.destination_table[destination_hash][5]
+        else:
+            return None
+
     @staticmethod
     def request_path(destination_hash):
         """
@@ -1299,24 +1455,37 @@ class Transport:
 
     @staticmethod
     def path_request_handler(data, packet):
-        if len(data) >= RNS.Identity.TRUNCATED_HASHLENGTH//8:
-            Transport.path_request(
-                data[:RNS.Identity.TRUNCATED_HASHLENGTH//8],
-                Transport.from_local_client(packet),
-                packet.receiving_interface
-            )
+        try:
+            if len(data) >= RNS.Identity.TRUNCATED_HASHLENGTH//8:
+                Transport.path_request(
+                    data[:RNS.Identity.TRUNCATED_HASHLENGTH//8],
+                    Transport.from_local_client(packet),
+                    packet.receiving_interface
+                )
+        except Exception as e:
+            RNS.log("Error while handling path request. The contained exception was: "+str(e), RNS.LOG_ERROR)
 
     @staticmethod
     def path_request(destination_hash, is_from_local_client, attached_interface):
         RNS.log("Path request for "+RNS.prettyhexrep(destination_hash), RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
+
+        destination_exists_on_local_client = False
+        if len(Transport.local_client_interfaces) > 0:
+            if destination_hash in Transport.destination_table:
+                destination_interface = Transport.destination_table[destination_hash][5]
+                
+                if Transport.is_local_client_interface(destination_interface):
+                    destination_exists_on_local_client = True
+                    Transport.pending_local_path_requests[destination_hash] = attached_interface
         
         local_destination = next((d for d in Transport.destinations if d.hash == destination_hash), None)
         if local_destination != None:
             RNS.log("Destination is local to this system, announcing", RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
             local_destination.announce(path_response=True)
 
-        elif (RNS.Reticulum.transport_enabled() or is_from_local_client) and destination_hash in Transport.destination_table:
+        elif (RNS.Reticulum.transport_enabled() or is_from_local_client) and (destination_hash in Transport.destination_table):
             RNS.log("Path found, inserting announce for transmission", RNS.LOG_DEBUG)
+
             packet = Transport.destination_table[destination_hash][6]
             received_from = Transport.destination_table[destination_hash][5]
 
@@ -1384,6 +1553,40 @@ class Transport:
         else:
             return False
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def detach_interfaces():
+        for interface in Transport.interfaces:
+            interface.detach()
+
+        for interface in Transport.local_client_interfaces:
+            interface.detach()
+
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def shared_connection_disappeared():
+        for link in Transport.active_links:
+            link.teardown()
+
+        for link in Transport.pending_links:
+            link.teardown()
+
+        Transport.announce_table    = {}
+        Transport.destination_table = {}
+        Transport.reverse_table     = {}
+        Transport.link_table        = {}
+        Transport.held_announces    = {}
+        Transport.announce_handlers = []
+        Transport.tunnels           = {}
+
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def shared_connection_reappeared():
+        if Transport.owner.is_connected_to_shared_instance:
+            for registered_destination in Transport.destinations:
+                if registered_destination.type == RNS.Destination.SINGLE:
+                    registered_destination.announce(path_response=True)
+
+
     @staticmethod
     def exit_handler():
         try:

RNS/Utilities/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import os
+import glob
+
+modules = glob.glob(os.path.dirname(__file__)+"/*.py")
+__all__ = [ os.path.basename(f)[:-3] for f in modules if not f.endswith('__init__.py')]

RNS/Utilities/rnpath.py

@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import RNS
+import sys
+import time
+import argparse
+
+from RNS._version import __version__
+
+
+def program_setup(configdir, destination_hexhash, verbosity):
+    try:
+        dest_len = (RNS.Reticulum.TRUNCATED_HASHLENGTH//8)*2
+        if len(destination_hexhash) != dest_len:
+            raise ValueError("Destination length is invalid, must be {hex} hexadecimal characters ({byte} bytes).".format(hex=dest_len, byte=dest_len//2))
+        try:
+            destination_hash = bytes.fromhex(destination_hexhash)
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise ValueError("Invalid destination entered. Check your input.")
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(str(e))
+        exit()
+
+    reticulum = RNS.Reticulum(configdir = configdir, loglevel = 3+verbosity)
+
+    if not RNS.Transport.has_path(destination_hash):
+        RNS.Transport.request_path(destination_hash)
+        print("Path to "+RNS.prettyhexrep(destination_hash)+" requested  ", end=" ")
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+
+    i = 0
+    syms = "⢄⢂⢁⡁⡈⡐⡠"
+    while not RNS.Transport.has_path(destination_hash):
+        time.sleep(0.1)
+        print(("\b\b"+syms[i]+" "), end="")
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+        i = (i+1)%len(syms)
+
+    hops = RNS.Transport.hops_to(destination_hash)
+    next_hop = RNS.prettyhexrep(reticulum.get_next_hop(destination_hash))
+    next_hop_interface = reticulum.get_next_hop_if_name(destination_hash)
+
+    if hops != 1:
+        ms = "s"
+    else:
+        ms = ""
+
+    print("\rPath found, destination "+RNS.prettyhexrep(destination_hash)+" is "+str(hops)+" hop"+ms+" away via "+next_hop+" on "+next_hop_interface)
+    
+
+def main():
+    try:
+        parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Reticulum Path Discovery Utility")
+
+        parser.add_argument("--config",
+            action="store",
+            default=None,
+            help="path to alternative Reticulum config directory",
+            type=str
+        )
+
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--version",
+            action="version",
+            version="rnpath {version}".format(version=__version__)
+        )
+
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "destination",
+            nargs="?",
+            default=None,
+            help="hexadecimal hash of the destination",
+            type=str
+        )
+
+        parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', action='count', default=0)
+        
+        args = parser.parse_args()
+
+        if args.config:
+            configarg = args.config
+        else:
+            configarg = None
+
+        if not args.destination:
+            print("")
+            parser.print_help()
+            print("")
+        else:
+            program_setup(configdir = configarg, destination_hexhash = args.destination, verbosity = args.verbose)
+
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        print("")
+        exit()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

RNS/Utilities/rnprobe.py

@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import RNS
+import os
+import sys
+import time
+import argparse
+
+from RNS._version import __version__
+
+DEFAULT_PROBE_SIZE = 16
+
+def program_setup(configdir, destination_hexhash, size=DEFAULT_PROBE_SIZE, full_name = None, verbosity = 0):
+    if full_name == None:
+        print("The full destination name including application name aspects must be specified for the destination")
+        exit()
+    
+    try:
+        app_name, aspects = RNS.Destination.app_and_aspects_from_name(full_name)
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(str(e))
+        exit()
+
+    try:
+        dest_len = (RNS.Reticulum.TRUNCATED_HASHLENGTH//8)*2
+        if len(destination_hexhash) != dest_len:
+            raise ValueError("Destination length is invalid, must be {hex} hexadecimal characters ({byte} bytes).".format(hex=dest_len, byte=dest_len//2))
+        try:
+            destination_hash = bytes.fromhex(destination_hexhash)
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise ValueError("Invalid destination entered. Check your input.")
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(str(e))
+        exit()
+
+    if verbosity > 0:
+        more_output = True
+        verbosity -= 1
+    else:
+        more_output = False
+        verbosity -= 1
+
+
+    reticulum = RNS.Reticulum(configdir = configdir, loglevel = 3+verbosity)
+
+    if not RNS.Transport.has_path(destination_hash):
+        RNS.Transport.request_path(destination_hash)
+        print("Path to "+RNS.prettyhexrep(destination_hash)+" requested  ", end=" ")
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+
+    i = 0
+    syms = "⢄⢂⢁⡁⡈⡐⡠"
+    while not RNS.Transport.has_path(destination_hash):
+        time.sleep(0.1)
+        print(("\b\b"+syms[i]+" "), end="")
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+        i = (i+1)%len(syms)
+
+    server_identity = RNS.Identity.recall(destination_hash)
+
+    request_destination = RNS.Destination(
+        server_identity,
+        RNS.Destination.OUT,
+        RNS.Destination.SINGLE,
+        app_name,
+        *aspects
+    )
+
+    probe = RNS.Packet(request_destination, os.urandom(size))
+    receipt = probe.send()
+
+    if more_output:
+        more = " via "+RNS.prettyhexrep(reticulum.get_next_hop(destination_hash))+" on "+str(reticulum.get_next_hop_if_name(destination_hash))
+    else:
+        more = ""
+
+    print("\rSent "+str(size)+" byte probe to "+RNS.prettyhexrep(destination_hash)+more+"  ", end=" ")
+
+    i = 0
+    while not receipt.status == RNS.PacketReceipt.DELIVERED:
+        time.sleep(0.1)
+        print(("\b\b"+syms[i]+" "), end="")
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+        i = (i+1)%len(syms)
+
+    print("\b\b ")
+    sys.stdout.flush()
+
+    hops = RNS.Transport.hops_to(destination_hash)
+    if hops != 1:
+        ms = "s"
+    else:
+        ms = ""
+
+    rtt = receipt.get_rtt()
+    if (rtt >= 1):
+        rtt = round(rtt, 3)
+        rttstring = str(rtt)+" seconds"
+    else:
+        rtt = round(rtt*1000, 3)
+        rttstring = str(rtt)+" milliseconds"
+
+    reception_stats = ""
+    if reticulum.is_connected_to_shared_instance:
+        reception_rssi = reticulum.get_packet_rssi(receipt.proof_packet.packet_hash)
+        reception_snr  = reticulum.get_packet_snr(receipt.proof_packet.packet_hash)
+
+        if reception_rssi != None:
+            reception_stats += " [RSSI "+str(reception_rssi)+" dBm]"
+        
+        if reception_snr != None:
+            reception_stats += " [SNR "+str(reception_snr)+" dB]"
+
+    else:
+        if receipt.proof_packet != None:
+            if receipt.proof_packet.rssi != None:
+                reception_stats += " [RSSI "+str(receipt.proof_packet.rssi)+" dBm]"
+            
+            if receipt.proof_packet.snr != None:
+                reception_stats += " [SNR "+str(receipt.proof_packet.snr)+" dB]"
+
+    print(
+        "Valid reply received from "+
+        RNS.prettyhexrep(receipt.destination.hash)+
+        "\nRound-trip time is "+rttstring+
+        " over "+str(hops)+" hop"+ms+
+        reception_stats
+    )
+
+    
+
+def main():
+    try:
+        parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Reticulum Probe Utility")
+
+        parser.add_argument("--config",
+            action="store",
+            default=None,
+            help="path to alternative Reticulum config directory",
+            type=str
+        )
+
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--version",
+            action="version",
+            version="rnprobe {version}".format(version=__version__)
+        )
+
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "full_name",
+            nargs="?",
+            default=None,
+            help="full destination name in dotted notation",
+            type=str
+        )
+
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "destination_hash",
+            nargs="?",
+            default=None,
+            help="hexadecimal hash of the destination",
+            type=str
+        )
+
+        parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', action='count', default=0)
+
+        args = parser.parse_args()
+
+        if args.config:
+            configarg = args.config
+        else:
+            configarg = None
+
+        if not args.destination_hash:
+            print("")
+            parser.print_help()
+            print("")
+        else:
+            program_setup(
+                configdir = configarg,
+                destination_hexhash = args.destination_hash,
+                full_name = args.full_name,
+                verbosity = args.verbose
+            )
+
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        print("")
+        exit()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

RNS/Utilities/rnsd.py

@@ -0,0 +1,391 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import RNS
+import argparse
+import time
+
+from RNS._version import __version__
+
+
+def program_setup(configdir, verbosity = 0, quietness = 0, service = False):
+    targetloglevel = 3+verbosity-quietness
+
+    if service:
+        RNS.logdest = RNS.LOG_FILE
+        RNS.logfile = RNS.Reticulum.configdir+"/logfile"
+        targetloglevel = None
+
+    reticulum = RNS.Reticulum(configdir=configdir, loglevel=targetloglevel)
+    RNS.log("Started rnsd version {version}".format(version=__version__), RNS.LOG_NOTICE)
+    while True:
+        time.sleep(1)
+
+def main():
+    try:
+        parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Reticulum Network Stack Daemon")
+        parser.add_argument("--config", action="store", default=None, help="path to alternative Reticulum config directory", type=str)
+        parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', action='count', default=0)
+        parser.add_argument('-q', '--quiet', action='count', default=0)
+        parser.add_argument('-s', '--service', action='store_true', default=False, help="rnsd is running as a service and should log to file")
+        parser.add_argument("--exampleconfig", action='store_true', default=False, help="print verbose configuration example to stdout and exit")
+        parser.add_argument("--version", action="version", version="rnsd {version}".format(version=__version__))
+        
+        args = parser.parse_args()
+
+        if args.exampleconfig:
+            print(__example_rns_config__)
+            exit()
+
+        if args.config:
+            configarg = args.config
+        else:
+            configarg = None
+
+        program_setup(configdir = configarg, verbosity=args.verbose, quietness=args.quiet, service=args.service)
+
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        print("")
+        exit()
+
+__example_rns_config__ = '''# This is an example Reticulum config file.
+# You should probably edit it to include any additional,
+# interfaces and settings you might need.
+
+[reticulum]
+
+# If you enable Transport, your system will route traffic
+# for other peers, pass announces and serve path requests.
+# This should be done for systems that are suited to act
+# as transport nodes, ie. if they are stationary and
+# always-on. This directive is optional and can be removed
+# for brevity.
+
+enable_transport = False
+
+
+# By default, the first program to launch the Reticulum
+# Network Stack will create a shared instance, that other
+# programs can communicate with. Only the shared instance
+# opens all the configured interfaces directly, and other
+# local programs communicate with the shared instance over
+# a local socket. This is completely transparent to the
+# user, and should generally be turned on. This directive
+# is optional and can be removed for brevity.
+
+share_instance = Yes
+
+
+# If you want to run multiple *different* shared instances
+# on the same system, you will need to specify different
+# shared instance ports for each. The defaults are given
+# below, and again, these options can be left out if you
+# don't need them.
+
+shared_instance_port = 37428
+instance_control_port = 37429
+
+# You can configure Reticulum to panic and forcibly close
+# if an unrecoverable interface error occurs, such as the
+# hardware device for an interface disappearing. This is
+# an optional directive, and can be left out for brevity.
+# This behaviour is disabled by default.
+
+panic_on_interface_error = No
+
+
+[logging]
+# Valid log levels are 0 through 7:
+#   0: Log only critical information
+#   1: Log errors and lower log levels
+#   2: Log warnings and lower log levels
+#   3: Log notices and lower log levels
+#   4: Log info and lower (this is the default)
+#   5: Verbose logging
+#   6: Debug logging
+#   7: Extreme logging
+
+loglevel = 4
+
+
+# The interfaces section defines the physical and virtual
+# interfaces Reticulum will use to communicate on. This
+# section will contain examples for a variety of interface
+# types. You can modify these or use them as a basis for
+# your own config, or simply remove the unused ones.
+
+[interfaces]
+
+  # This interface enables communication with other
+  # link-local Reticulum nodes over UDP. It does not
+  # need any functional IP infrastructure like routers
+  # or DHCP servers, but will require that at least link-
+  # local IPv6 is enabled in your operating system, which
+  # should be enabled by default in almost any OS. See
+  # the Reticulum Manual for more configuration options.
+
+  [[Default Interface]]
+    type = AutoInterface
+    interface_enabled = True
+
+
+  # The following example enables communication with other
+  # local Reticulum peers using UDP broadcasts.
+  
+  [[UDP Interface]]
+    type = UDPInterface
+    interface_enabled = False
+    listen_ip = 0.0.0.0
+    listen_port = 4242
+    forward_ip = 255.255.255.255
+    forward_port = 4242
+
+    # The above configuration will allow communication
+    # within the local broadcast domains of all local
+    # IP interfaces.
+
+    # Instead of specifying listen_ip, listen_port,
+    # forward_ip and forward_port, you can also bind
+    # to a specific network device like below.
+
+    # device = eth0
+    # port = 4242
+
+    # Assuming the eth0 device has the address
+    # 10.55.0.72/24, the above configuration would
+    # be equivalent to the following manual setup.
+    # Note that we are both listening and forwarding to
+    # the broadcast address of the network segments.
+
+    # listen_ip = 10.55.0.255
+    # listen_port = 4242
+    # forward_ip = 10.55.0.255
+    # forward_port = 4242
+
+    # You can of course also communicate only with
+    # a single IP address
+
+    # listen_ip = 10.55.0.15
+    # listen_port = 4242
+    # forward_ip = 10.55.0.16
+    # forward_port = 4242
+
+
+  # This example demonstrates a TCP server interface.
+  # It will listen for incoming connections on the
+  # specified IP address and port number.
+  
+  [[TCP Server Interface]]
+    type = TCPServerInterface
+    interface_enabled = False
+
+    # This configuration will listen on all IP
+    # interfaces on port 4242
+    
+    listen_ip = 0.0.0.0
+    listen_port = 4242
+
+    # Alternatively you can bind to a specific IP
+    
+    # listen_ip = 10.0.0.88
+    # listen_port = 4242
+
+    # Or a specific network device
+    
+    # device = eth0
+    # port = 4242
+
+
+  # To connect to a TCP server interface, you would
+  # naturally use the TCP client interface. Here's
+  # an example. The target_host can either be an IP
+  # address or a hostname
+
+  [[TCP Client Interface]]
+    type = TCPClientInterface
+    interface_enabled = False
+    target_host = 127.0.0.1
+    target_port = 4242
+
+
+  # This example shows how to make your Reticulum
+  # instance available over I2P, and connect to
+  # another I2P peer. Please be aware that you
+  # must have an I2P router running on your system
+  # with the SAMv3 API enabled for this to work.
+
+  [[I2P]]
+    type = I2PInterface
+    interface_enabled = yes
+    connectable = yes
+    peers = 5urvjicpzi7q3ybztsef4i5ow2aq4soktfj7zedz53s47r54jnqq.b32.i2p
+
+
+  # Here's an example of how to add a LoRa interface
+  # using the RNode LoRa transceiver.
+
+  [[RNode LoRa Interface]]
+    type = RNodeInterface
+
+    # Enable interface if you want use it!
+    interface_enabled = False
+
+    # Serial port for the device
+    port = /dev/ttyUSB0
+
+    # Set frequency to 867.2 MHz
+    frequency = 867200000
+
+    # Set LoRa bandwidth to 125 KHz
+    bandwidth = 125000
+
+    # Set TX power to 7 dBm (5 mW)
+    txpower = 7
+
+    # Select spreading factor 8. Valid 
+    # range is 7 through 12, with 7
+    # being the fastest and 12 having
+    # the longest range.
+    spreadingfactor = 8
+
+    # Select coding rate 5. Valid range
+    # is 5 throough 8, with 5 being the
+    # fastest, and 8 the longest range.
+    codingrate = 5
+
+    # You can configure the RNode to send
+    # out identification on the channel with
+    # a set interval by configuring the
+    # following two parameters. The trans-
+    # ceiver will only ID if the set
+    # interval has elapsed since it's last
+    # actual transmission. The interval is
+    # configured in seconds.
+    # This option is commented out and not
+    # used by default.
+    # id_callsign = MYCALL-0
+    # id_interval = 600
+
+    # For certain homebrew RNode interfaces
+    # with low amounts of RAM, using packet
+    # flow control can be useful. By default
+    # it is disabled.
+    flow_control = False
+    
+    
+  # An example KISS modem interface. Useful for running
+  # Reticulum over packet radio hardware.
+
+  [[Packet Radio KISS Interface]]
+    type = KISSInterface
+
+    # Enable interface if you want use it!
+    interface_enabled = False
+
+    # Serial port for the device
+    port = /dev/ttyUSB1
+
+    # Set the serial baud-rate and other
+    # configuration parameters.
+    speed = 115200    
+    databits = 8
+    parity = none
+    stopbits = 1
+
+    # Set the modem preamble. A 150ms
+    # preamble should be a reasonable
+    # default, but may need to be
+    # increased for radios with slow-
+    # opening squelch and long TX/RX
+    # turnaround
+    preamble = 150
+
+    # Set the modem TX tail. In most
+    # cases this should be kept as low
+    # as possible to not waste airtime.
+    txtail = 10
+
+    # Configure CDMA parameters. These
+    # settings are reasonable defaults.
+    persistence = 200
+    slottime = 20
+
+    # You can configure the interface to send
+    # out identification on the channel with
+    # a set interval by configuring the
+    # following two parameters. The KISS
+    # interface will only ID if the set
+    # interval has elapsed since it's last
+    # actual transmission. The interval is
+    # configured in seconds.
+    # This option is commented out and not
+    # used by default.
+    # id_callsign = MYCALL-0
+    # id_interval = 600
+
+    # Whether to use KISS flow-control.
+    # This is useful for modems that have
+    # a small internal packet buffer, but
+    # support packet flow control instead.
+    flow_control = false
+
+
+  # If you're using Reticulum on amateur radio spectrum,
+  # you might want to use the AX.25 KISS interface. This
+  # way, Reticulum will automatically encapsulate it's
+  # traffic in AX.25 and also identify your stations
+  # transmissions with your callsign and SSID.
+  # 
+  # Only do this if you really need to! Reticulum doesn't
+  # need the AX.25 layer for anything, and it incurs extra
+  # overhead on every packet to encapsulate in AX.25.
+  #
+  # A more efficient way is to use the plain KISS interface
+  # with the beaconing functionality described above.
+
+  [[Packet Radio AX.25 KISS Interface]]
+    type = AX25KISSInterface
+
+    # Set the station callsign and SSID
+    callsign = NO1CLL
+    ssid = 0
+
+    # Enable interface if you want use it!
+    interface_enabled = False
+
+    # Serial port for the device
+    port = /dev/ttyUSB2
+
+    # Set the serial baud-rate and other
+    # configuration parameters.
+    speed = 115200    
+    databits = 8
+    parity = none
+    stopbits = 1
+
+    # Whether to use KISS flow-control.
+    # This is useful for modems with a
+    # small internal packet buffer.
+    flow_control = false
+
+    # Set the modem preamble. A 150ms
+    # preamble should be a reasonable
+    # default, but may need to be
+    # increased for radios with slow-
+    # opening squelch and long TX/RX
+    # turnaround
+    preamble = 150
+
+    # Set the modem TX tail. In most
+    # cases this should be kept as low
+    # as possible to not waste airtime.
+    txtail = 10
+
+    # Configure CDMA parameters. These
+    # settings are reasonable defaults.
+    persistence = 200
+    slottime = 20
+
+'''
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

RNS/Utilities/rnstatus.py

@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import RNS
+import argparse
+
+from RNS._version import __version__
+
+def size_str(num, suffix='B'):
+    units = ['','K','M','G','T','P','E','Z']
+    last_unit = 'Y'
+
+    if suffix == 'b':
+        num *= 8
+        units = ['','K','M','G','T','P','E','Z']
+        last_unit = 'Y'
+
+    for unit in units:
+        if abs(num) < 1000.0:
+            if unit == "":
+                return "%.0f %s%s" % (num, unit, suffix)
+            else:
+                return "%.2f %s%s" % (num, unit, suffix)
+        num /= 1000.0
+
+    return "%.2f%s%s" % (num, last_unit, suffix)
+
+def program_setup(configdir, dispall=False, verbosity = 0):
+    reticulum = RNS.Reticulum(configdir = configdir, loglevel = 3+verbosity)
+    
+    ifstats = reticulum.get_interface_stats()
+    if ifstats != None:
+        for ifstat in ifstats:
+            name = ifstat["name"]
+
+            if dispall or not (name.startswith("LocalInterface[") or name.startswith("TCPInterface[Client")):
+                print("")
+                if ifstat["status"]:
+                    ss = "Up"
+                else:
+                    ss = "Down"
+
+                if ifstat["clients"] != None:
+                    clients = ifstat["clients"]
+                    if name.startswith("Shared Instance["):
+                        clients_string = "Connected applications: "+str(max(clients-1,0))
+                    else:
+                        clients_string = "Connected clients: "+str(clients)
+
+                else:
+                    clients = None
+
+                print(" {n}".format(n=ifstat["name"]))
+                print("\tStatus: {ss}".format(ss=ss))
+
+                if "i2p_b32" in ifstat:
+                    print("\tI2P B32: {ep}".format(ep=str(ifstat["i2p_b32"])))
+
+                if clients != None:
+                    print("\t"+clients_string)
+                print("\tRX: {rxb}\n\tTX: {txb}".format(rxb=size_str(ifstat["rxb"]), txb=size_str(ifstat["txb"])))
+
+        print("")
+                
+    else:
+        print("Could not get RNS status")
+
+def main():
+    try:
+        parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Reticulum Network Stack Status")
+        parser.add_argument("--config", action="store", default=None, help="path to alternative Reticulum config directory", type=str)
+        parser.add_argument("--version", action="version", version="rnstatus {version}".format(version=__version__))
+
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "-a",
+            "--all",
+            action="store_true",
+            help="show all interfaces",
+            default=False
+        )
+
+        parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', action='count', default=0)
+        
+        args = parser.parse_args()
+
+        if args.config:
+            configarg = args.config
+        else:
+            configarg = None
+
+        program_setup(configdir = configarg, dispall = args.all, verbosity=args.verbose)
+
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        print("")
+        exit()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

RNS/__init__.py

@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ LOG_EXTREME  = 7
 LOG_STDOUT   = 0x91
 LOG_FILE     = 0x92
 
+LOG_MAXSIZE  = 5*1024*1024
+
 loglevel     = LOG_NOTICE
 logfile      = None
 logdest      = LOG_STDOUT
@@ -65,6 +67,10 @@ def loglevelname(level):
 def version():
     return __version__
 
+def host_os():
+    from .vendor.platformutils import get_platform
+    return get_platform()
+
 def log(msg, level=3, _override_destination = False):
     global _always_override_destination
     
@@ -82,6 +88,13 @@ def log(msg, level=3, _override_destination = False):
                 file = open(logfile, "a")
                 file.write(logstring+"\n")
                 file.close()
+                
+                if os.path.getsize(logfile) > LOG_MAXSIZE:
+                    prevfile = logfile+".1"
+                    if os.path.isfile(prevfile):
+                        os.unlink(prevfile)
+                    os.rename(logfile, prevfile)
+
                 logging_lock.release()
             except Exception as e:
                 logging_lock.release()
@@ -96,6 +109,11 @@ def rand():
     return result
 
 def hexrep(data, delimit=True):
+    try:
+        iter(data)
+    except TypeError:
+        data = [data]
+        
     delimiter = ":"
     if not delimit:
         delimiter = ""
@@ -108,4 +126,8 @@ def prettyhexrep(data):
     return hexrep
 
 def panic():
-    os._exit(255)
+    os._exit(255)
+
+def exit():
+    print("")
+    sys.exit(0)

RNS/_version.py

@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.2.5"
+__version__ = "0.3.4"

RNS/vendor/__init__.py

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 import os
 import glob
 
-__version__ = "0.1.9"
-
 modules = glob.glob(os.path.dirname(__file__)+"/*.py")
 __all__ = [ os.path.basename(f)[:-3] for f in modules if not f.endswith('__init__.py')]

RNS/vendor/i2plib/LICENSE

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Copyright (c) 2018 Viktor Villainov
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
+LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

RNS/vendor/i2plib/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+"""
+A modern asynchronous library for building I2P applications. 
+"""
+
+from .__version__ import (
+    __title__, __description__, __url__, __version__,
+    __author__, __author_email__, __license__, __copyright__
+)
+
+from .sam import Destination, PrivateKey
+
+from .aiosam import (
+    get_sam_socket, dest_lookup, new_destination, 
+    create_session, stream_connect, stream_accept,
+    Session, StreamConnection, StreamAcceptor
+)
+
+from .tunnel import ClientTunnel, ServerTunnel
+
+from .utils import get_sam_address
+
+from .exceptions import (
+     CantReachPeer, DuplicatedDest, DuplicatedId, I2PError,
+     InvalidId, InvalidKey, KeyNotFound, PeerNotFound, Timeout,
+)

RNS/vendor/i2plib/__version__.py

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+__title__ = 'i2plib'
+__description__ = 'A modern asynchronous library for building I2P applications.'
+__url__ = 'https://github.com/l-n-s/i2plib'
+__version__ = '0.0.14'
+__author__ = 'Viktor Villainov'
+__author_email__ = 'supervillain@riseup.net'
+__license__ = 'MIT'
+__copyright__ = 'Copyright 2018 Viktor Villainov'

RNS/vendor/i2plib/aiosam.py

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+import asyncio
+
+from . import sam
+from . import exceptions
+from . import utils
+from .log import logger
+
+def parse_reply(data):
+    if not data:
+        raise ConnectionAbortedError("Empty response: SAM API went offline")
+
+    try:
+        msg = sam.Message(data.decode().strip())
+        logger.debug("SAM reply: "+str(msg))
+    except:
+        raise ConnectionAbortedError("Invalid SAM response")
+
+    return msg
+
+
+async def get_sam_socket(sam_address=sam.DEFAULT_ADDRESS, loop=None):
+    """A couroutine used to create a new SAM socket.
+
+    :param sam_address: (optional) SAM API address
+    :param loop: (optional) event loop instance
+    :return: A (reader, writer) pair
+    """
+    reader, writer = await asyncio.open_connection(*sam_address, loop=loop)
+    writer.write(sam.hello("3.1", "3.1"))
+    reply = parse_reply(await reader.readline())
+    if reply.ok:
+        return (reader, writer)
+    else:
+        writer.close()
+        raise exceptions.SAM_EXCEPTIONS[reply["RESULT"]]()
+
+async def dest_lookup(domain, sam_address=sam.DEFAULT_ADDRESS, 
+                      loop=None):
+    """A coroutine used to lookup a full I2P destination by .i2p domain or 
+    .b32.i2p address.
+
+    :param domain: Address to be resolved, can be a .i2p domain or a .b32.i2p 
+                   address.
+    :param sam_address: (optional) SAM API address
+    :param loop: (optional) Event loop instance
+    :return: An instance of :class:`Destination`
+    """
+    reader, writer = await get_sam_socket(sam_address, loop)
+    writer.write(sam.naming_lookup(domain))
+    reply = parse_reply(await reader.readline())
+    writer.close()
+    if reply.ok:
+        return sam.Destination(reply["VALUE"])
+    else:
+        raise exceptions.SAM_EXCEPTIONS[reply["RESULT"]]()
+
+async def new_destination(sam_address=sam.DEFAULT_ADDRESS, loop=None,
+                      sig_type=sam.Destination.default_sig_type):
+    """A coroutine used to generate a new destination with a private key of a 
+    chosen signature type.
+
+    :param sam_address: (optional) SAM API address
+    :param loop: (optional) Event loop instance
+    :param sig_type: (optional) Signature type
+    :return: An instance of :class:`Destination`
+    """
+    reader, writer = await get_sam_socket(sam_address, loop)
+    writer.write(sam.dest_generate(sig_type))
+    reply = parse_reply(await reader.readline())
+    writer.close()
+    return sam.Destination(reply["PRIV"], has_private_key=True)
+
+async def create_session(session_name, sam_address=sam.DEFAULT_ADDRESS, 
+                         loop=None, style="STREAM",
+                         signature_type=sam.Destination.default_sig_type,
+                         destination=None, options={}):
+    """A coroutine used to create a new SAM session.
+
+    :param session_name: Session nick name
+    :param sam_address: (optional) SAM API address
+    :param loop: (optional) Event loop instance
+    :param style: (optional) Session style, can be STREAM, DATAGRAM, RAW
+    :param signature_type: (optional) If the destination is TRANSIENT, this 
+                        signature type is used
+    :param destination: (optional) Destination to use in this session. Can be 
+                        a base64 encoded string, :class:`Destination` 
+                        instance or None. TRANSIENT destination is used when it
+                        is None.
+    :param options: (optional) A dict object with i2cp options
+    :return: A (reader, writer) pair
+    """
+    logger.debug("Creating session {}".format(session_name))
+    if destination:
+        if type(destination) == sam.Destination:
+            destination = destination
+        else:
+            destination = sam.Destination(
+                    destination, has_private_key=True)
+
+        dest_string = destination.private_key.base64
+    else:
+        dest_string = sam.TRANSIENT_DESTINATION
+
+    options = " ".join(["{}={}".format(k, v) for k, v in options.items()])
+
+    reader, writer = await get_sam_socket(sam_address, loop)
+    writer.write(sam.session_create(
+            style, session_name, dest_string, options))
+
+    reply = parse_reply(await reader.readline())
+    if reply.ok:
+        if not destination:
+            destination = sam.Destination(
+                    reply["DESTINATION"], has_private_key=True) 
+        logger.debug(destination.base32)
+        logger.debug("Session created {}".format(session_name))
+        return (reader, writer)
+    else:
+        writer.close()
+        raise exceptions.SAM_EXCEPTIONS[reply["RESULT"]]()
+
+async def stream_connect(session_name, destination, 
+                         sam_address=sam.DEFAULT_ADDRESS, loop=None):
+    """A coroutine used to connect to a remote I2P destination.
+
+    :param session_name: Session nick name
+    :param destination: I2P destination to connect to
+    :param sam_address: (optional) SAM API address
+    :param loop: (optional) Event loop instance
+    :return: A (reader, writer) pair
+    """
+    logger.debug("Connecting stream {}".format(session_name))
+    if isinstance(destination, str) and not destination.endswith(".i2p"):
+        destination = sam.Destination(destination)
+    elif isinstance(destination, str):
+        destination = await dest_lookup(destination, sam_address, loop)
+
+    reader, writer = await get_sam_socket(sam_address, loop)
+    writer.write(sam.stream_connect(session_name, destination.base64,
+                                           silent="false"))
+    reply = parse_reply(await reader.readline())
+    if reply.ok:
+        logger.debug("Stream connected {}".format(session_name))
+        return (reader, writer)
+    else:
+        writer.close()
+        raise exceptions.SAM_EXCEPTIONS[reply["RESULT"]]()
+
+async def stream_accept(session_name, sam_address=sam.DEFAULT_ADDRESS,
+                        loop=None):
+    """A coroutine used to accept a connection from the I2P network.
+
+    :param session_name: Session nick name
+    :param sam_address: (optional) SAM API address
+    :param loop: (optional) Event loop instance
+    :return: A (reader, writer) pair
+    """
+    reader, writer = await get_sam_socket(sam_address, loop)
+    writer.write(sam.stream_accept(session_name, silent="false"))
+    reply = parse_reply(await reader.readline())
+    if reply.ok:
+        return (reader, writer)
+    else:
+        writer.close()
+        raise exceptions.SAM_EXCEPTIONS[reply["RESULT"]]()
+
+### Context managers
+
+class Session:
+    """Async SAM session context manager.
+
+    :param session_name: Session nick name
+    :param sam_address: (optional) SAM API address
+    :param loop: (optional) Event loop instance
+    :param style: (optional) Session style, can be STREAM, DATAGRAM, RAW
+    :param signature_type: (optional) If the destination is TRANSIENT, this 
+                        signature type is used
+    :param destination: (optional) Destination to use in this session. Can be 
+                        a base64 encoded string, :class:`Destination` 
+                        instance or None. TRANSIENT destination is used when it
+                        is None.
+    :param options: (optional) A dict object with i2cp options
+    :return: :class:`Session` object
+    """
+    def __init__(self, session_name, sam_address=sam.DEFAULT_ADDRESS, 
+                         loop=None, style="STREAM",
+                         signature_type=sam.Destination.default_sig_type,
+                         destination=None, options={}):
+        self.session_name = session_name
+        self.sam_address = sam_address
+        self.loop = loop
+        self.style = style
+        self.signature_type = signature_type
+        self.destination = destination
+        self.options = options
+
+    async def __aenter__(self):
+        self.reader, self.writer = await create_session(self.session_name, 
+                sam_address=self.sam_address, loop=self.loop, style=self.style, 
+                signature_type=self.signature_type, 
+                destination=self.destination, options=self.options)
+        return self
+
+    async def __aexit__(self, exc_type, exc, tb):
+        ### TODO handle exceptions
+        self.writer.close()
+
+class StreamConnection:
+    """Async stream connection context manager.
+
+    :param session_name: Session nick name
+    :param destination: I2P destination to connect to
+    :param sam_address: (optional) SAM API address
+    :param loop: (optional) Event loop instance
+    :return: :class:`StreamConnection` object
+    """
+    def __init__(self, session_name, destination, 
+                 sam_address=sam.DEFAULT_ADDRESS, loop=None):
+        self.session_name = session_name
+        self.sam_address = sam_address
+        self.loop = loop
+        self.destination = destination
+
+    async def __aenter__(self):
+        self.reader, self.writer = await stream_connect(self.session_name, 
+                self.destination, sam_address=self.sam_address, loop=self.loop)
+        self.read = self.reader.read
+        self.write = self.writer.write
+        return self
+
+    async def __aexit__(self, exc_type, exc, tb):
+        ### TODO handle exceptions
+        self.writer.close()
+
+class StreamAcceptor:
+    """Async stream acceptor context manager.
+
+    :param session_name: Session nick name
+    :param sam_address: (optional) SAM API address
+    :param loop: (optional) Event loop instance
+    :return: :class:`StreamAcceptor` object
+    """
+    def __init__(self, session_name, sam_address=sam.DEFAULT_ADDRESS, 
+                 loop=None):
+        self.session_name = session_name
+        self.sam_address = sam_address
+        self.loop = loop
+
+    async def __aenter__(self):
+        self.reader, self.writer = await stream_accept(self.session_name, 
+                        sam_address=self.sam_address, loop=self.loop)
+        self.read = self.reader.read
+        self.write = self.writer.write
+        return self
+
+    async def __aexit__(self, exc_type, exc, tb):
+        ### TODO handle exceptions
+        self.writer.close()

RNS/vendor/i2plib/exceptions.py

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+# SAM exceptions
+
+class SAMException(IOError):
+    """Base class for SAM exceptions"""
+
+class CantReachPeer(SAMException):
+    """The peer exists, but cannot be reached"""
+
+class DuplicatedDest(SAMException):
+    """The specified Destination is already in use"""
+
+class DuplicatedId(SAMException):
+    """The nickname is already associated with a session"""
+
+class I2PError(SAMException):
+    """A generic I2P error"""
+
+class InvalidId(SAMException):
+    """STREAM SESSION ID doesn't exist"""
+
+class InvalidKey(SAMException):
+    """The specified key is not valid (bad format, etc.)"""
+
+class KeyNotFound(SAMException):
+    """The naming system can't resolve the given name"""
+
+class PeerNotFound(SAMException):
+    """The peer cannot be found on the network"""
+
+class Timeout(SAMException):
+    """The peer cannot be found on the network"""
+
+SAM_EXCEPTIONS = {
+    "CANT_REACH_PEER": CantReachPeer,
+    "DUPLICATED_DEST": DuplicatedDest,
+    "DUPLICATED_ID": DuplicatedId,
+    "I2P_ERROR": I2PError,
+    "INVALID_ID": InvalidId,
+    "INVALID_KEY": InvalidKey,
+    "KEY_NOT_FOUND": KeyNotFound,
+    "PEER_NOT_FOUND": PeerNotFound,
+    "TIMEOUT": Timeout,
+}
+

RNS/vendor/i2plib/log.py

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+"""Logging configuration."""
+import logging
+
+# Name the logger after the package.
+logger = logging.getLogger(__package__)

RNS/vendor/i2plib/sam.py

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+from base64 import b64decode, b64encode, b32encode
+from hashlib import sha256
+import struct
+import re
+
+
+I2P_B64_CHARS = "-~"
+
+def i2p_b64encode(x):
+    """Encode I2P destination"""
+    return b64encode(x, altchars=I2P_B64_CHARS.encode()).decode() 
+
+def i2p_b64decode(x):
+    """Decode I2P destination"""
+    return b64decode(x, altchars=I2P_B64_CHARS, validate=True)
+
+SAM_BUFSIZE = 4096
+DEFAULT_ADDRESS = ("127.0.0.1", 7656)
+DEFAULT_MIN_VER = "3.1"
+DEFAULT_MAX_VER = "3.1"
+TRANSIENT_DESTINATION = "TRANSIENT"
+
+VALID_BASE32_ADDRESS = re.compile(r"^([a-zA-Z0-9]{52}).b32.i2p$")
+VALID_BASE64_ADDRESS = re.compile(r"^([a-zA-Z0-9-~=]{516,528})$")
+
+class Message(object):
+    """Parse SAM message to an object"""
+    def __init__(self, s):
+        self.opts = {}
+        if type(s) != str:
+            self._reply_string = s.decode().strip()
+        else:
+            self._reply_string = s
+
+        self.cmd, self.action, opts = self._reply_string.split(" ", 2)
+        for v in opts.split(" "):
+            data = v.split("=", 1) if "=" in v else (v, True)
+            self.opts[data[0]] = data[1]
+
+    def __getitem__(self, key):
+        return self.opts[key]
+
+    @property
+    def ok(self):
+        return self["RESULT"] == "OK"
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return self._reply_string
+
+
+# SAM request messages
+
+def hello(min_version, max_version):
+    return "HELLO VERSION MIN={} MAX={}\n".format(min_version, 
+            max_version).encode()
+
+def session_create(style, session_id, destination, options=""):
+    return "SESSION CREATE STYLE={} ID={} DESTINATION={} {}\n".format(
+            style, session_id, destination, options).encode()
+
+
+def stream_connect(session_id, destination, silent="false"):
+    return "STREAM CONNECT ID={} DESTINATION={} SILENT={}\n".format(
+            session_id, destination, silent).encode()
+
+def stream_accept(session_id, silent="false"):
+    return "STREAM ACCEPT ID={} SILENT={}\n".format(session_id, silent).encode()
+
+def stream_forward(session_id, port, options=""):
+    return "STREAM FORWARD ID={} PORT={} {}\n".format(
+            session_id, port, options).encode()
+
+
+
+def naming_lookup(name):
+    return "NAMING LOOKUP NAME={}\n".format(name).encode()
+
+def dest_generate(signature_type):
+    return "DEST GENERATE SIGNATURE_TYPE={}\n".format(signature_type).encode()
+
+class Destination(object):
+    """I2P destination
+
+    https://geti2p.net/spec/common-structures#destination
+
+    :param data: (optional) Base64 encoded data or binary data 
+    :param path: (optional) A path to a file with binary data 
+    :param has_private_key: (optional) Does data have a private key? 
+    """
+
+    ECDSA_SHA256_P256 = 1
+    ECDSA_SHA384_P384 = 2
+    ECDSA_SHA512_P521 = 3
+    EdDSA_SHA512_Ed25519 = 7
+
+    default_sig_type = EdDSA_SHA512_Ed25519
+
+    _pubkey_size = 256
+    _signkey_size = 128
+    _min_cert_size = 3
+
+    def __init__(self, data=None, path=None, has_private_key=False):
+        #: Binary destination
+        self.data = bytes() 
+        #: Base64 encoded destination
+        self.base64 = ""    
+        #: :class:`RNS.vendor.i2plib.PrivateKey` instance or None
+        self.private_key = None    
+        
+        if path:
+            with open(path, "rb") as f: data = f.read()
+
+        if data and has_private_key:
+            self.private_key = PrivateKey(data)
+
+            cert_len = struct.unpack("!H", self.private_key.data[385:387])[0]
+            data = self.private_key.data[:387+cert_len]
+
+        if not data:
+            raise Exception("Can't create a destination with no data")
+
+        self.data = data if type(data) == bytes else i2p_b64decode(data)
+        self.base64 = data if type(data) == str else i2p_b64encode(data)
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<Destination: {}>".format(self.base32)
+
+    @property
+    def base32(self):
+        """Base32 destination hash of this destination"""
+        desthash = sha256(self.data).digest()
+        return b32encode(desthash).decode()[:52].lower()
+    
+class PrivateKey(object):
+    """I2P private key
+
+    https://geti2p.net/spec/common-structures#keysandcert
+
+    :param data: Base64 encoded data or binary data 
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, data):
+        #: Binary private key
+        self.data = data if type(data) == bytes else i2p_b64decode(data)
+        #: Base64 encoded private key
+        self.base64 = data if type(data) == str else i2p_b64encode(data)
+

RNS/vendor/i2plib/tunnel.py

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+import logging
+import asyncio
+import argparse
+
+from . import sam 
+from . import aiosam
+from . import utils
+from .log import logger
+
+BUFFER_SIZE = 65536
+
+async def proxy_data(reader, writer):
+    """Proxy data from reader to writer"""
+    try:
+        while True:
+            data = await reader.read(BUFFER_SIZE)
+            if not data:
+                break
+            writer.write(data)
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.debug('proxy_data_task exception {}'.format(e))
+    finally:
+        try:
+            writer.close()
+        except RuntimeError:
+            pass
+        logger.debug('close connection')
+
+class I2PTunnel(object):
+    """Base I2P Tunnel object, not to be used directly
+
+    :param local_address: A local address to use for a tunnel. 
+                          E.g. ("127.0.0.1", 6668)
+    :param destination: (optional) Destination to use for this tunnel. Can be 
+                        a base64 encoded string, :class:`Destination`
+                        instance or None. A new destination is created when it
+                        is None.
+    :param session_name: (optional) Session nick name. A new session nickname is
+                        generated if not specified.
+    :param options: (optional) A dict object with i2cp options
+    :param loop: (optional) Event loop instance
+    :param sam_address: (optional) SAM API address
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, local_address, destination=None, session_name=None, 
+                 options={}, loop=None, sam_address=sam.DEFAULT_ADDRESS):
+        self.local_address = local_address
+        self.destination = destination
+        self.session_name = session_name or utils.generate_session_id()
+        self.options = options
+        self.loop = loop
+        self.sam_address = sam_address
+
+    async def _pre_run(self):
+        if not self.destination:
+            self.destination = await aiosam.new_destination(
+                sam_address=self.sam_address, loop=self.loop)
+        _, self.session_writer = await aiosam.create_session(
+                self.session_name, style=self.style, options=self.options,
+                sam_address=self.sam_address, 
+                loop=self.loop, destination=self.destination)
+
+    def stop(self):
+        """Stop the tunnel"""
+        self.session_writer.close()
+
+class ClientTunnel(I2PTunnel):
+    """Client tunnel, a subclass of tunnel.I2PTunnel
+
+    If you run a client tunnel with a local address ("127.0.0.1", 6668) and
+    a remote destination "irc.echelon.i2p", all connections to 127.0.0.1:6668 
+    will be proxied to irc.echelon.i2p.
+
+    :param remote_destination: Remote I2P destination, can be either .i2p 
+                        domain, .b32.i2p address, base64 destination or 
+                        :class:`Destination` instance
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, remote_destination, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.style = "STREAM"
+        self.remote_destination = remote_destination
+
+    async def run(self):
+        """A coroutine used to run the tunnel"""
+        await self._pre_run()
+
+        async def handle_client(client_reader, client_writer):
+            """Handle local client connection"""
+            remote_reader, remote_writer = await aiosam.stream_connect(
+                    self.session_name, self.remote_destination, 
+                    sam_address=self.sam_address, loop=self.loop)
+            asyncio.ensure_future(proxy_data(remote_reader, client_writer), 
+                                  loop=self.loop)
+            asyncio.ensure_future(proxy_data(client_reader, remote_writer),
+                                  loop=self.loop)
+
+        self.server = await asyncio.start_server(handle_client, *self.local_address, loop=self.loop)
+
+    def stop(self):
+        super().stop()
+        self.server.close()
+
+class ServerTunnel(I2PTunnel):
+    """Server tunnel, a subclass of tunnel.I2PTunnel
+
+    If you want to expose a local service 127.0.0.1:80 to the I2P network, run
+    a server tunnel with a local address ("127.0.0.1", 80). If you don't 
+    provide a private key or a session name, it will use a TRANSIENT 
+    destination.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.style = "STREAM"
+
+    async def run(self):
+        """A coroutine used to run the tunnel"""
+        await self._pre_run()
+
+        async def handle_client(incoming, client_reader, client_writer):
+            # data and dest may come in one chunk
+            dest, data = incoming.split(b"\n", 1) 
+            remote_destination = sam.Destination(dest.decode())
+            logger.debug("{} client connected: {}.b32.i2p".format(
+                self.session_name, remote_destination.base32))
+
+            try:
+                remote_reader, remote_writer = await asyncio.wait_for(
+                        asyncio.open_connection(
+                           host=self.local_address[0], 
+                           port=self.local_address[1], loop=self.loop),
+                        timeout=5, loop=self.loop)
+                if data: remote_writer.write(data)
+                asyncio.ensure_future(proxy_data(remote_reader, client_writer),
+                                      loop=self.loop)
+                asyncio.ensure_future(proxy_data(client_reader, remote_writer),
+                                      loop=self.loop)
+            except ConnectionRefusedError:
+                client_writer.close()
+
+        async def server_loop():
+            try:
+                while True:
+                    client_reader, client_writer = await aiosam.stream_accept(
+                            self.session_name, sam_address=self.sam_address, 
+                            loop=self.loop)
+                    incoming = await client_reader.read(BUFFER_SIZE)
+                    asyncio.ensure_future(handle_client(
+                        incoming, client_reader, client_writer), loop=self.loop)
+            except asyncio.CancelledError:
+                pass
+
+        self.server_loop = asyncio.ensure_future(server_loop(), loop=self.loop)
+
+    def stop(self):
+        super().stop()
+        self.server_loop.cancel()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('type', metavar="TYPE", choices=('server', 'client'),
+                        help="Tunnel type (server or client)")
+    parser.add_argument('address', metavar="ADDRESS", 
+                        help="Local address (e.g. 127.0.0.1:8000)")
+    parser.add_argument('--debug', '-d', action='store_true',
+                        help='Debugging')
+    parser.add_argument('--key', '-k', default='', metavar='PRIVATE_KEY',
+                        help='Path to private key file')
+    parser.add_argument('--destination', '-D', default='', 
+                        metavar='DESTINATION', help='Remote destination')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    SAM_ADDRESS = utils.get_sam_address()
+
+    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG if args.debug else logging.INFO)
+    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+    loop.set_debug(args.debug)
+
+    if args.key:
+        destination = sam.Destination(path=args.key, has_private_key=True)
+    else:
+        destination = None
+
+    local_address = utils.address_from_string(args.address)
+
+    if args.type == "client":
+        tunnel = ClientTunnel(args.destination, local_address, loop=loop, 
+                destination=destination, sam_address=SAM_ADDRESS)
+    elif args.type == "server":
+        tunnel = ServerTunnel(local_address, loop=loop, destination=destination, 
+                sam_address=SAM_ADDRESS)
+
+    asyncio.ensure_future(tunnel.run(), loop=loop)
+
+    try:
+        loop.run_forever()
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        tunnel.stop()
+    finally:
+        loop.stop()
+        loop.close()

RNS/vendor/i2plib/utils.py

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import socket
+import os
+import random
+import string
+
+from . import sam
+
+def get_free_port():
+    """Get a free port on your local host"""
+    s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+    s.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
+    s.bind(('', 0))
+    free_port = s.getsockname()[1]
+    s.close()
+    return free_port
+
+def is_address_accessible(address):
+    """Check if address is accessible or down"""
+    s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+    is_accessible = s.connect_ex(address) == 0
+    s.close()
+    return is_accessible
+
+def address_from_string(address_string):
+    """Address tuple from host:port string"""
+    address = address_string.split(":")
+    return (address[0], int(address[1]))
+
+def get_sam_address():
+    """
+    Get SAM address from environment variable I2P_SAM_ADDRESS, or use a default
+    value
+    """
+    value = os.getenv("I2P_SAM_ADDRESS")
+    return address_from_string(value) if value else sam.DEFAULT_ADDRESS
+
+def generate_session_id(length=6):
+    """Generate random session id"""
+    rand = random.SystemRandom()
+    sid = [rand.choice(string.ascii_letters) for _ in range(length)]
+    return "reticulum-" + "".join(sid)
+

RNS/vendor/platformutils.py

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+def get_platform():
+    from os import environ
+    if "ANDROID_ARGUMENT" in environ:
+        return "android"
+    elif "ANDROID_ROOT" in environ:
+        return "android"
+    else:
+        import sys
+        return sys.platform
+
+def is_darwin():
+    if get_platform() == "darwin":
+        return True
+    else:
+        return False
+
+def is_android():
+    if get_platform() == "android":
+        return True
+    else:
+        return False
+
+def is_windows():
+    if str(get_platform()).startswith("win"):
+        return True
+    else:
+        return False
+
+def platform_checks():
+    if is_windows():
+        import sys
+        if sys.version_info.major >= 3 and sys.version_info.minor >= 8:
+            pass
+        else:
+            import RNS
+            RNS.log("On Windows, Reticulum requires Python 3.8 or higher.", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+            RNS.log("Please update Python to run Reticulum.", RNS.LOG_ERROR)
+            RNS.panic()
+
+def cryptography_old_api():
+    import cryptography
+    if cryptography.__version__ == "2.8":
+        return True
+    else:
+        return False

RNS/vendor/umsgpack.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# u-msgpack-python v2.5.0 - v at sergeev.io
+# u-msgpack-python v2.7.1 - v at sergeev.io
 # https://github.com/vsergeev/u-msgpack-python
 #
 # u-msgpack-python is a lightweight MessagePack serializer and deserializer
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # MIT License
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2013-2016 vsergeev / Ivan (Vanya) A. Sergeev
+# Copyright (c) 2013-2020 vsergeev / Ivan (Vanya) A. Sergeev
 #
 # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 # of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 # THE SOFTWARE.
 #
 """
-u-msgpack-python v2.5.0 - v at sergeev.io
+u-msgpack-python v2.7.1 - v at sergeev.io
 https://github.com/vsergeev/u-msgpack-python
 
 u-msgpack-python is a lightweight MessagePack serializer and deserializer
@@ -49,10 +49,15 @@ import datetime
 import sys
 import io
 
-__version__ = "2.5.0"
+if sys.version_info[0:2] >= (3, 3):
+    from collections.abc import Hashable
+else:
+    from collections import Hashable
+
+__version__ = "2.7.1"
 "Module version string"
 
-version = (2, 5, 0)
+version = (2, 7, 1)
 "Module version tuple"
 
 
@@ -61,7 +66,7 @@ version = (2, 5, 0)
 ##############################################################################
 
 # Extension type for application-defined types and data
-class Ext:
+class Ext(object):
     """
     The Ext class facilitates creating a serializable extension object to store
     an application-defined type and data byte array.
@@ -75,23 +80,33 @@ class Ext:
             type: application-defined type integer
             data: application-defined data byte array
 
+        TypeError:
+            Type is not an integer.
+        ValueError:
+            Type is out of range of -128 to 127.
+        TypeError::
+            Data is not type 'bytes' (Python 3) or not type 'str' (Python 2).
+
         Example:
-        >>> foo = umsgpack.Ext(0x05, b"\x01\x02\x03")
+        >>> foo = umsgpack.Ext(5, b"\x01\x02\x03")
         >>> umsgpack.packb({u"special stuff": foo, u"awesome": True})
         '\x82\xa7awesome\xc3\xadspecial stuff\xc7\x03\x05\x01\x02\x03'
         >>> bar = umsgpack.unpackb(_)
         >>> print(bar["special stuff"])
-        Ext Object (Type: 0x05, Data: 01 02 03)
+        Ext Object (Type: 5, Data: 01 02 03)
         >>>
         """
-        # Check type is type int
+        # Check type is type int and in range
         if not isinstance(type, int):
             raise TypeError("ext type is not type integer")
-        # Check data is type bytes
+        elif not (-2**7 <= type <= 2**7 - 1):
+            raise ValueError("ext type value {:d} is out of range (-128 to 127)".format(type))
+        # Check data is type bytes or str
         elif sys.version_info[0] == 3 and not isinstance(data, bytes):
             raise TypeError("ext data is not type \'bytes\'")
         elif sys.version_info[0] == 2 and not isinstance(data, str):
             raise TypeError("ext data is not type \'str\'")
+
         self.type = type
         self.data = data
 
@@ -99,9 +114,8 @@ class Ext:
         """
         Compare this Ext object with another for equality.
         """
-        return (isinstance(other, self.__class__) and
-                self.type == other.type and
-                self.data == other.data)
+        return isinstance(other, self.__class__) \
+            and self.type == other.type and self.data == other.data
 
     def __ne__(self, other):
         """
@@ -113,8 +127,8 @@ class Ext:
         """
         String representation of this Ext object.
         """
-        s = "Ext Object (Type: 0x%02x, Data: " % self.type
-        s += " ".join(["0x%02x" % ord(self.data[i:i + 1])
+        s = "Ext Object (Type: {:d}, Data: ".format(self.type)
+        s += " ".join(["0x{:02}".format(ord(self.data[i:i + 1]))
                        for i in xrange(min(len(self.data), 8))])
         if len(self.data) > 8:
             s += " ..."
@@ -130,7 +144,52 @@ class Ext:
 
 class InvalidString(bytes):
     """Subclass of bytes to hold invalid UTF-8 strings."""
-    pass
+
+
+##############################################################################
+# Ext Serializable Decorator
+##############################################################################
+
+_ext_class_to_type = {}
+_ext_type_to_class = {}
+
+
+def ext_serializable(ext_type):
+    """
+    Return a decorator to register a class for automatic packing and unpacking
+    with the specified Ext type code. The application class should implement a
+    `packb()` method that returns serialized bytes, and an `unpackb()` class
+    method or static method that accepts serialized bytes and returns an
+    instance of the application class.
+
+    Args:
+        ext_type: application-defined Ext type code
+
+    Raises:
+        TypeError:
+            Ext type is not an integer.
+        ValueError:
+            Ext type is out of range of -128 to 127.
+        ValueError:
+            Ext type or class already registered.
+    """
+    def wrapper(cls):
+        if not isinstance(ext_type, int):
+            raise TypeError("Ext type is not type integer")
+        elif not (-2**7 <= ext_type <= 2**7 - 1):
+            raise ValueError("Ext type value {:d} is out of range of -128 to 127".format(ext_type))
+        elif ext_type in _ext_type_to_class:
+            raise ValueError("Ext type {:d} already registered with class {:s}".format(ext_type, repr(_ext_type_to_class[ext_type])))
+        elif cls in _ext_class_to_type:
+            raise ValueError("Class {:s} already registered with Ext type {:d}".format(repr(cls), ext_type))
+
+        _ext_type_to_class[ext_type] = cls
+        _ext_class_to_type[cls] = ext_type
+
+        return cls
+
+    return wrapper
+
 
 ##############################################################################
 # Exceptions
@@ -140,39 +199,32 @@ class InvalidString(bytes):
 # Base Exception classes
 class PackException(Exception):
     "Base class for exceptions encountered during packing."
-    pass
 
 
 class UnpackException(Exception):
     "Base class for exceptions encountered during unpacking."
-    pass
 
 
 # Packing error
 class UnsupportedTypeException(PackException):
     "Object type not supported for packing."
-    pass
 
 
 # Unpacking error
 class InsufficientDataException(UnpackException):
     "Insufficient data to unpack the serialized object."
-    pass
 
 
 class InvalidStringException(UnpackException):
     "Invalid UTF-8 string encountered during unpacking."
-    pass
 
 
 class UnsupportedTimestampException(UnpackException):
     "Unsupported timestamp format encountered during unpacking."
-    pass
 
 
 class ReservedCodeException(UnpackException):
     "Reserved code encountered during unpacking."
-    pass
 
 
 class UnhashableKeyException(UnpackException):
@@ -180,12 +232,10 @@ class UnhashableKeyException(UnpackException):
     Unhashable key encountered during map unpacking.
     The serialized map cannot be deserialized into a Python dictionary.
     """
-    pass
 
 
 class DuplicateKeyException(UnpackException):
     "Duplicate key encountered during map unpacking."
-    pass
 
 
 # Backwards compatibility
@@ -250,15 +300,15 @@ def _pack_integer(obj, fp, options):
         else:
             raise UnsupportedTypeException("huge signed int")
     else:
-        if obj <= 127:
+        if obj < 128:
             fp.write(struct.pack("B", obj))
-        elif obj <= 2**8 - 1:
+        elif obj < 2**8:
             fp.write(b"\xcc" + struct.pack("B", obj))
-        elif obj <= 2**16 - 1:
+        elif obj < 2**16:
             fp.write(b"\xcd" + struct.pack(">H", obj))
-        elif obj <= 2**32 - 1:
+        elif obj < 2**32:
             fp.write(b"\xce" + struct.pack(">I", obj))
-        elif obj <= 2**64 - 1:
+        elif obj < 2**64:
             fp.write(b"\xcf" + struct.pack(">Q", obj))
         else:
             raise UnsupportedTypeException("huge unsigned int")
@@ -285,94 +335,99 @@ def _pack_float(obj, fp, options):
 
 def _pack_string(obj, fp, options):
     obj = obj.encode('utf-8')
-    if len(obj) <= 31:
-        fp.write(struct.pack("B", 0xa0 | len(obj)) + obj)
-    elif len(obj) <= 2**8 - 1:
-        fp.write(b"\xd9" + struct.pack("B", len(obj)) + obj)
-    elif len(obj) <= 2**16 - 1:
-        fp.write(b"\xda" + struct.pack(">H", len(obj)) + obj)
-    elif len(obj) <= 2**32 - 1:
-        fp.write(b"\xdb" + struct.pack(">I", len(obj)) + obj)
+    obj_len = len(obj)
+    if obj_len < 32:
+        fp.write(struct.pack("B", 0xa0 | obj_len) + obj)
+    elif obj_len < 2**8:
+        fp.write(b"\xd9" + struct.pack("B", obj_len) + obj)
+    elif obj_len < 2**16:
+        fp.write(b"\xda" + struct.pack(">H", obj_len) + obj)
+    elif obj_len < 2**32:
+        fp.write(b"\xdb" + struct.pack(">I", obj_len) + obj)
     else:
         raise UnsupportedTypeException("huge string")
 
 
 def _pack_binary(obj, fp, options):
-    if len(obj) <= 2**8 - 1:
-        fp.write(b"\xc4" + struct.pack("B", len(obj)) + obj)
-    elif len(obj) <= 2**16 - 1:
-        fp.write(b"\xc5" + struct.pack(">H", len(obj)) + obj)
-    elif len(obj) <= 2**32 - 1:
-        fp.write(b"\xc6" + struct.pack(">I", len(obj)) + obj)
+    obj_len = len(obj)
+    if obj_len < 2**8:
+        fp.write(b"\xc4" + struct.pack("B", obj_len) + obj)
+    elif obj_len < 2**16:
+        fp.write(b"\xc5" + struct.pack(">H", obj_len) + obj)
+    elif obj_len < 2**32:
+        fp.write(b"\xc6" + struct.pack(">I", obj_len) + obj)
     else:
         raise UnsupportedTypeException("huge binary string")
 
 
 def _pack_oldspec_raw(obj, fp, options):
-    if len(obj) <= 31:
-        fp.write(struct.pack("B", 0xa0 | len(obj)) + obj)
-    elif len(obj) <= 2**16 - 1:
-        fp.write(b"\xda" + struct.pack(">H", len(obj)) + obj)
-    elif len(obj) <= 2**32 - 1:
-        fp.write(b"\xdb" + struct.pack(">I", len(obj)) + obj)
+    obj_len = len(obj)
+    if obj_len < 32:
+        fp.write(struct.pack("B", 0xa0 | obj_len) + obj)
+    elif obj_len < 2**16:
+        fp.write(b"\xda" + struct.pack(">H", obj_len) + obj)
+    elif obj_len < 2**32:
+        fp.write(b"\xdb" + struct.pack(">I", obj_len) + obj)
     else:
         raise UnsupportedTypeException("huge raw string")
 
 
 def _pack_ext(obj, fp, options):
-    if len(obj.data) == 1:
+    obj_len = len(obj.data)
+    if obj_len == 1:
         fp.write(b"\xd4" + struct.pack("B", obj.type & 0xff) + obj.data)
-    elif len(obj.data) == 2:
+    elif obj_len == 2:
         fp.write(b"\xd5" + struct.pack("B", obj.type & 0xff) + obj.data)
-    elif len(obj.data) == 4:
+    elif obj_len == 4:
         fp.write(b"\xd6" + struct.pack("B", obj.type & 0xff) + obj.data)
-    elif len(obj.data) == 8:
+    elif obj_len == 8:
         fp.write(b"\xd7" + struct.pack("B", obj.type & 0xff) + obj.data)
-    elif len(obj.data) == 16:
+    elif obj_len == 16:
         fp.write(b"\xd8" + struct.pack("B", obj.type & 0xff) + obj.data)
-    elif len(obj.data) <= 2**8 - 1:
-        fp.write(b"\xc7" +
-                 struct.pack("BB", len(obj.data), obj.type & 0xff) + obj.data)
-    elif len(obj.data) <= 2**16 - 1:
-        fp.write(b"\xc8" +
-                 struct.pack(">HB", len(obj.data), obj.type & 0xff) + obj.data)
-    elif len(obj.data) <= 2**32 - 1:
-        fp.write(b"\xc9" +
-                 struct.pack(">IB", len(obj.data), obj.type & 0xff) + obj.data)
+    elif obj_len < 2**8:
+        fp.write(b"\xc7" + struct.pack("BB", obj_len, obj.type & 0xff) + obj.data)
+    elif obj_len < 2**16:
+        fp.write(b"\xc8" + struct.pack(">HB", obj_len, obj.type & 0xff) + obj.data)
+    elif obj_len < 2**32:
+        fp.write(b"\xc9" + struct.pack(">IB", obj_len, obj.type & 0xff) + obj.data)
     else:
         raise UnsupportedTypeException("huge ext data")
 
 
 def _pack_ext_timestamp(obj, fp, options):
-    delta = obj - _epoch
+    if not obj.tzinfo:
+        # Object is naive datetime, convert to aware date time,
+        # assuming UTC timezone
+        delta = obj.replace(tzinfo=_utc_tzinfo) - _epoch
+    else:
+        # Object is aware datetime
+        delta = obj - _epoch
+
     seconds = delta.seconds + delta.days * 86400
     microseconds = delta.microseconds
 
     if microseconds == 0 and 0 <= seconds <= 2**32 - 1:
         # 32-bit timestamp
-        fp.write(b"\xd6\xff" +
-                 struct.pack(">I", seconds))
+        fp.write(b"\xd6\xff" + struct.pack(">I", seconds))
     elif 0 <= seconds <= 2**34 - 1:
         # 64-bit timestamp
         value = ((microseconds * 1000) << 34) | seconds
-        fp.write(b"\xd7\xff" +
-                 struct.pack(">Q", value))
+        fp.write(b"\xd7\xff" + struct.pack(">Q", value))
     elif -2**63 <= abs(seconds) <= 2**63 - 1:
         # 96-bit timestamp
-        fp.write(b"\xc7\x0c\xff" +
-                 struct.pack(">I", microseconds * 1000) +
-                 struct.pack(">q", seconds))
+        fp.write(b"\xc7\x0c\xff" + struct.pack(">Iq", microseconds * 1000, seconds))
     else:
         raise UnsupportedTypeException("huge timestamp")
 
 
 def _pack_array(obj, fp, options):
-    if len(obj) <= 15:
-        fp.write(struct.pack("B", 0x90 | len(obj)))
-    elif len(obj) <= 2**16 - 1:
-        fp.write(b"\xdc" + struct.pack(">H", len(obj)))
-    elif len(obj) <= 2**32 - 1:
-        fp.write(b"\xdd" + struct.pack(">I", len(obj)))
+    obj_len = len(obj)
+    if obj_len < 16:
+        fp.write(struct.pack("B", 0x90 | obj_len))
+    elif obj_len < 2**16:
+        fp.write(b"\xdc" + struct.pack(">H", obj_len))
+    elif obj_len < 2**32:
+        fp.write(b"\xdd" + struct.pack(">I", obj_len))
     else:
         raise UnsupportedTypeException("huge array")
 
@@ -381,12 +436,13 @@ def _pack_array(obj, fp, options):
 
 
 def _pack_map(obj, fp, options):
-    if len(obj) <= 15:
-        fp.write(struct.pack("B", 0x80 | len(obj)))
-    elif len(obj) <= 2**16 - 1:
-        fp.write(b"\xde" + struct.pack(">H", len(obj)))
-    elif len(obj) <= 2**32 - 1:
-        fp.write(b"\xdf" + struct.pack(">I", len(obj)))
+    obj_len = len(obj)
+    if obj_len < 16:
+        fp.write(struct.pack("B", 0x80 | obj_len))
+    elif obj_len < 2**16:
+        fp.write(b"\xde" + struct.pack(">H", obj_len))
+    elif obj_len < 2**32:
+        fp.write(b"\xdf" + struct.pack(">I", obj_len))
     else:
         raise UnsupportedTypeException("huge array")
 
@@ -435,9 +491,14 @@ def _pack2(obj, fp, **options):
         _pack_nil(obj, fp, options)
     elif ext_handlers and obj.__class__ in ext_handlers:
         _pack_ext(ext_handlers[obj.__class__](obj), fp, options)
+    elif obj.__class__ in _ext_class_to_type:
+        try:
+            _pack_ext(Ext(_ext_class_to_type[obj.__class__], obj.packb()), fp, options)
+        except AttributeError:
+            raise NotImplementedError("Ext serializable class {:s} is missing implementation of packb()".format(repr(obj.__class__)))
     elif isinstance(obj, bool):
         _pack_boolean(obj, fp, options)
-    elif isinstance(obj, int) or isinstance(obj, long):
+    elif isinstance(obj, (int, long)):
         _pack_integer(obj, fp, options)
     elif isinstance(obj, float):
         _pack_float(obj, fp, options)
@@ -449,7 +510,7 @@ def _pack2(obj, fp, **options):
         _pack_string(obj, fp, options)
     elif isinstance(obj, str):
         _pack_binary(obj, fp, options)
-    elif isinstance(obj, list) or isinstance(obj, tuple):
+    elif isinstance(obj, (list, tuple)):
         _pack_array(obj, fp, options)
     elif isinstance(obj, dict):
         _pack_map(obj, fp, options)
@@ -464,9 +525,19 @@ def _pack2(obj, fp, **options):
             _pack_ext(ext_handlers[t](obj), fp, options)
         else:
             raise UnsupportedTypeException(
-                "unsupported type: %s" % str(type(obj)))
+                "unsupported type: {:s}".format(str(type(obj))))
+    elif _ext_class_to_type:
+        # Linear search for superclass
+        t = next((t for t in _ext_class_to_type if isinstance(obj, t)), None)
+        if t:
+            try:
+                _pack_ext(Ext(_ext_class_to_type[t], obj.packb()), fp, options)
+            except AttributeError:
+                raise NotImplementedError("Ext serializable class {:s} is missing implementation of packb()".format(repr(t)))
+        else:
+            raise UnsupportedTypeException("unsupported type: {:s}".format(str(type(obj))))
     else:
-        raise UnsupportedTypeException("unsupported type: %s" % str(type(obj)))
+        raise UnsupportedTypeException("unsupported type: {:s}".format(str(type(obj))))
 
 
 # Pack for Python 3, with unicode 'str' type, 'bytes' type, and no 'long' type
@@ -507,6 +578,11 @@ def _pack3(obj, fp, **options):
         _pack_nil(obj, fp, options)
     elif ext_handlers and obj.__class__ in ext_handlers:
         _pack_ext(ext_handlers[obj.__class__](obj), fp, options)
+    elif obj.__class__ in _ext_class_to_type:
+        try:
+            _pack_ext(Ext(_ext_class_to_type[obj.__class__], obj.packb()), fp, options)
+        except AttributeError:
+            raise NotImplementedError("Ext serializable class {:s} is missing implementation of packb()".format(repr(obj.__class__)))
     elif isinstance(obj, bool):
         _pack_boolean(obj, fp, options)
     elif isinstance(obj, int):
@@ -521,7 +597,7 @@ def _pack3(obj, fp, **options):
         _pack_string(obj, fp, options)
     elif isinstance(obj, bytes):
         _pack_binary(obj, fp, options)
-    elif isinstance(obj, list) or isinstance(obj, tuple):
+    elif isinstance(obj, (list, tuple)):
         _pack_array(obj, fp, options)
     elif isinstance(obj, dict):
         _pack_map(obj, fp, options)
@@ -536,10 +612,20 @@ def _pack3(obj, fp, **options):
             _pack_ext(ext_handlers[t](obj), fp, options)
         else:
             raise UnsupportedTypeException(
-                "unsupported type: %s" % str(type(obj)))
+                "unsupported type: {:s}".format(str(type(obj))))
+    elif _ext_class_to_type:
+        # Linear search for superclass
+        t = next((t for t in _ext_class_to_type if isinstance(obj, t)), None)
+        if t:
+            try:
+                _pack_ext(Ext(_ext_class_to_type[t], obj.packb()), fp, options)
+            except AttributeError:
+                raise NotImplementedError("Ext serializable class {:s} is missing implementation of packb()".format(repr(t)))
+        else:
+            raise UnsupportedTypeException("unsupported type: {:s}".format(str(type(obj))))
     else:
         raise UnsupportedTypeException(
-            "unsupported type: %s" % str(type(obj)))
+            "unsupported type: {:s}".format(str(type(obj))))
 
 
 def _packb2(obj, **options):
@@ -613,9 +699,20 @@ def _packb3(obj, **options):
 
 
 def _read_except(fp, n):
+    if n == 0:
+        return b""
+
     data = fp.read(n)
-    if len(data) < n:
+    if len(data) == 0:
         raise InsufficientDataException()
+
+    while len(data) < n:
+        chunk = fp.read(n - len(data))
+        if len(chunk) == 0:
+            raise InsufficientDataException()
+
+        data += chunk
+
     return data
 
 
@@ -640,21 +737,21 @@ def _unpack_integer(code, fp, options):
         return struct.unpack(">I", _read_except(fp, 4))[0]
     elif code == b'\xcf':
         return struct.unpack(">Q", _read_except(fp, 8))[0]
-    raise Exception("logic error, not int: 0x%02x" % ord(code))
+    raise Exception("logic error, not int: 0x{:02x}".format(ord(code)))
 
 
 def _unpack_reserved(code, fp, options):
     if code == b'\xc1':
         raise ReservedCodeException(
-            "encountered reserved code: 0x%02x" % ord(code))
+            "encountered reserved code: 0x{:02x}".format(ord(code)))
     raise Exception(
-        "logic error, not reserved code: 0x%02x" % ord(code))
+        "logic error, not reserved code: 0x{:02x}".format(ord(code)))
 
 
 def _unpack_nil(code, fp, options):
     if code == b'\xc0':
         return None
-    raise Exception("logic error, not nil: 0x%02x" % ord(code))
+    raise Exception("logic error, not nil: 0x{:02x}".format(ord(code)))
 
 
 def _unpack_boolean(code, fp, options):
@@ -662,7 +759,7 @@ def _unpack_boolean(code, fp, options):
         return False
     elif code == b'\xc3':
         return True
-    raise Exception("logic error, not boolean: 0x%02x" % ord(code))
+    raise Exception("logic error, not boolean: 0x{:02x}".format(ord(code)))
 
 
 def _unpack_float(code, fp, options):
@@ -670,7 +767,7 @@ def _unpack_float(code, fp, options):
         return struct.unpack(">f", _read_except(fp, 4))[0]
     elif code == b'\xcb':
         return struct.unpack(">d", _read_except(fp, 8))[0]
-    raise Exception("logic error, not float: 0x%02x" % ord(code))
+    raise Exception("logic error, not float: 0x{:02x}".format(ord(code)))
 
 
 def _unpack_string(code, fp, options):
@@ -683,7 +780,7 @@ def _unpack_string(code, fp, options):
     elif code == b'\xdb':
         length = struct.unpack(">I", _read_except(fp, 4))[0]
     else:
-        raise Exception("logic error, not string: 0x%02x" % ord(code))
+        raise Exception("logic error, not string: 0x{:02x}".format(ord(code)))
 
     # Always return raw bytes in compatibility mode
     global compatibility
@@ -707,7 +804,7 @@ def _unpack_binary(code, fp, options):
     elif code == b'\xc6':
         length = struct.unpack(">I", _read_except(fp, 4))[0]
     else:
-        raise Exception("logic error, not binary: 0x%02x" % ord(code))
+        raise Exception("logic error, not binary: 0x{:02x}".format(ord(code)))
 
     return _read_except(fp, length)
 
@@ -730,43 +827,48 @@ def _unpack_ext(code, fp, options):
     elif code == b'\xc9':
         length = struct.unpack(">I", _read_except(fp, 4))[0]
     else:
-        raise Exception("logic error, not ext: 0x%02x" % ord(code))
+        raise Exception("logic error, not ext: 0x{:02x}".format(ord(code)))
 
     ext_type = struct.unpack("b", _read_except(fp, 1))[0]
     ext_data = _read_except(fp, length)
 
-    # Create extension object
-    ext = Ext(ext_type, ext_data)
-
     # Unpack with ext handler, if we have one
     ext_handlers = options.get("ext_handlers")
-    if ext_handlers and ext.type in ext_handlers:
-        return ext_handlers[ext.type](ext)
+    if ext_handlers and ext_type in ext_handlers:
+        return ext_handlers[ext_type](Ext(ext_type, ext_data))
+
+    # Unpack with ext classes, if type is registered
+    if ext_type in _ext_type_to_class:
+        try:
+            return _ext_type_to_class[ext_type].unpackb(ext_data)
+        except AttributeError:
+            raise NotImplementedError("Ext serializable class {:s} is missing implementation of unpackb()".format(repr(_ext_type_to_class[ext_type])))
 
     # Timestamp extension
-    if ext.type == -1:
-        return _unpack_ext_timestamp(ext, options)
+    if ext_type == -1:
+        return _unpack_ext_timestamp(ext_data, options)
 
-    return ext
+    return Ext(ext_type, ext_data)
 
 
-def _unpack_ext_timestamp(ext, options):
-    if len(ext.data) == 4:
+def _unpack_ext_timestamp(ext_data, options):
+    obj_len = len(ext_data)
+    if obj_len == 4:
         # 32-bit timestamp
-        seconds = struct.unpack(">I", ext.data)[0]
+        seconds = struct.unpack(">I", ext_data)[0]
         microseconds = 0
-    elif len(ext.data) == 8:
+    elif obj_len == 8:
         # 64-bit timestamp
-        value = struct.unpack(">Q", ext.data)[0]
+        value = struct.unpack(">Q", ext_data)[0]
         seconds = value & 0x3ffffffff
         microseconds = (value >> 34) // 1000
-    elif len(ext.data) == 12:
+    elif obj_len == 12:
         # 96-bit timestamp
-        seconds = struct.unpack(">q", ext.data[4:12])[0]
-        microseconds = struct.unpack(">I", ext.data[0:4])[0] // 1000
+        seconds = struct.unpack(">q", ext_data[4:12])[0]
+        microseconds = struct.unpack(">I", ext_data[0:4])[0] // 1000
     else:
         raise UnsupportedTimestampException(
-            "unsupported timestamp with data length %d" % len(ext.data))
+            "unsupported timestamp with data length {:d}".format(len(ext_data)))
 
     return _epoch + datetime.timedelta(seconds=seconds,
                                        microseconds=microseconds)
@@ -780,7 +882,10 @@ def _unpack_array(code, fp, options):
     elif code == b'\xdd':
         length = struct.unpack(">I", _read_except(fp, 4))[0]
     else:
-        raise Exception("logic error, not array: 0x%02x" % ord(code))
+        raise Exception("logic error, not array: 0x{:02x}".format(ord(code)))
+
+    if options.get('use_tuple'):
+        return tuple((_unpack(fp, options) for i in xrange(length)))
 
     return [_unpack(fp, options) for i in xrange(length)]
 
@@ -799,10 +904,9 @@ def _unpack_map(code, fp, options):
     elif code == b'\xdf':
         length = struct.unpack(">I", _read_except(fp, 4))[0]
     else:
-        raise Exception("logic error, not map: 0x%02x" % ord(code))
+        raise Exception("logic error, not map: 0x{:02x}".format(ord(code)))
 
-    d = {} if not options.get('use_ordered_dict') \
-        else collections.OrderedDict()
+    d = {} if not options.get('use_ordered_dict') else collections.OrderedDict()
     for _ in xrange(length):
         # Unpack key
         k = _unpack(fp, options)
@@ -810,12 +914,12 @@ def _unpack_map(code, fp, options):
         if isinstance(k, list):
             # Attempt to convert list into a hashable tuple
             k = _deep_list_to_tuple(k)
-        elif not isinstance(k, collections.Hashable):
+        elif not isinstance(k, Hashable):
             raise UnhashableKeyException(
-                "encountered unhashable key: %s, %s" % (str(k), str(type(k))))
+                "encountered unhashable key: \"{:s}\" ({:s})".format(str(k), str(type(k))))
         elif k in d:
             raise DuplicateKeyException(
-                "encountered duplicate key: %s, %s" % (str(k), str(type(k))))
+                "encountered duplicate key: \"{:s}\" ({:s})".format(str(k), str(type(k))))
 
         # Unpack value
         v = _unpack(fp, options)
@@ -824,7 +928,7 @@ def _unpack_map(code, fp, options):
             d[k] = v
         except TypeError:
             raise UnhashableKeyException(
-                "encountered unhashable key: %s" % str(k))
+                "encountered unhashable key: \"{:s}\"".format(str(k)))
     return d
 
 
@@ -848,6 +952,8 @@ def _unpack2(fp, **options):
                              Ext into an object
         use_ordered_dict (bool): unpack maps into OrderedDict, instead of
                                  unordered dict (default False)
+        use_tuple (bool): unpacks arrays into tuples, instead of lists (default
+                          False)
         allow_invalid_utf8 (bool): unpack invalid strings into instances of
                                    InvalidString, for access to the bytes
                                    (default False)
@@ -892,6 +998,8 @@ def _unpack3(fp, **options):
                              Ext into an object
         use_ordered_dict (bool): unpack maps into OrderedDict, instead of
                                  unordered dict (default False)
+        use_tuple (bool): unpacks arrays into tuples, instead of lists (default
+                          False)
         allow_invalid_utf8 (bool): unpack invalid strings into instances of
                                    InvalidString, for access to the bytes
                                    (default False)
@@ -937,6 +1045,8 @@ def _unpackb2(s, **options):
                              Ext into an object
         use_ordered_dict (bool): unpack maps into OrderedDict, instead of
                                  unordered dict (default False)
+        use_tuple (bool): unpacks arrays into tuples, instead of lists (default
+                          False)
         allow_invalid_utf8 (bool): unpack invalid strings into instances of
                                    InvalidString, for access to the bytes
                                    (default False)
@@ -985,6 +1095,8 @@ def _unpackb3(s, **options):
                              Ext into an object
         use_ordered_dict (bool): unpack maps into OrderedDict, instead of
                                  unordered dict (default False)
+        use_tuple (bool): unpacks arrays into tuples, instead of lists (default
+                          False)
         allow_invalid_utf8 (bool): unpack invalid strings into instances of
                                    InvalidString, for access to the bytes
                                    (default False)
@@ -1045,9 +1157,21 @@ def __init():
     if sys.version_info[0] == 3:
         _utc_tzinfo = datetime.timezone.utc
     else:
-        _utc_tzinfo = None
+        class UTC(datetime.tzinfo):
+            ZERO = datetime.timedelta(0)
 
-    # Calculate epoch datetime
+            def utcoffset(self, dt):
+                return UTC.ZERO
+
+            def tzname(self, dt):
+                return "UTC"
+
+            def dst(self, dt):
+                return UTC.ZERO
+
+        _utc_tzinfo = UTC()
+
+    # Calculate an aware epoch datetime
     _epoch = datetime.datetime(1970, 1, 1, tzinfo=_utc_tzinfo)
 
     # Auto-detect system float precision

docs/manual/.buildinfo

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Sphinx build info version 1
 # This file hashes the configuration used when building these files. When it is not found, a full rebuild will be done.
-config: ca50760ac810704080bd9b8fd39823dc
+config: 8cd01657672a2b3a4d1c8ecc92b32a11
 tags: 645f666f9bcd5a90fca523b33c5a78b7

docs/manual/_sources/examples.rst.txt

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 .. _examples-main:
 
-********
-Examples
-********
+*************
+Code Examples
+*************
+
 A number of examples are included in the source distribution of Reticulum.
 You can use these examples to learn how to write your own programs.
 

docs/manual/_sources/gettingstartedfast.rst.txt

@@ -6,29 +6,69 @@ The best way to get started with the Reticulum Network Stack depends on what
 you want to do. This guide will outline sensible starting paths for different
 scenarios.
 
+
 Try Using a Reticulum-based Program
 =============================================
 If you simply want to try using a program built with Reticulum, you can take
 a look at `Nomad Network <https://github.com/markqvist/nomadnet>`_, which
-provides a basic encrypted communications suite built completely on Reticulum.
+provides a complete encrypted communications suite built with Reticulum.
 
 .. image:: screenshots/nomadnet_3.png
     :target: _images/nomadnet_3.png
 
 `Nomad Network <https://github.com/markqvist/nomadnet>`_ is a user-facing client
-in the development for the messaging and information-sharing protocol
+for the messaging and information-sharing protocol
 `LXMF <https://github.com/markqvist/lxmf>`_, another project built with Reticulum.
 
 You can install Nomad Network via pip:
 
 .. code::
 
-   # Install
+   # Install ...
    pip3 install nomadnet
 
-   # And run
+   # ... and run
    nomadnet
 
+**Please Note**: If this is the very first time you use pip to install a program
+on your system, you might need to reboot your system for your program to become
+available. If you get a "command not found" error or similar when running the
+program, reboot your system and try again.
+
+
+Using the Included Utilities
+=============================================
+Reticulum comes with a range of included utilities that make it easier to
+manage your network, check connectivity and make Reticulum available to other
+programs on your system.
+
+You can use ``rnsd`` to run Reticulum as a background or foreground service,
+and the ``rnstatus``, ``rnpath`` and ``rnprobe`` utilities to view and query
+network status and connectivity.
+
+To learn more about these utility programs, have a look at the
+:ref:`Using Reticulum on Your System<using-main>` chapter of this manual.
+
+
+Creating a Network With Reticulum
+=============================================
+To create a network, you will need to specify one or more *interfaces* for
+Reticulum to use. This is done in the Reticulum configuration file, which by
+default is located at ``~/.reticulum/config``. You can edit this file by hand,
+or use the interactive ``rnsconfig`` utility. 
+
+When Reticulum is started for the first time, it will create a default
+configuration file, with one active interface. This default interface uses
+your existing ethernet network (if there is one), and only allows you to
+communicate with other Reticulum peers within your local broadcast domain.
+
+To communicate further, you will have to add one or more interfaces. The default
+configuration includes a number of examples, ranging from using TCP over the
+internet, to LoRa and Packet Radio interfaces.
+
+Possibly, the examples in the config file are enough to get you started. If
+you want more information, you can read the :ref:`Building Networks<networks-main>`
+and :ref:`Interfaces<interfaces-main>` chapters of this manual.
 
 
 Develop a Program with Reticulum
@@ -44,6 +84,13 @@ The above command will install Reticulum and dependencies, and you will be
 ready to import and use RNS in your own programs. The next step will most
 likely be to look at some :ref:`Example Programs<examples-main>`.
 
+For extended functionality, you can install optional dependencies:
+
+.. code::
+
+   pip3 install pyserial netifaces
+
+
 Further information can be found in the :ref:`API Reference<api-main>`.
 
 
@@ -56,7 +103,7 @@ don't use pip, but try this recipe:
 .. code::
 
     # Install dependencies
-    pip3 install cryptography pyserial
+    pip3 install cryptography pyserial netifaces
 
     # Clone repository
     git clone https://github.com/markqvist/Reticulum.git
@@ -87,4 +134,66 @@ don't use pip, but try this recipe:
     python3 Examples/Filetransfer.py -h
 
 When you have experimented with the basic examples, it's time to go read the
-:ref:`Understanding Reticulum<understanding-main>` chapter.
+:ref:`Understanding Reticulum<understanding-main>` chapter.
+
+
+Reticulum on ARM64
+==============================================
+On some architectures, including ARM64, not all dependencies have precompiled
+binaries. On such systems, you will need to install ``python3-dev`` before
+installing Reticulum or programs that depend on Reticulum.
+
+.. code::
+
+   # Install Python and development packages
+   sudo apt update
+   sudo apt install python3 python3-pip python3-dev
+
+   # Install Reticulum
+   python3 -m pip install rns
+
+
+Reticulum on Android
+==============================================
+Reticulum can be used on Android in different ways. The easiest way to get
+started is using the `Termux app <https://termux.com/>`_, at the time of writing
+available on `F-droid <https://f-droid.org>`_.
+
+Termux is a terminal emulator and Linux environment for Android based devices,
+which includes the ability to use many different programs and libraries,
+including Reticulum.
+
+Since the Python cryptography.io module does not offer pre-built wheels for
+Android, the standard one-line install of Reticulum does not work on Android,
+and a few extra commands are required.
+
+From within Termux, execute the following:
+
+.. code::
+
+    # First, make sure indexes and packages are up to date.
+    pkg update
+    pkg upgrade
+
+    # Then install dependencies for the cryptography library.
+    pkg install python build-essential openssl libffi rust
+
+    # Make sure pip is up to date, and install the wheel module.
+    pip3 install wheel pip --upgrade
+
+    # To allow the installer to build the cryptography module,
+    # we need to let it know what platform we are compiling for:
+    export CARGO_BUILD_TARGET="aarch64-linux-android"
+
+    # Start the install process for the cryptography module.
+    # Depending on your device, this can take several minutes,
+    # since the module must be compiled locally on your device.
+    pip3 install cryptography
+
+    # If the above installation succeeds, you can now install
+    # Reticulum and any related software
+    pip3 install rns
+
+It is also possible to include Reticulum in apps compiled and distributed as
+Android APKs. A detailed tutorial and example source code will be included
+here at a later point.

docs/manual/_sources/index.rst.txt

@@ -2,14 +2,17 @@
 Reticulum Network Stack Manual
 ******************************
 This manual aims to provide you with all the information you need to
-understand Reticulum, develop programs using it, or to participate in
-the development of Reticulum itself.
+understand Reticulum, build networks or develop programs using it, or
+to participate in the development of Reticulum itself.
 
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 3
 
    whatis
    gettingstartedfast
+   using
+   networks
+   interfaces
    understanding
    reference
    examples

docs/manual/_sources/interfaces.rst.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,549 @@
+
+.. _interfaces-main:
+
+********************
+Supported Interfaces
+********************
+
+Reticulum supports using many kinds of devices as networking interfaces, and
+allows you to mix and match them in any way you choose. The number of distinct
+network topologies you can create with Reticulum is more or less endless, but
+common to them all is that you will need to define one or more *interfaces*
+for Reticulum to use.
+
+The following sections describe the interfaces currently available in Reticulum,
+and gives example configurations for the respective interface types.
+
+For a high-level overview of how networks can be formed over different interface
+types, have a look at the :ref:`Building Networks<networks-main>` chapter of this
+manual.
+
+.. _interfaces-auto:
+
+Auto Interface
+==============
+
+The Auto Interface enables communication with other discoverable Reticulum
+nodes over autoconfigured IPv6 and UDP. It does not need any functional IP
+infrastructure like routers or DHCP servers, but will require at least some
+sort of switching medium between peers (a wired switch, a hub, a WiFi access
+point or similar), and that link-local IPv6 is enabled in your operating
+system, which should be enabled by default in almost all OSes.
+
+.. code::
+
+  # This example demonstrates a TCP server interface.
+  # It will listen for incoming connections on the
+  # specified IP address and port number.
+  
+  [[Default Interface]]
+    type = AutoInterface
+    interface_enabled = True
+
+    # You can create multiple isolated Reticulum
+    # networks on the same physical LAN by
+    # specifying different Group IDs.
+
+    group_id = reticulum
+
+    # You can also select specifically which
+    # kernel networking devices to use.
+
+    devices = wlan0,eth1
+
+    # Or let AutoInterface use all suitable
+    # devices except for a list of ignored ones.
+
+    ignored_devices = tun0,eth0
+
+
+If you are connected to the Internet with IPv6, and your provider will route
+IPv6 multicast, you can potentially configure the Auto Interface to globally
+autodiscover other Reticulum nodes within your selected Group ID. You can specify
+the discovery scope by setting it to one of ``link``, ``admin``, ``site``,
+``organisation`` or ``global``.
+
+.. code::
+  
+  [[Default Interface]]
+    type = AutoInterface
+    interface_enabled = True
+
+    # Configure global discovery
+
+    group_id = custom_network_name
+    discovery_scope = global
+
+    # Other configuration options
+
+    discovery_port = 48555
+    data_port = 49555
+
+
+.. _interfaces-i2p:
+
+I2P Interface
+=============
+
+The I2P interface lets you connect Reticulum instances over the
+`Invisible Internet Protocol <https://i2pd.website>`_. This can be
+especially useful in cases where you want to host a globally reachable
+Reticulum instance, but do not have access to any public IP addresses,
+have a frequently changing IP address, or have firewalls blocking
+inbound traffic.
+
+Using the I2P interface, you will get a globally reachable, portable
+and persistent I2P address that your Reticulum instance can be reached
+at.
+
+To use the I2P interface, you must have an I2P router running
+on your system. The easiest way to acheive this is to download and
+install the `latest release <https://github.com/PurpleI2P/i2pd/releases/latest>`_
+of the ``ì2pd`` package. For more details about I2P, see the
+`geti2p.net website <https://geti2p.net/en/about/intro>`_.`
+
+When an I2P router is running on your system, you can simply add
+an I2P interface to reticulum:
+
+.. code::
+
+  [[I2P]]
+    type = I2PInterface
+    interface_enabled = yes
+    connectable = yes
+
+On the first start, Reticulum will generate a new I2P address for the
+interface and start listening for inbound traffic on it. This can take
+a while the first time, especially if your I2P router was also just
+started, and is not yet well-connected to the I2P network. When ready,
+you should see I2P base32 address printed to your log file. You can
+also inspect the status of the interface using the ``rnstatus`` utility.
+
+To connect to other Reticulum instances over I2P, just add a comma-separated
+list of I2P base32 addresses to the ``peers`` option of the interface:
+
+.. code::
+
+  [[I2P]]
+    type = I2PInterface
+    interface_enabled = yes
+    connectable = yes
+    peers = 5urvjicpzi7q3ybztsef4i5ow2aq4soktfj7zedz53s47r54jnqq.b32.i2p
+
+It can take anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes to establish
+I2P connections to the desired peers, so Reticulum handles the process
+in the background, and will output relevant events to the log.
+
+**Please Note!** While the I2P interface is the simplest way to use
+Reticulum over I2P, it is also possible to tunnel the TCP server and
+client interfaces over I2P manually. This can be useful in situations
+where more control is needed, but requires manual tunnel setup through
+the I2P daemon configuration.
+
+It is important to note that the two methods are *interchangably compatible*.
+You can use the I2PInterface to connect to a TCPServerInterface that
+was manually tunneled over I2P, for example. This offers a high degree
+of flexibility in network setup, while retaining ease of use in simpler
+use-cases.
+
+
+.. _interfaces-tcps:
+
+TCP Server Interface
+====================
+
+The TCP Server interface is suitable for allowing other peers to connect over
+the Internet or private IP networks. When a TCP server interface has been
+configured, other Reticulum peers can connect to it with a TCP Client interface.
+
+.. code::
+
+  # This example demonstrates a TCP server interface.
+  # It will listen for incoming connections on the
+  # specified IP address and port number.
+  
+  [[TCP Server Interface]]
+    type = TCPServerInterface
+    interface_enabled = True
+
+    # This configuration will listen on all IP
+    # interfaces on port 4242
+    
+    listen_ip = 0.0.0.0
+    listen_port = 4242
+
+    # Alternatively you can bind to a specific IP
+    
+    # listen_ip = 10.0.0.88
+    # listen_port = 4242
+
+    # Or a specific network device
+    
+    # device = eth0
+    # port = 4242
+
+**Please Note!** The TCP interfaces support tunneling over I2P, but to do so reliably,
+you must use the i2p_tunneled option:
+
+.. code::
+
+  [[TCP Server on I2P]]
+      type = TCPServerInterface
+      interface_enabled = yes
+      listen_ip = 127.0.0.1
+      listen_port = 5001
+      i2p_tunneled = yes
+
+.. _interfaces-tcpc:
+
+TCP Client Interface
+====================
+
+To connect to a TCP server interface, you would naturally use the TCP client
+interface. Many TCP Client interfaces from different peers can connect to the
+same TCP Server interface at the same time.
+
+.. code::
+
+  # Here's an example of a TCP Client interface. The
+  # target_host can either be an IP address or a hostname.
+
+  [[TCP Client Interface]]
+    type = TCPClientInterface
+    interface_enabled = True
+    target_host = 127.0.0.1
+    target_port = 4242
+
+It is also possible to use this interface type to connect via other programs
+or hardware devices that expose a KISS interface on a TCP port, for example
+software-based soundmodems. To do this, use the ``kiss_framing`` option:
+
+.. code::
+
+  # Here's an example of a TCP Client interface that connects
+  # to a software TNC soundmodem on a KISS over TCP port.
+
+  [[TCP KISS Interface]]
+    type = TCPClientInterface
+    interface_enabled = True
+    kiss_framing = True
+    target_host = 127.0.0.1
+    target_port = 8001
+
+**Caution!** Only use the KISS framing option when connecting to external devices
+and programs like soundmodems and similar over TCP. When using the
+``TCPClientInterface`` in conjunction with the ``TCPServerInterface`` you should
+never enable ``kiss_framing``, since this will disable internal reliability and
+recovery mechanisms that greatly improves performance over unreliable and
+intermittent TCP links.
+
+**Please Note!** The TCP interfaces support tunneling over I2P, but to do so reliably,
+you must use the i2p_tunneled option:
+
+.. code::
+
+  [[TCP Client over I2P]]
+      type = TCPClientInterface
+      interface_enabled = yes
+      target_host = 127.0.0.1
+      target_port = 5001
+      i2p_tunneled = yes
+
+
+.. _interfaces-udp:
+
+UDP Interface
+=============
+
+A UDP interface can be useful for communicating over IP networks, both
+private and the internet. It can also allow broadcast communication
+over IP networks, so it can provide an easy way to enable connectivity
+with all other peers on a local area network.
+
+*Please Note!* Using broadcast UDP traffic has performance implications,
+especially on WiFi. If your goal is simply to enable easy communication
+with all peers in your local ethernet broadcast domain, the
+:ref:`Auto Interface<interfaces-auto>` performs better, and is just as
+easy to use.
+
+The below example is enabled by default on new Reticulum installations,
+as it provides an easy way to get started and to test Reticulum on a
+pre-existing LAN.
+
+.. code::
+
+  # This example enables communication with other
+  # local Reticulum peers over UDP.
+  
+  [[Default UDP Interface]]
+    type = UDPInterface
+    interface_enabled = True
+
+    listen_ip = 0.0.0.0
+    listen_port = 4242
+    forward_ip = 255.255.255.255
+    forward_port = 4242
+
+    # The above configuration will allow communication
+    # within the local broadcast domains of all local
+    # IP interfaces.
+
+    # Instead of specifying listen_ip, listen_port,
+    # forward_ip and forward_port, you can also bind
+    # to a specific network device like below.
+
+    # device = eth0
+    # port = 4242
+
+    # Assuming the eth0 device has the address
+    # 10.55.0.72/24, the above configuration would
+    # be equivalent to the following manual setup.
+    # Note that we are both listening and forwarding to
+    # the broadcast address of the network segments.
+
+    # listen_ip = 10.55.0.255
+    # listen_port = 4242
+    # forward_ip = 10.55.0.255
+    # forward_port = 4242
+
+    # You can of course also communicate only with
+    # a single IP address
+
+    # listen_ip = 10.55.0.15
+    # listen_port = 4242
+    # forward_ip = 10.55.0.16
+    # forward_port = 4242
+
+
+.. _interfaces-rnode:
+
+RNode LoRa Interface
+====================
+
+To use Reticulum over LoRa, the `RNode <https://unsigned.io/rnode/>`_ interface
+can be used, and offers full control over LoRa parameters.
+
+.. code::
+
+  # Here's an example of how to add a LoRa interface
+  # using the RNode LoRa transceiver.
+
+  [[RNode LoRa Interface]]
+    type = RNodeInterface
+
+    # Enable interface if you want use it!
+    interface_enabled = True
+
+    # Serial port for the device
+    port = /dev/ttyUSB0
+
+    # Set frequency to 867.2 MHz
+    frequency = 867200000
+
+    # Set LoRa bandwidth to 125 KHz
+    bandwidth = 125000
+
+    # Set TX power to 7 dBm (5 mW)
+    txpower = 7
+
+    # Select spreading factor 8. Valid 
+    # range is 7 through 12, with 7
+    # being the fastest and 12 having
+    # the longest range.
+    spreadingfactor = 8
+
+    # Select coding rate 5. Valid range
+    # is 5 throough 8, with 5 being the
+    # fastest, and 8 the longest range.
+    codingrate = 5
+
+    # You can configure the RNode to send
+    # out identification on the channel with
+    # a set interval by configuring the
+    # following two parameters.
+    # id_callsign = MYCALL-0
+    # id_interval = 600
+
+    # For certain homebrew RNode interfaces
+    # with low amounts of RAM, using packet
+    # flow control can be useful. By default
+    # it is disabled.
+    flow_control = False
+
+.. _interfaces-serial:
+
+Serial Interface
+================
+
+Reticulum can be used over serial ports directly, or over any device with a
+serial port, that will transparently pass data. Useful for communicating
+directly over a wire-pair, or for using devices such as data radios and lasers.
+
+.. code::
+
+  [[Serial Interface]]
+    type = SerialInterface
+    interface_enabled = True
+
+    # Serial port for the device
+    port = /dev/ttyUSB0
+
+    # Set the serial baud-rate and other
+    # configuration parameters.
+    speed = 115200
+    databits = 8
+    parity = none
+    stopbits = 1
+
+.. _interfaces-kiss:
+
+KISS Interface
+==============
+
+With the KISS interface, you can use Reticulum over a variety of packet
+radio modems and TNCs, including `OpenModem <https://unsigned.io/openmodem/>`_.
+KISS interfaces can also be configured to periodically send out beacons
+for station identification purposes.
+
+.. code::
+
+  [[Packet Radio KISS Interface]]
+    type = KISSInterface
+    interface_enabled = True
+
+    # Serial port for the device
+    port = /dev/ttyUSB1
+
+    # Set the serial baud-rate and other
+    # configuration parameters.
+    speed = 115200    
+    databits = 8
+    parity = none
+    stopbits = 1
+
+    # Set the modem preamble.
+    preamble = 150
+
+    # Set the modem TX tail.
+    txtail = 10
+
+    # Configure CDMA parameters. These
+    # settings are reasonable defaults.
+    persistence = 200
+    slottime = 20
+
+    # You can configure the interface to send
+    # out identification on the channel with
+    # a set interval by configuring the
+    # following two parameters. The KISS
+    # interface will only ID if the set
+    # interval has elapsed since it's last
+    # actual transmission. The interval is
+    # configured in seconds.
+    # This option is commented out and not
+    # used by default.
+    # id_callsign = MYCALL-0
+    # id_interval = 600
+
+    # Whether to use KISS flow-control.
+    # This is useful for modems that have
+    # a small internal packet buffer, but
+    # support packet flow control instead.
+    flow_control = false
+
+.. _interfaces-ax25:
+
+AX.25 KISS Interface
+====================
+
+If you're using Reticulum on amateur radio spectrum, you might want to
+use the AX.25 KISS interface. This way, Reticulum will automatically
+encapsulate it's traffic in AX.25 and also identify your stations
+transmissions with your callsign and SSID. 
+
+Only do this if you really need to! Reticulum doesn't need the AX.25
+layer for anything, and it incurs extra overhead on every packet to
+encapsulate in AX.25.
+
+A more efficient way is to use the plain KISS interface with the
+beaconing functionality described above.
+
+.. code::
+
+  [[Packet Radio AX.25 KISS Interface]]
+    type = AX25KISSInterface
+
+    # Set the station callsign and SSID
+    callsign = NO1CLL
+    ssid = 0
+
+    # Enable interface if you want use it!
+    interface_enabled = True
+
+    # Serial port for the device
+    port = /dev/ttyUSB2
+
+    # Set the serial baud-rate and other
+    # configuration parameters.
+    speed = 115200    
+    databits = 8
+    parity = none
+    stopbits = 1
+
+    # Set the modem preamble. A 150ms
+    # preamble should be a reasonable
+    # default, but may need to be
+    # increased for radios with slow-
+    # opening squelch and long TX/RX
+    # turnaround
+    preamble = 150
+
+    # Set the modem TX tail. In most
+    # cases this should be kept as low
+    # as possible to not waste airtime.
+    txtail = 10
+
+    # Configure CDMA parameters. These
+    # settings are reasonable defaults.
+    persistence = 200
+    slottime = 20
+
+    # Whether to use KISS flow-control.
+    # This is useful for modems with a
+    # small internal packet buffer.
+    flow_control = false
+
+
+.. _interfaces-options:
+
+Common Interface Options
+========================
+
+A number of general options can be used to control various
+aspects of interface behaviour.
+
+The ``interface_enabled`` option tells Reticulum whether or not
+to bring up the interface. Defaults to ``False``. For any
+interface to be brought up, the ``interface_enabled`` option
+must be set to ``True`` or ``Yes``.
+
+The ``outgoing`` option sets whether an interface is allowed
+to transmit. Defaults to ``True``. If set to ``False`` the
+interface will only receive data, and never transmit.
+
+The ``interface_mode`` option allows selecting the high-level
+behaviour of the interface from a number of options.
+
+ - The default value is ``full``. In this mode, all discovery,
+   meshing and transpor functionality is available.
+
+ - In the ``access_point`` (or shorthand ``ap``) mode, the
+   interface will operate as a network access point. In this
+   mode, announces will not be automatically broadcasted on
+   the interface, and paths to destinations on the interface
+   will have a much shorter expiry time. This mode is useful
+   for creating interfaces that are mostly quiet, unless when
+   someone is actually using them. An example of this could
+   be a radio interface serving a wide area, where users are
+   expected to connect momentarily, use the network, and then
+   disappear again.

docs/manual/_sources/networks.rst.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+.. _networks-main:
+
+*****************
+Building Networks
+*****************
+
+This chapter will provide you with the knowledge needed to build networks with
+Reticulum, which can often be easier than using traditional stacks, since you
+don't have to worry about coordinating addresses, subnets and routing for an
+entire network that you might not know how will evolve in the future. With
+Reticulum, you can simply add more segments to your network when it becomes
+necesarry, and Reticulum will handle the convergence of the entire network
+automatically.
+
+Concepts & Overview
+--------------------
+
+There are important points that need to be kept in mind when building networks
+with Reticulum:
+
+ * | In a Reticulum network, any node can autonomously generate as many adresses
+     (called *destinations* in Reticulum terminology) as it needs, which become
+     globally reachable to the rest of the network. There is no central point of
+     control over the adress space.
+
+ * | Reticulum was designed to handle both very small, and very large networks.
+     While the adress space can support billions of endpoints, Reticulum is
+     also very useful when just a few devices needs to communicate.
+
+ * | Reticulum provides sender/initiator anonymity by default. There is no way
+     to filter traffic or discriminate it based on the source of the traffic.
+
+ * | All traffic is encrypted using ephemeral keys generated by an Elliptic Curve
+     Diffie-Hellman key exchange on Curve25519. There is no way to inspect traffic
+     contents, and no way to prioritise or throttle certain kinds of traffic.
+     All transport and routing layers are thus completely agnostic to traffic type,
+     and will pass all traffic equally.
+
+ * | Reticulum can function both with and without infrastructure. When *transport
+     nodes* are available, they can route traffic over multiple hops for other
+     nodes, and will function as a distributed cryptographic keystore. When there
+     is no transport nodes available, all nodes that are within communication range
+     can still communicate.
+
+ * | Every node can become a transport node, simply by enabling it in it's
+     configuration, but there is no need for every node on the network to be a
+     transport node. Letting every node be a transport node will in most cases
+     degrade the performance and reliability of the network.
+
+     In general terms, if a node is stationary, well-connected and kept running
+     most of the time, it is a good candidate to be a transport node. For optimal
+     performance, a network should contain the amount of transport nodes that
+     provides connectivity to the intended area / topography, and not many more
+     than that. 
+
+
+Reticulum allows you to mix very different kinds of networking mediums into a
+unified mesh, or to keep everything within one medium. You could build a "virtual
+network" running entirely over the Internet, where all nodes communicate over TCP
+and UDP "channels". You could also build such a network using MQTT or ZeroMQ as
+the underlying carrier for Reticulum.
+
+However, most real-world networks will probably involve either some form of
+wireless or direct hardline communications. To allow Reticulum to communicate
+over any type of medium, you must specify it in the configuration file, by default
+located at ``~/.reticulum/config``. See the :ref:`Supported Interfaces<interfaces-main>`
+chapter of this manual for interface configuration examples.
+
+Any number of interfaces can be configured, and Reticulum will automatically
+decide which are suitable to use in any given situation, depending on where
+traffic needs to flow.
+
+Example Scenarios
+-----------------
+
+This section illustrates a few example scenarios, and how they would, in general
+terms, be planned, implemented and configured.
+
+Interconnected LoRa Sites
+=========================
+
+An organisation wants to provide communication and information services to it's
+members, which are located mainly in three separate areas. Three suitable hill-top
+locations are found, where the organisation can install equipment: Site A, B and C.
+
+Since the amount of data that needs to be exchanged between users is mainly text-
+based, the bandwidth requirements are low, and LoRa radios are chosen to connect
+users to the network.
+
+Due to the hill-top locations found, there is radio line-of-sight between site A
+and B, and also between site B and C. Because of this, the organisation does not
+need to use the Internet to interconnect the sites, but purchases four Point-to-Point
+WiFi based radios for interconnecting the sites.
+
+At each site, a Raspberry Pi is installed to function as a gateway. A LoRa radio
+is connected to the Pi with a USB cable, and the WiFi radio is connected to the
+ethernet port of the Pi. At site B, two WiFi radios are needed to be able to reach
+both site A and site C, so an extra ethernet adapter is connected to the Pi in
+this location.
+
+Once the hardware has been installed, Reticulum is installed on all the Pis, and at
+site A and C, one interface is added for the LoRa radio, as well as one for the WiFi
+radio. At site B, an interface for the LoRa radio, and one interface for each WiFi
+radio is added to the Reticulum configuration file. The transport node option is
+enabled in the configuration of all three gateways.
+
+The network is now operational, and ready to serve users across all three areas.
+The organisation prepares a LoRa radio that is supplied to the end users, along
+with a Reticulum configuration file, that contains the right parameters for
+communicating with the LoRa radios installed at the gateway sites.
+
+Once users connect to the network, anyone will be able to communicate with anyone
+else across all three sites.
+
+Bridging Over the Internet
+==========================
+
+As the organisation grows, several new communities form in places too far away
+from the core network to be reachable over WiFi links. New gateways similar to those
+previously installed are set up for the new communities at the new sites D and E, but
+they are islanded from the core network, and only serve the local users.
+
+After investigating the options, it is found that it is possible to install an
+Internet connection at site A, and an interface on the Internet connection is
+configured for Reticulum on the Raspberry Pi at site A.
+
+A member of the organisation at site D, named Dori, is willing to help by sharing
+the Internet connection she already has in her home, and is able to leave a Raspberry
+Pi running. A new Reticulum interface is configured on her Pi, connecting to the newly
+enabled Internet interface on the gateway at site A. Dori is now connected to both
+all the nodes at her own local site (through the hill-top LoRa gateway), and all the
+combined users of sites A, B and C. She then enables transport on her node, and
+traffic from site D can now reach everyone at site A, B and C, and vice versa.
+
+Growth and Convergence
+======================
+
+As the organisation grows, more gateways are added to keep up with the growing user
+base. Some local gateways even add VHF radios and packet modems to reach outlying users
+and communities that are out of reach for the LoRa radios and WiFi backhauls.
+
+As more sites, gateways and users are connected, the amount of coordination required
+is kept to a minimum. If one community wants to add connectivity to the next one
+over, it can simply be done without having to involve everyone or coordinate address
+space or routing tables.
+
+With the added geographical coverage, the operators at site A one day find that
+the original internet bridged interfaces are no longer utilised. The network has
+converged to be completely self-connected, and the sites that were once poorly
+connected outliers are now an integral part of the network.

docs/manual/_sources/understanding.rst.txt

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ by using multiple hops).
 Goals
 =====
 
-To be as widely usable and easy to implement as possible, the following goals have been used to
+To be as widely usable and easy to use as possible, the following goals have been used to
 guide the design of Reticulum:
 
 
@@ -67,9 +67,12 @@ guide the design of Reticulum:
     it can be easily replicated.
 * **Very low bandwidth requirements**
     Reticulum should be able to function reliably over links with a transmission capacity as low
-    as *1,000 bps*.
+    as *500 bps*.
 * **Encryption by default**
-    Reticulum must use encryption by default where possible and applicable.
+    Reticulum must use strong encryption by default for all communication.
+* **Initiator Anonymity**
+    It must be possible to communicate over a Reticulum network without revealing any identifying
+    information about oneself.
 * **Unlicensed use**
     Reticulum shall be functional over physical communication mediums that do not require any
     form of license to use. Reticulum must be designed in a way, so it is usable over ISM radio
@@ -99,7 +102,7 @@ Introduction & Basic Functionality
 Reticulum is a networking stack suited for high-latency, low-bandwidth links. Reticulum is at it’s
 core a *message oriented* system. It is suited for both local point-to-point or point-to-multipoint
 scenarios where alle nodes are within range of each other, as well as scenarios where packets need
-to be transported over multiple hops to reach the recipient.
+to be transported over multiple hops in a complex network to reach the recipient.
 
 Reticulum does away with the idea of addresses and ports known from IP, TCP and UDP. Instead
 Reticulum uses the singular concept of *destinations*. Any application using Reticulum as it’s
@@ -110,9 +113,9 @@ All destinations in Reticulum are represented internally as 10 bytes, derived fr
 SHA-256 hash of identifying characteristics of the destination. To users, the destination addresses
 will be displayed as 10 bytes in hexadecimal representation, as in the following example: ``<80e29bf7cccaf31431b3>``.
 
-By default Reticulum encrypts all data using public-key cryptography. Any message sent to a
-destination is encrypted with that destinations public key. Reticulum can also set up an encrypted
-channel to a destination with *Perfect Forward Secrecy* and *Initiator Anonymity* using a elliptic
+By default Reticulum encrypts all data using elliptic curve cryptography. Any packet sent to a
+destination is encrypted with a derived ephemeral key. Reticulum can also set up an encrypted
+channel to a destination with *Forward Secrecy* and *Initiator Anonymity* using a elliptic
 curve cryptography and ephemeral keys derived from a Diffie Hellman exchange on Curve25519. In
 Reticulum terminology, this is called a *Link*.
 
@@ -135,17 +138,17 @@ destinations. Reticulum uses three different basic destination types, and one sp
 
 
 * **Single**
-    The *single* destination type defines a public-key encrypted destination. Any data sent to this
-    destination will be encrypted with the destination’s public key, and will only be readable by
-    the creator of the destination.
+    The *single* destination type is always identified by a unique public key. Any data sent to this
+    destination will be encrypted using ephemeral keys derived from an ECDH key exchange, and will
+    only be readable by the creator of the destination, who holds the corresponding private key.
 * **Group**
     The *group* destination type defines a symmetrically encrypted destination. Data sent to this
     destination will be encrypted with a symmetric key, and will be readable by anyone in
-    possession of the key. The *group* destination can be used just as well by only two peers, as it
-    can by many.
+    possession of the key.
 * **Plain**
     A *plain* destination type is unencrypted, and suited for traffic that should be broadcast to a
     number of users, or should be readable by anyone. Traffic to a *plain* destination is not encrypted.
+    Generally, *plain* destinations can be used for broadcast information intended to be public.
 * **Link**
     A *link* is a special destination type, that serves as an abstract channel to a *single*
     destination, directly connected or over multiple hops. The *link* also offers reliability and
@@ -507,7 +510,7 @@ the transfer is needed.
 This is the purpose of the Reticulum :ref:`Resource<api-resource>`. A *Resource* can automatically
 handle the reliable transfer of an arbitrary amount of data over an established :ref:`Link<api-link>`.
 Resources can auto-compress data, will handle breaking the data into individual packets, sequencing
-the transfer and reassembling the data on the other end.
+the transfer, integrity verification and reassembling the data on the other end.
 
 :ref:`Resources<api-resource>` are programmatically very simple to use, and only requires a few lines
 of codes to reliably transfer any amount of data. They can be used to transfer data stored in memory,
@@ -581,6 +584,7 @@ Node Types
 
 Currently Reticulum defines two node types, the *Station* and the *Peer*. A node is a *station* if it fixed
 in one place, and if it is intended to be kept online most of the time. Otherwise the node is a *peer*.
+
 This distinction is made by the user configuring the node, and is used to determine what nodes on the
 network will help forward traffic, and what nodes rely on other nodes for connectivity.
 
@@ -596,10 +600,6 @@ Currently, Reticulum is completely priority-agnostic regarding general traffic.
 on a first-come, first-serve basis. Announce re-transmission are handled according to the re-transmission
 times and priorities described earlier in this chapter.
 
-It is possible that a prioritisation engine could be added to Reticulum in the future, but in
-the light of Reticulums goal of equal access, doing so would need to be the subject of careful
-investigation of the consequences first.
-
 
 .. _understanding-packetformat:
 
@@ -702,4 +702,4 @@ Binary Packet Format
      - Link Request    :    77  bytes
      - Link Proof      :    77  bytes
      - Link RTT packet :    83  bytes
-     - Link keepalive  :    14  bytes
+     - Link keepalive  :    14  bytes

docs/manual/_sources/using.rst.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,263 @@
+.. _using-main:
+
+******************************
+Using Reticulum on Your System
+******************************
+
+Reticulum is not installed as a driver or kernel module, as one might expect
+of a networking stack. Instead, Reticulum is distributed as a Python module.
+This means that no special privileges are required to install or use it.
+Any program or application that uses Reticulum will automatically load and
+initialise Reticulum when it starts.
+
+In many cases, this approach is sufficient. When any program needs to use
+Reticulum, it is loaded, initialised, interfaces are brought up, and the
+program can now communicate over Reticulum. If another program starts up
+and also wants access to the same Reticulum network, the instance is simply
+shared. This works for any number of programs running concurrently, and is
+very easy to use, but depending on your use case, there are other options.
+
+Included Utility Programs
+-------------------------
+
+If you often use Reticulum from several different programs, or simply want
+Reticulum to stay available all the time, for example if you are hosting
+a transport node, you might want to run Reticulum as a separate service that
+other programs, applications and services can utilise.
+
+The rnsd Utility
+================
+
+To do so is very easy. Simply run the included ``rnsd`` command. When ``rnsd``
+is running, it will keep all configured interfaces open, handle transport if
+it is enabled, and allow any other programs to immediately utilise the
+Reticulum network it is configured for.
+
+You can even run multiple instances of rnsd with different configurations on
+the same system.
+
+.. code:: text
+
+  # Install Reticulum
+  pip3 install rns
+
+  # Run rnsd
+  rnsd
+
+.. code:: text
+
+  usage: rnsd [-h] [--config CONFIG] [-v] [-q] [--version]
+
+  Reticulum Network Stack Daemon
+
+  optional arguments:
+    -h, --help       show this help message and exit
+    --config CONFIG  path to alternative Reticulum config directory
+    -v, --verbose
+    -q, --quiet
+    --version        show program's version number and exit
+
+You can easily add ``rnsd`` as an always-on service by :ref:`configuring a service<using-systemd>`.
+
+The rnstatus Utility
+====================
+
+Using the ``rnstatus`` utility, you can view the status of configured Reticulum
+interfaces, similar to the ``ifconfig`` program.
+
+.. code:: text
+
+  # Run rnstatus
+  rnstatus
+
+  # Example output
+  Shared Instance[37428]
+         Status: Up
+         Connected applications: 1
+         RX: 1.13 KB
+         TX: 1.07 KB
+
+  UDPInterface[Default UDP Interface/0.0.0.0:4242]
+         Status: Up
+         RX: 1.01 KB
+         TX: 1.01 KB
+
+  TCPInterface[RNS Testnet Frankfurt/frankfurt.rns.unsigned.io:4965]
+         Status: Up
+         RX: 1.37 KB
+         TX: 9.02 KB
+
+.. code:: text
+
+  usage: rnsd [-h] [--config CONFIG] [-v] [-q] [--version]
+
+  Reticulum Network Stack Daemon
+
+  optional arguments:
+    -h, --help       show this help message and exit
+    --config CONFIG  path to alternative Reticulum config directory
+    -v, --verbose
+    -q, --quiet
+    --version        show program's version number and exit
+
+
+The rnpath Utility
+====================
+
+With the ``rnpath`` utility, you can look up and view paths for
+destinations on the Reticulum network.
+
+.. code:: text
+
+  # Run rnpath
+  rnpath eca6f4e4dc26ae329e61
+
+  # Example output
+  Path found, destination <eca6f4e4dc26ae329e61> is 4 hops away via <56b115c30cd386cad69c> on TCPInterface[Testnet/frankfurt.rns.unsigned.io:4965]
+
+.. code:: text
+
+  usage: rnpath.py [-h] [--config CONFIG] [--version] [-v] [destination]
+
+  Reticulum Path Discovery Utility
+
+  positional arguments:
+    destination      hexadecimal hash of the destination
+
+  optional arguments:
+    -h, --help       show this help message and exit
+    --config CONFIG  path to alternative Reticulum config directory
+    --version        show program's version number and exit
+    -v, --verbose
+
+
+The rnprobe Utility
+====================
+
+The ``rnprobe`` utility lets you probe a destination for connectivity, similar
+to the ``ping`` program. Please note that probes will only be answered if the
+specified destination is configured to send proofs for received packets. Many
+destinations will not have this option enabled, and will not be probable.
+
+.. code:: text
+
+  # Run rnprobe
+  python3 -m RNS.Utilities.rnprobe example_utilities.echo.request 9382f334de63217a4278
+
+  # Example output
+  Sent 16 byte probe to <9382f334de63217a4278>
+  Valid reply received from <9382f334de63217a4278>
+  Round-trip time is 38.469 milliseconds over 2 hops
+
+.. code:: text
+
+  usage: rnprobe.py [-h] [--config CONFIG] [--version] [-v] [full_name] [destination_hash]
+
+  Reticulum Probe Utility
+
+  positional arguments:
+    full_name         full destination name in dotted notation
+    destination_hash  hexadecimal hash of the destination
+
+  optional arguments:
+    -h, --help        show this help message and exit
+    --config CONFIG   path to alternative Reticulum config directory
+    --version         show program's version number and exit
+    -v, --verbose
+
+
+Improving System Configuration
+------------------------------
+
+If you are setting up a system for permanent use with Reticulum, there is a
+few system configuration changes that can make this easier to administrate.
+These changes will be detailed here.
+
+
+Fixed Serial Port Names
+=======================
+
+On a Reticulum node with several serial port based interfaces, it can be
+beneficial to use the fixed name device nodes for the serial ports, instead
+of the dynamically allocated shorthands such as ``/dev/ttyUSB0``. Under most
+Debian-based distributions, including Ubuntu and Raspberry Pi OS, these nodes
+can be found under ``/dev/serial/by-id``.
+
+You can use such a device path directly in place of the numbered shorthands.
+Here is an example of a packet radio TNC configured as such:
+
+.. code:: text
+
+  [[Packet Radio KISS Interface]]
+    type = KISSInterface
+    interface_enabled = True
+    outgoing = true
+    port = /dev/serial/by-id/usb-FTDI_FT230X_Basic_UART_43891CKM-if00-port0
+    speed = 115200    
+    databits = 8
+    parity = none
+    stopbits = 1
+    preamble = 150
+    txtail = 10
+    persistence = 200
+    slottime = 20
+
+Using this methodology avoids potential naming mix-ups where physical devices
+might be plugged and unplugged in different orders, or when node name
+assignment varies from one boot to another.
+
+.. _using-systemd:
+
+Reticulum as a System Service
+=============================
+
+Instead of starting Reticulum manually, you can install ``rnsd`` as a system
+service and have it start automatically at boot.
+
+If you installed Reticulum with ``pip``, the ``rnsd`` program will most likely
+be located in a user-local installation path only, which means ``systemd`` will not
+be able to execute it. In this case, you can simply symlink the ``rnsd`` program
+into a directory that is in systemd's path:
+
+.. code:: text
+
+  sudo ln -s $(which rnsd) /usr/local/bin/
+
+You can then create the service file ``/etc/systemd/system/rnsd.service`` with the
+following content:
+
+.. code:: text
+
+  [Unit]
+  Description=Reticulum Network Stack Daemon
+  After=multi-user.target
+
+  [Service]
+  # If you run Reticulum on WiFi devices,
+  # or other devices that need some extra
+  # time to initialise, you might want to
+  # add a short delay before Reticulum is
+  # started by systemd:
+  # ExecStartPre=/bin/sleep 10
+  Type=simple
+  Restart=always
+  RestartSec=3
+  User=USERNAMEHERE
+  ExecStart=rnsd --service
+
+  [Install]
+  WantedBy=multi-user.target
+
+Be sure to replace ``USERNAMEHERE`` with the user you want to run ``rnsd`` as.
+
+To manually start ``rnsd`` run:
+
+.. code:: text
+
+  sudo systemctl start rnsd
+
+If you want to automatically start ``rnsd`` at boot, run:
+
+.. code:: text
+
+  sudo systemctl enable rnsd

docs/manual/_sources/whatis.rst.txt

@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 What is Reticulum?
 ******************
 
-Reticulum is a cryptography-based networking stack for wide-area networks built on readily available hardware, and can operate even with very high latency and extremely low bandwidth.
+Reticulum is a cryptography-based networking stack for wide-area networks built on readily available hardware, that can operate even with very high latency and extremely low bandwidth.
 
 Reticulum allows you to build very wide-area networks with off-the-shelf tools, and offers end-to-end encryption, autoconfiguring cryptographically backed multi-hop transport, efficient addressing, unforgeable packet acknowledgements and more.
 
-Reticulum is a complete networking stack, and does not use IP or higher layers, although it is easy to utilise IP (with TCP or UDP) as the underlying carrier for Reticulum. It is therefore trivial to tunnel Reticulum over the Internet or private IP networks. Reticulum is built directly on cryptographic principles, allowing resilience and stable functionality in open and trustless networks.
+Reticulum is a complete networking stack, and does not need IP or higher layers, although it is easy to utilise IP (with TCP or UDP) as the underlying carrier for Reticulum. It is therefore trivial to tunnel Reticulum over the Internet or private IP networks. Reticulum is built directly on cryptographic principles, allowing resilience and stable functionality in open and trustless networks.
 
-No kernel modules or drivers are required. Reticulum runs completely in userland, and can run on practically any system that runs Python 3.
+No kernel modules or drivers are required. Reticulum runs completely in userland, and can run on practically any system that runs Python 3. Reticulum runs well even on small single-board computers like the Pi Zero.
 
 
 Current Status
@@ -16,17 +16,14 @@ Current Status
 Reticulum should currently be considered beta software. All core protocol features are implemented and functioning, but additions will probably occur as real-world use is explored. There will be bugs. The API and wire-format can be considered relatively stable at the moment, but could change if warranted.
 
 
-Caveat Emptor
-==============
-Reticulum is an experimental networking stack, and should be considered as such. While it has been built with cryptography best-practices very foremost in mind, it has not been externally security audited, and there could very well be privacy-breaking bugs. To be considered even remotely secure, Reticulum needs a very thourough security review by independt cryptographers and security researchers. If you want to help out, or help sponsor an audit, please do get in touch.
-
-
 What does Reticulum Offer?
 ==========================
 * Coordination-less globally unique adressing and identification
 
 * Fully self-configuring multi-hop routing
 
+* Complete initiator anonymity, communicate without revealing your identity
+
 * Asymmetric X25519 encryption and Ed25519 signatures as a basis for all communication
 
 * Forward Secrecy with ephemereal Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman keys on Curve25519
@@ -65,7 +62,7 @@ What does Reticulum Offer?
 Where can Reticulum be Used?
 ============================
 Over practically any medium that can support at least a half-duplex channel
-with 1.000 bits per second throughput, and an MTU of 500 bytes. Data radios,
+with 500 bits per second throughput, and an MTU of 500 bytes. Data radios,
 modems, LoRa radios, serial lines, AX.25 TNCs, amateur radio digital modes,
 ad-hoc WiFi, free-space optical links and similar systems are all examples
 of the types of interfaces Reticulum was designed for.
@@ -87,8 +84,8 @@ configured, Reticulum will take care of the rest, and any device on the WiFi
 network can communicate with nodes on the LoRa and packet radio sides of the
 network, and vice versa.
 
-Supported Interface Types and Devices
-=====================================
+Interface Types and Devices
+===========================
 Reticulum implements a range of generalised interface types that covers most of the communications hardware that Reticulum can run over. If your hardware is not supported, it's relatively simple to implement an interface class. Currently, the following interfaces are supported:
 
 * Any ethernet device
@@ -101,4 +98,11 @@ Reticulum implements a range of generalised interface types that covers most of
 
 * TCP over IP networks
 
-* UDP over IP networks
+* UDP over IP networks
+
+For a full list and more details, see the :ref:`Supported Interfaces<interfaces-main>` chapter.
+
+
+Caveat Emptor
+==============
+Reticulum is an experimental networking stack, and should be considered as such. While it has been built with cryptography best-practices very foremost in mind, it has not been externally security audited, and there could very well be privacy-breaking bugs. To be considered secure, Reticulum needs a thourough security review by independt cryptographers and security researchers. If you want to help out, or help sponsor an audit, please do get in touch.

docs/manual/_static/documentation_options.js

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 var DOCUMENTATION_OPTIONS = {
     URL_ROOT: document.getElementById("documentation_options").getAttribute('data-url_root'),
-    VERSION: '0.2.5 beta',
+    VERSION: '0.3.3 beta',
     LANGUAGE: 'None',
     COLLAPSE_INDEX: false,
     BUILDER: 'html',

docs/manual/examples.html

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <head>
     <meta charset="utf-8" />
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
-    <title>Examples &#8212; Reticulum Network Stack 0.2.5 beta documentation</title>
+    <title>Code Examples &#8212; Reticulum Network Stack 0.3.3 beta documentation</title>
     <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="_static/pygments.css" />
     <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="_static/classic.css" />
     
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
         <li class="right" >
           <a href="reference.html" title="API Reference"
              accesskey="P">previous</a> |</li>
-        <li class="nav-item nav-item-0"><a href="index.html">Reticulum Network Stack 0.2.5 beta documentation</a> &#187;</li>
-        <li class="nav-item nav-item-this"><a href="">Examples</a></li> 
+        <li class="nav-item nav-item-0"><a href="index.html">Reticulum Network Stack 0.3.3 beta documentation</a> &#187;</li>
+        <li class="nav-item nav-item-this"><a href="">Code Examples</a></li> 
       </ul>
     </div>  
 
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
         <div class="bodywrapper">
           <div class="body" role="main">
             
-  <div class="section" id="examples">
-<span id="examples-main"></span><h1>Examples<a class="headerlink" href="#examples" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
+  <div class="section" id="code-examples">
+<span id="examples-main"></span><h1>Code Examples<a class="headerlink" href="#code-examples" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
 <p>A number of examples are included in the source distribution of Reticulum.
 You can use these examples to learn how to write your own programs.</p>
 <div class="section" id="minimal">
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ notifications about announces from relevant destinations.</p>
 <span class="n">APP_NAME</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;example_utilities&quot;</span>
 
 <span class="c1"># We initialise two lists of strings to use as app_data</span>
-<span class="n">fruits</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="s2">&quot;Peach&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;Quince&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;Date palm&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;Tangerine&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;Pomelo&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;Carambola&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;Grape&quot;</span><span class="p">]</span>
+<span class="n">fruits</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="s2">&quot;Peach&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;Quince&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;Date&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;Tangerine&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;Pomelo&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;Carambola&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;Grape&quot;</span><span class="p">]</span>
 <span class="n">noble_gases</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="s2">&quot;Helium&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;Neon&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;Argon&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;Krypton&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;Xenon&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;Radon&quot;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s2">&quot;Oganesson&quot;</span><span class="p">]</span>
 
 <span class="c1"># This initialisation is executed when the program is started</span>
@@ -488,6 +488,8 @@ the Packet interface.</p>
 <span class="c1"># This initialisation is executed when the users chooses</span>
 <span class="c1"># to run as a server</span>
 <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">server</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">configpath</span><span class="p">):</span>
+    <span class="k">global</span> <span class="n">reticulum</span>
+
     <span class="c1"># We must first initialise Reticulum</span>
     <span class="n">reticulum</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">RNS</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">Reticulum</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">configpath</span><span class="p">)</span>
     
@@ -544,11 +546,32 @@ the Packet interface.</p>
 
 
 <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">server_callback</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">message</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">packet</span><span class="p">):</span>
+    <span class="k">global</span> <span class="n">reticulum</span>
+    
     <span class="c1"># Tell the user that we received an echo request, and</span>
     <span class="c1"># that we are going to send a reply to the requester.</span>
     <span class="c1"># Sending the proof is handled automatically, since we</span>
     <span class="c1"># set up the destination to prove all incoming packets.</span>
-    <span class="n">RNS</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">log</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;Received packet from echo client, proof sent&quot;</span><span class="p">)</span>
+
+    <span class="n">reception_stats</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;&quot;</span>
+    <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">reticulum</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">is_connected_to_shared_instance</span><span class="p">:</span>
+        <span class="n">reception_rssi</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">reticulum</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">get_packet_rssi</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">packet</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">packet_hash</span><span class="p">)</span>
+        <span class="n">reception_snr</span>  <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">reticulum</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">get_packet_snr</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">packet</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">packet_hash</span><span class="p">)</span>
+
+        <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">reception_rssi</span> <span class="o">!=</span> <span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">:</span>
+            <span class="n">reception_stats</span> <span class="o">+=</span> <span class="s2">&quot; [RSSI &quot;</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="nb">str</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">reception_rssi</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="s2">&quot; dBm]&quot;</span>
+        
+        <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">reception_snr</span> <span class="o">!=</span> <span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">:</span>
+            <span class="n">reception_stats</span> <span class="o">+=</span> <span class="s2">&quot; [SNR &quot;</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="nb">str</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">reception_snr</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="s2">&quot; dBm]&quot;</span>
+
+    <span class="k">else</span><span class="p">:</span>
+        <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">packet</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">rssi</span> <span class="o">!=</span> <span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">:</span>
+            <span class="n">reception_stats</span> <span class="o">+=</span> <span class="s2">&quot; [RSSI &quot;</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="nb">str</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">packet</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">rssi</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="s2">&quot; dBm]&quot;</span>
+        
+        <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">packet</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">snr</span> <span class="o">!=</span> <span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">:</span>
+            <span class="n">reception_stats</span> <span class="o">+=</span> <span class="s2">&quot; [SNR &quot;</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="nb">str</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">packet</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">snr</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="s2">&quot; dB]&quot;</span>
+
+    <span class="n">RNS</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">log</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">&quot;Received packet from echo client, proof sent&quot;</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="n">reception_stats</span><span class="p">)</span>
 
 
 <span class="c1">##########################################################</span>
@@ -558,6 +581,8 @@ the Packet interface.</p>
 <span class="c1"># This initialisation is executed when the users chooses</span>
 <span class="c1"># to run as a client</span>
 <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">client</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">destination_hexhash</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">configpath</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">timeout</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">):</span>
+    <span class="k">global</span> <span class="n">reticulum</span>
+    
     <span class="c1"># We need a binary representation of the destination</span>
     <span class="c1"># hash that was entered on the command line</span>
     <span class="k">try</span><span class="p">:</span>
@@ -654,6 +679,8 @@ the Packet interface.</p>
 <span class="c1"># This function is called when our reply destination</span>
 <span class="c1"># receives a proof packet.</span>
 <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">packet_delivered</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">receipt</span><span class="p">):</span>
+    <span class="k">global</span> <span class="n">reticulum</span>
+
     <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">receipt</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">status</span> <span class="o">==</span> <span class="n">RNS</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">PacketReceipt</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">DELIVERED</span><span class="p">:</span>
         <span class="n">rtt</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">receipt</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">get_rtt</span><span class="p">()</span>
         <span class="k">if</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">rtt</span> <span class="o">&gt;=</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">):</span>
@@ -663,10 +690,30 @@ the Packet interface.</p>
             <span class="n">rtt</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">round</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">rtt</span><span class="o">*</span><span class="mi">1000</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">)</span>
             <span class="n">rttstring</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">str</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">rtt</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="s2">&quot; milliseconds&quot;</span>
 
+        <span class="n">reception_stats</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s2">&quot;&quot;</span>
+        <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">reticulum</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">is_connected_to_shared_instance</span><span class="p">:</span>
+            <span class="n">reception_rssi</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">reticulum</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">get_packet_rssi</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">receipt</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">proof_packet</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">packet_hash</span><span class="p">)</span>
+            <span class="n">reception_snr</span>  <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">reticulum</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">get_packet_snr</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">receipt</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">proof_packet</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">packet_hash</span><span class="p">)</span>
+
+            <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">reception_rssi</span> <span class="o">!=</span> <span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">:</span>
+                <span class="n">reception_stats</span> <span class="o">+=</span> <span class="s2">&quot; [RSSI &quot;</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="nb">str</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">reception_rssi</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="s2">&quot; dBm]&quot;</span>
+            
+            <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">reception_snr</span> <span class="o">!=</span> <span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">:</span>
+                <span class="n">reception_stats</span> <span class="o">+=</span> <span class="s2">&quot; [SNR &quot;</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="nb">str</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">reception_snr</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="s2">&quot; dB]&quot;</span>
+
+        <span class="k">else</span><span class="p">:</span>
+            <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">receipt</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">proof_packet</span> <span class="o">!=</span> <span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">:</span>
+                <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">receipt</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">proof_packet</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">rssi</span> <span class="o">!=</span> <span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">:</span>
+                    <span class="n">reception_stats</span> <span class="o">+=</span> <span class="s2">&quot; [RSSI &quot;</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="nb">str</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">receipt</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">proof_packet</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">rssi</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="s2">&quot; dBm]&quot;</span>
+                
+                <span class="k">if</span> <span class="n">receipt</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">proof_packet</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">snr</span> <span class="o">!=</span> <span class="kc">None</span><span class="p">:</span>
+                    <span class="n">reception_stats</span> <span class="o">+=</span> <span class="s2">&quot; [SNR &quot;</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="nb">str</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">receipt</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">proof_packet</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">snr</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="s2">&quot; dB]&quot;</span>
+
         <span class="n">RNS</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">log</span><span class="p">(</span>
             <span class="s2">&quot;Valid reply received from &quot;</span><span class="o">+</span>
             <span class="n">RNS</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">prettyhexrep</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">receipt</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">destination</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">hash</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">+</span>
-            <span class="s2">&quot;, round-trip time is &quot;</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="n">rttstring</span>
+            <span class="s2">&quot;, round-trip time is &quot;</span><span class="o">+</span><span class="n">rttstring</span><span class="o">+</span>
+            <span class="n">reception_stats</span>
         <span class="p">)</span>
 
 <span class="c1"># This function is called if a packet times out.</span>
@@ -2273,7 +2320,7 @@ interface to efficiently pass files of any size over a Reticulum <a class="refer
         <div class="sphinxsidebarwrapper">
   <h3><a href="index.html">Table of Contents</a></h3>
   <ul>
-<li><a class="reference internal" href="#">Examples</a><ul>
+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#">Code Examples</a><ul>
 <li><a class="reference internal" href="#minimal">Minimal</a></li>
 <li><a class="reference internal" href="#announce">Announce</a></li>
 <li><a class="reference internal" href="#broadcast">Broadcast</a></li>
@@ -2319,8 +2366,8 @@ interface to efficiently pass files of any size over a Reticulum <a class="refer
         <li class="right" >
           <a href="reference.html" title="API Reference"
              >previous</a> |</li>
-        <li class="nav-item nav-item-0"><a href="index.html">Reticulum Network Stack 0.2.5 beta documentation</a> &#187;</li>
-        <li class="nav-item nav-item-this"><a href="">Examples</a></li> 
+        <li class="nav-item nav-item-0"><a href="index.html">Reticulum Network Stack 0.3.3 beta documentation</a> &#187;</li>
+        <li class="nav-item nav-item-this"><a href="">Code Examples</a></li> 
       </ul>
     </div>
     <div class="footer" role="contentinfo">

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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
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-    <title>Index &#8212; Reticulum Network Stack 0.2.5 beta documentation</title>
+    <title>Index &#8212; Reticulum Network Stack 0.3.3 beta documentation</title>
     <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="_static/pygments.css" />
     <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="_static/classic.css" />
     
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
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           <a href="#" title="General Index"
              accesskey="I">index</a></li>
-        <li class="nav-item nav-item-0"><a href="index.html">Reticulum Network Stack 0.2.5 beta documentation</a> &#187;</li>
+        <li class="nav-item nav-item-0"><a href="index.html">Reticulum Network Stack 0.3.3 beta documentation</a> &#187;</li>
         <li class="nav-item nav-item-this"><a href="">Index</a></li> 
       </ul>
     </div>  
@@ -255,10 +255,14 @@
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 <table style="width: 100%" class="indextable genindextable"><tr>
   <td style="width: 33%; vertical-align: top;"><ul>
-      <li><a href="reference.html#RNS.Link.no_inbound_for">no_inbound_for() (RNS.Link method)</a>
+      <li><a href="reference.html#RNS.Transport.next_hop">next_hop() (RNS.Transport static method)</a>
+</li>
+      <li><a href="reference.html#RNS.Transport.next_hop_interface">next_hop_interface() (RNS.Transport static method)</a>
 </li>
   </ul></td>
   <td style="width: 33%; vertical-align: top;"><ul>
+      <li><a href="reference.html#RNS.Link.no_inbound_for">no_inbound_for() (RNS.Link method)</a>
+</li>
       <li><a href="reference.html#RNS.Link.no_outbound_for">no_outbound_for() (RNS.Link method)</a>
 </li>
   </ul></td>
@@ -412,7 +416,7 @@
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              >index</a></li>
-        <li class="nav-item nav-item-0"><a href="index.html">Reticulum Network Stack 0.2.5 beta documentation</a> &#187;</li>
+        <li class="nav-item nav-item-0"><a href="index.html">Reticulum Network Stack 0.3.3 beta documentation</a> &#187;</li>
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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
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-    <title>Getting Started Fast &#8212; Reticulum Network Stack 0.2.5 beta documentation</title>
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-    <link rel="next" title="Understanding Reticulum" href="understanding.html" />
+    <link rel="next" title="Using Reticulum on Your System" href="using.html" />
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-          <a href="understanding.html" title="Understanding Reticulum"
+          <a href="using.html" title="Using Reticulum on Your System"
              accesskey="N">next</a> |</li>
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              accesskey="P">previous</a> |</li>
-        <li class="nav-item nav-item-0"><a href="index.html">Reticulum Network Stack 0.2.5 beta documentation</a> &#187;</li>
+        <li class="nav-item nav-item-0"><a href="index.html">Reticulum Network Stack 0.3.3 beta documentation</a> &#187;</li>
         <li class="nav-item nav-item-this"><a href="">Getting Started Fast</a></li> 
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@@ -50,19 +50,51 @@ scenarios.</p>
 <h2>Try Using a Reticulum-based Program<a class="headerlink" href="#try-using-a-reticulum-based-program" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
 <p>If you simply want to try using a program built with Reticulum, you can take
 a look at <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/markqvist/nomadnet">Nomad Network</a>, which
-provides a basic encrypted communications suite built completely on Reticulum.</p>
+provides a complete encrypted communications suite built with Reticulum.</p>
 <a class="reference external image-reference" href="_images/nomadnet_3.png"><img alt="_images/nomadnet_3.png" src="_images/nomadnet_3.png" /></a>
 <p><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/markqvist/nomadnet">Nomad Network</a> is a user-facing client
-in the development for the messaging and information-sharing protocol
+for the messaging and information-sharing protocol
 <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/markqvist/lxmf">LXMF</a>, another project built with Reticulum.</p>
 <p>You can install Nomad Network via pip:</p>
-<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1"># Install</span>
+<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1"># Install ...</span>
 <span class="n">pip3</span> <span class="n">install</span> <span class="n">nomadnet</span>
 
-<span class="c1"># And run</span>
+<span class="c1"># ... and run</span>
 <span class="n">nomadnet</span>
 </pre></div>
 </div>
+<p><strong>Please Note</strong>: If this is the very first time you use pip to install a program
+on your system, you might need to reboot your system for your program to become
+available. If you get a “command not found” error or similar when running the
+program, reboot your system and try again.</p>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="using-the-included-utilities">
+<h2>Using the Included Utilities<a class="headerlink" href="#using-the-included-utilities" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
+<p>Reticulum comes with a range of included utilities that make it easier to
+manage your network, check connectivity and make Reticulum available to other
+programs on your system.</p>
+<p>You can use <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rnsd</span></code> to run Reticulum as a background or foreground service,
+and the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rnstatus</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rnpath</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rnprobe</span></code> utilities to view and query
+network status and connectivity.</p>
+<p>To learn more about these utility programs, have a look at the
+<a class="reference internal" href="using.html#using-main"><span class="std std-ref">Using Reticulum on Your System</span></a> chapter of this manual.</p>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="creating-a-network-with-reticulum">
+<h2>Creating a Network With Reticulum<a class="headerlink" href="#creating-a-network-with-reticulum" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
+<p>To create a network, you will need to specify one or more <em>interfaces</em> for
+Reticulum to use. This is done in the Reticulum configuration file, which by
+default is located at <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">~/.reticulum/config</span></code>. You can edit this file by hand,
+or use the interactive <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rnsconfig</span></code> utility.</p>
+<p>When Reticulum is started for the first time, it will create a default
+configuration file, with one active interface. This default interface uses
+your existing ethernet network (if there is one), and only allows you to
+communicate with other Reticulum peers within your local broadcast domain.</p>
+<p>To communicate further, you will have to add one or more interfaces. The default
+configuration includes a number of examples, ranging from using TCP over the
+internet, to LoRa and Packet Radio interfaces.</p>
+<p>Possibly, the examples in the config file are enough to get you started. If
+you want more information, you can read the <a class="reference internal" href="networks.html#networks-main"><span class="std std-ref">Building Networks</span></a>
+and <a class="reference internal" href="interfaces.html#interfaces-main"><span class="std std-ref">Interfaces</span></a> chapters of this manual.</p>
 </div>
 <div class="section" id="develop-a-program-with-reticulum">
 <h2>Develop a Program with Reticulum<a class="headerlink" href="#develop-a-program-with-reticulum" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
@@ -74,6 +106,10 @@ started is to install the latest release of Reticulum via pip:</p>
 <p>The above command will install Reticulum and dependencies, and you will be
 ready to import and use RNS in your own programs. The next step will most
 likely be to look at some <a class="reference internal" href="examples.html#examples-main"><span class="std std-ref">Example Programs</span></a>.</p>
+<p>For extended functionality, you can install optional dependencies:</p>
+<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pip3</span> <span class="n">install</span> <span class="n">pyserial</span> <span class="n">netifaces</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
 <p>Further information can be found in the <a class="reference internal" href="reference.html#api-main"><span class="std std-ref">API Reference</span></a>.</p>
 </div>
 <div class="section" id="participate-in-reticulum-development">
@@ -82,7 +118,7 @@ likely be to look at some <a class="reference internal" href="examples.html#exam
 utilities, you’ll want to get the latest source from GitHub. In that case,
 don’t use pip, but try this recipe:</p>
 <div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1"># Install dependencies</span>
-<span class="n">pip3</span> <span class="n">install</span> <span class="n">cryptography</span> <span class="n">pyserial</span>
+<span class="n">pip3</span> <span class="n">install</span> <span class="n">cryptography</span> <span class="n">pyserial</span> <span class="n">netifaces</span>
 
 <span class="c1"># Clone repository</span>
 <span class="n">git</span> <span class="n">clone</span> <span class="n">https</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="o">//</span><span class="n">github</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">com</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">markqvist</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">Reticulum</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">git</span>
@@ -116,6 +152,60 @@ don’t use pip, but try this recipe:</p>
 <p>When you have experimented with the basic examples, it’s time to go read the
 <a class="reference internal" href="understanding.html#understanding-main"><span class="std std-ref">Understanding Reticulum</span></a> chapter.</p>
 </div>
+<div class="section" id="reticulum-on-arm64">
+<h2>Reticulum on ARM64<a class="headerlink" href="#reticulum-on-arm64" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
+<p>On some architectures, including ARM64, not all dependencies have precompiled
+binaries. On such systems, you will need to install <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">python3-dev</span></code> before
+installing Reticulum or programs that depend on Reticulum.</p>
+<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1"># Install Python and development packages</span>
+<span class="n">sudo</span> <span class="n">apt</span> <span class="n">update</span>
+<span class="n">sudo</span> <span class="n">apt</span> <span class="n">install</span> <span class="n">python3</span> <span class="n">python3</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">pip</span> <span class="n">python3</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">dev</span>
+
+<span class="c1"># Install Reticulum</span>
+<span class="n">python3</span> <span class="o">-</span><span class="n">m</span> <span class="n">pip</span> <span class="n">install</span> <span class="n">rns</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="reticulum-on-android">
+<h2>Reticulum on Android<a class="headerlink" href="#reticulum-on-android" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
+<p>Reticulum can be used on Android in different ways. The easiest way to get
+started is using the <a class="reference external" href="https://termux.com/">Termux app</a>, at the time of writing
+available on <a class="reference external" href="https://f-droid.org">F-droid</a>.</p>
+<p>Termux is a terminal emulator and Linux environment for Android based devices,
+which includes the ability to use many different programs and libraries,
+including Reticulum.</p>
+<p>Since the Python cryptography.io module does not offer pre-built wheels for
+Android, the standard one-line install of Reticulum does not work on Android,
+and a few extra commands are required.</p>
+<p>From within Termux, execute the following:</p>
+<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1"># First, make sure indexes and packages are up to date.</span>
+<span class="n">pkg</span> <span class="n">update</span>
+<span class="n">pkg</span> <span class="n">upgrade</span>
+
+<span class="c1"># Then install dependencies for the cryptography library.</span>
+<span class="n">pkg</span> <span class="n">install</span> <span class="n">python</span> <span class="n">build</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">essential</span> <span class="n">openssl</span> <span class="n">libffi</span> <span class="n">rust</span>
+
+<span class="c1"># Make sure pip is up to date, and install the wheel module.</span>
+<span class="n">pip3</span> <span class="n">install</span> <span class="n">wheel</span> <span class="n">pip</span> <span class="o">--</span><span class="n">upgrade</span>
+
+<span class="c1"># To allow the installer to build the cryptography module,</span>
+<span class="c1"># we need to let it know what platform we are compiling for:</span>
+<span class="n">export</span> <span class="n">CARGO_BUILD_TARGET</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s2">&quot;aarch64-linux-android&quot;</span>
+
+<span class="c1"># Start the install process for the cryptography module.</span>
+<span class="c1"># Depending on your device, this can take several minutes,</span>
+<span class="c1"># since the module must be compiled locally on your device.</span>
+<span class="n">pip3</span> <span class="n">install</span> <span class="n">cryptography</span>
+
+<span class="c1"># If the above installation succeeds, you can now install</span>
+<span class="c1"># Reticulum and any related software</span>
+<span class="n">pip3</span> <span class="n">install</span> <span class="n">rns</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>It is also possible to include Reticulum in apps compiled and distributed as
+Android APKs. A detailed tutorial and example source code will be included
+here at a later point.</p>
+</div>
 </div>
 
 
@@ -129,8 +219,12 @@ don’t use pip, but try this recipe:</p>
   <ul>
 <li><a class="reference internal" href="#">Getting Started Fast</a><ul>
 <li><a class="reference internal" href="#try-using-a-reticulum-based-program">Try Using a Reticulum-based Program</a></li>
+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#using-the-included-utilities">Using the Included Utilities</a></li>
+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#creating-a-network-with-reticulum">Creating a Network With Reticulum</a></li>
 <li><a class="reference internal" href="#develop-a-program-with-reticulum">Develop a Program with Reticulum</a></li>
 <li><a class="reference internal" href="#participate-in-reticulum-development">Participate in Reticulum Development</a></li>
+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#reticulum-on-arm64">Reticulum on ARM64</a></li>
+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#reticulum-on-android">Reticulum on Android</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
 </ul>
@@ -139,8 +233,8 @@ don’t use pip, but try this recipe:</p>
   <p class="topless"><a href="whatis.html"
                         title="previous chapter">What is Reticulum?</a></p>
   <h4>Next topic</h4>
-  <p class="topless"><a href="understanding.html"
-                        title="next chapter">Understanding Reticulum</a></p>
+  <p class="topless"><a href="using.html"
+                        title="next chapter">Using Reticulum on Your System</a></p>
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              >index</a></li>
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-          <a href="understanding.html" title="Understanding Reticulum"
+          <a href="using.html" title="Using Reticulum on Your System"
              >next</a> |</li>
         <li class="right" >
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              >previous</a> |</li>
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+        <li class="nav-item nav-item-0"><a href="index.html">Reticulum Network Stack 0.3.3 beta documentation</a> &#187;</li>
         <li class="nav-item nav-item-this"><a href="">Getting Started Fast</a></li> 
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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
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     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
-    <title>Reticulum Network Stack Manual &#8212; Reticulum Network Stack 0.2.5 beta documentation</title>
+    <title>Reticulum Network Stack Manual &#8212; Reticulum Network Stack 0.3.3 beta documentation</title>
     <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="_static/pygments.css" />
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+        <li class="nav-item nav-item-0"><a href="#">Reticulum Network Stack 0.3.3 beta documentation</a> &#187;</li>
         <li class="nav-item nav-item-this"><a href="">Reticulum Network Stack Manual</a></li> 
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@@ -40,22 +40,64 @@
   <div class="section" id="reticulum-network-stack-manual">
 <h1>Reticulum Network Stack Manual<a class="headerlink" href="#reticulum-network-stack-manual" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
 <p>This manual aims to provide you with all the information you need to
-understand Reticulum, develop programs using it, or to participate in
-the development of Reticulum itself.</p>
+understand Reticulum, build networks or develop programs using it, or
+to participate in the development of Reticulum itself.</p>
 <div class="toctree-wrapper compound">
 <ul>
 <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="whatis.html">What is Reticulum?</a><ul>
 <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="whatis.html#current-status">Current Status</a></li>
-<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="whatis.html#caveat-emptor">Caveat Emptor</a></li>
 <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="whatis.html#what-does-reticulum-offer">What does Reticulum Offer?</a></li>
 <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="whatis.html#where-can-reticulum-be-used">Where can Reticulum be Used?</a></li>
-<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="whatis.html#supported-interface-types-and-devices">Supported Interface Types and Devices</a></li>
+<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="whatis.html#interface-types-and-devices">Interface Types and Devices</a></li>
+<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="whatis.html#caveat-emptor">Caveat Emptor</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
 <li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="gettingstartedfast.html">Getting Started Fast</a><ul>
 <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="gettingstartedfast.html#try-using-a-reticulum-based-program">Try Using a Reticulum-based Program</a></li>
+<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="gettingstartedfast.html#using-the-included-utilities">Using the Included Utilities</a></li>
+<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="gettingstartedfast.html#creating-a-network-with-reticulum">Creating a Network With Reticulum</a></li>
 <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="gettingstartedfast.html#develop-a-program-with-reticulum">Develop a Program with Reticulum</a></li>
 <li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="gettingstartedfast.html#participate-in-reticulum-development">Participate in Reticulum Development</a></li>
+<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="gettingstartedfast.html#reticulum-on-arm64">Reticulum on ARM64</a></li>
+<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="gettingstartedfast.html#reticulum-on-android">Reticulum on Android</a></li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="using.html">Using Reticulum on Your System</a><ul>
+<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="using.html#included-utility-programs">Included Utility Programs</a><ul>
+<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="using.html#the-rnsd-utility">The rnsd Utility</a></li>
+<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="using.html#the-rnstatus-utility">The rnstatus Utility</a></li>
+<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="using.html#the-rnpath-utility">The rnpath Utility</a></li>
+<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="using.html#the-rnprobe-utility">The rnprobe Utility</a></li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="using.html#improving-system-configuration">Improving System Configuration</a><ul>
+<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="using.html#fixed-serial-port-names">Fixed Serial Port Names</a></li>
+<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="using.html#reticulum-as-a-system-service">Reticulum as a System Service</a></li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="networks.html">Building Networks</a><ul>
+<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="networks.html#concepts-overview">Concepts &amp; Overview</a></li>
+<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="networks.html#example-scenarios">Example Scenarios</a><ul>
+<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="networks.html#interconnected-lora-sites">Interconnected LoRa Sites</a></li>
+<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="networks.html#bridging-over-the-internet">Bridging Over the Internet</a></li>
+<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="networks.html#growth-and-convergence">Growth and Convergence</a></li>
+</ul>
+</li>
+</ul>
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+  <div class="section" id="supported-interfaces">
+<span id="interfaces-main"></span><h1>Supported Interfaces<a class="headerlink" href="#supported-interfaces" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
+<p>Reticulum supports using many kinds of devices as networking interfaces, and
+allows you to mix and match them in any way you choose. The number of distinct
+network topologies you can create with Reticulum is more or less endless, but
+common to them all is that you will need to define one or more <em>interfaces</em>
+for Reticulum to use.</p>
+<p>The following sections describe the interfaces currently available in Reticulum,
+and gives example configurations for the respective interface types.</p>
+<p>For a high-level overview of how networks can be formed over different interface
+types, have a look at the <a class="reference internal" href="networks.html#networks-main"><span class="std std-ref">Building Networks</span></a> chapter of this
+manual.</p>
+<div class="section" id="auto-interface">
+<span id="interfaces-auto"></span><h2>Auto Interface<a class="headerlink" href="#auto-interface" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
+<p>The Auto Interface enables communication with other discoverable Reticulum
+nodes over autoconfigured IPv6 and UDP. It does not need any functional IP
+infrastructure like routers or DHCP servers, but will require at least some
+sort of switching medium between peers (a wired switch, a hub, a WiFi access
+point or similar), and that link-local IPv6 is enabled in your operating
+system, which should be enabled by default in almost all OSes.</p>
+<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1"># This example demonstrates a TCP server interface.</span>
+<span class="c1"># It will listen for incoming connections on the</span>
+<span class="c1"># specified IP address and port number.</span>
+
+<span class="p">[[</span><span class="n">Default</span> <span class="n">Interface</span><span class="p">]]</span>
+  <span class="nb">type</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">AutoInterface</span>
+  <span class="n">interface_enabled</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">True</span>
+
+  <span class="c1"># You can create multiple isolated Reticulum</span>
+  <span class="c1"># networks on the same physical LAN by</span>
+  <span class="c1"># specifying different Group IDs.</span>
+
+  <span class="n">group_id</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">reticulum</span>
+
+  <span class="c1"># You can also select specifically which</span>
+  <span class="c1"># kernel networking devices to use.</span>
+
+  <span class="n">devices</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">wlan0</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">eth1</span>
+
+  <span class="c1"># Or let AutoInterface use all suitable</span>
+  <span class="c1"># devices except for a list of ignored ones.</span>
+
+  <span class="n">ignored_devices</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">tun0</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">eth0</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>If you are connected to the Internet with IPv6, and your provider will route
+IPv6 multicast, you can potentially configure the Auto Interface to globally
+autodiscover other Reticulum nodes within your selected Group ID. You can specify
+the discovery scope by setting it to one of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">link</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">admin</span></code>, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">site</span></code>,
+<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">organisation</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">global</span></code>.</p>
+<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="p">[[</span><span class="n">Default</span> <span class="n">Interface</span><span class="p">]]</span>
+  <span class="nb">type</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">AutoInterface</span>
+  <span class="n">interface_enabled</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">True</span>
+
+  <span class="c1"># Configure global discovery</span>
+
+  <span class="n">group_id</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">custom_network_name</span>
+  <span class="n">discovery_scope</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">global</span>
+
+  <span class="c1"># Other configuration options</span>
+
+  <span class="n">discovery_port</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">48555</span>
+  <span class="n">data_port</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">49555</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="i2p-interface">
+<span id="interfaces-i2p"></span><h2>I2P Interface<a class="headerlink" href="#i2p-interface" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
+<p>The I2P interface lets you connect Reticulum instances over the
+<a class="reference external" href="https://i2pd.website">Invisible Internet Protocol</a>. This can be
+especially useful in cases where you want to host a globally reachable
+Reticulum instance, but do not have access to any public IP addresses,
+have a frequently changing IP address, or have firewalls blocking
+inbound traffic.</p>
+<p>Using the I2P interface, you will get a globally reachable, portable
+and persistent I2P address that your Reticulum instance can be reached
+at.</p>
+<p>To use the I2P interface, you must have an I2P router running
+on your system. The easiest way to acheive this is to download and
+install the <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/PurpleI2P/i2pd/releases/latest">latest release</a>
+of the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ì2pd</span></code> package. For more details about I2P, see the
+<a class="reference external" href="https://geti2p.net/en/about/intro">geti2p.net website</a>.`</p>
+<p>When an I2P router is running on your system, you can simply add
+an I2P interface to reticulum:</p>
+<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="p">[[</span><span class="n">I2P</span><span class="p">]]</span>
+  <span class="nb">type</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">I2PInterface</span>
+  <span class="n">interface_enabled</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">yes</span>
+  <span class="n">connectable</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">yes</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>On the first start, Reticulum will generate a new I2P address for the
+interface and start listening for inbound traffic on it. This can take
+a while the first time, especially if your I2P router was also just
+started, and is not yet well-connected to the I2P network. When ready,
+you should see I2P base32 address printed to your log file. You can
+also inspect the status of the interface using the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rnstatus</span></code> utility.</p>
+<p>To connect to other Reticulum instances over I2P, just add a comma-separated
+list of I2P base32 addresses to the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">peers</span></code> option of the interface:</p>
+<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="p">[[</span><span class="n">I2P</span><span class="p">]]</span>
+  <span class="nb">type</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">I2PInterface</span>
+  <span class="n">interface_enabled</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">yes</span>
+  <span class="n">connectable</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">yes</span>
+  <span class="n">peers</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">5</span><span class="n">urvjicpzi7q3ybztsef4i5ow2aq4soktfj7zedz53s47r54jnqq</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">b32</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">i2p</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>It can take anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes to establish
+I2P connections to the desired peers, so Reticulum handles the process
+in the background, and will output relevant events to the log.</p>
+<p><strong>Please Note!</strong> While the I2P interface is the simplest way to use
+Reticulum over I2P, it is also possible to tunnel the TCP server and
+client interfaces over I2P manually. This can be useful in situations
+where more control is needed, but requires manual tunnel setup through
+the I2P daemon configuration.</p>
+<p>It is important to note that the two methods are <em>interchangably compatible</em>.
+You can use the I2PInterface to connect to a TCPServerInterface that
+was manually tunneled over I2P, for example. This offers a high degree
+of flexibility in network setup, while retaining ease of use in simpler
+use-cases.</p>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="tcp-server-interface">
+<span id="interfaces-tcps"></span><h2>TCP Server Interface<a class="headerlink" href="#tcp-server-interface" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
+<p>The TCP Server interface is suitable for allowing other peers to connect over
+the Internet or private IP networks. When a TCP server interface has been
+configured, other Reticulum peers can connect to it with a TCP Client interface.</p>
+<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1"># This example demonstrates a TCP server interface.</span>
+<span class="c1"># It will listen for incoming connections on the</span>
+<span class="c1"># specified IP address and port number.</span>
+
+<span class="p">[[</span><span class="n">TCP</span> <span class="n">Server</span> <span class="n">Interface</span><span class="p">]]</span>
+  <span class="nb">type</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">TCPServerInterface</span>
+  <span class="n">interface_enabled</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">True</span>
+
+  <span class="c1"># This configuration will listen on all IP</span>
+  <span class="c1"># interfaces on port 4242</span>
+
+  <span class="n">listen_ip</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mf">0.0</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="mf">0.0</span>
+  <span class="n">listen_port</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">4242</span>
+
+  <span class="c1"># Alternatively you can bind to a specific IP</span>
+
+  <span class="c1"># listen_ip = 10.0.0.88</span>
+  <span class="c1"># listen_port = 4242</span>
+
+  <span class="c1"># Or a specific network device</span>
+
+  <span class="c1"># device = eth0</span>
+  <span class="c1"># port = 4242</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p><strong>Please Note!</strong> The TCP interfaces support tunneling over I2P, but to do so reliably,
+you must use the i2p_tunneled option:</p>
+<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="p">[[</span><span class="n">TCP</span> <span class="n">Server</span> <span class="n">on</span> <span class="n">I2P</span><span class="p">]]</span>
+    <span class="nb">type</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">TCPServerInterface</span>
+    <span class="n">interface_enabled</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">yes</span>
+    <span class="n">listen_ip</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mf">127.0</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="mf">0.1</span>
+    <span class="n">listen_port</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">5001</span>
+    <span class="n">i2p_tunneled</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">yes</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="tcp-client-interface">
+<span id="interfaces-tcpc"></span><h2>TCP Client Interface<a class="headerlink" href="#tcp-client-interface" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
+<p>To connect to a TCP server interface, you would naturally use the TCP client
+interface. Many TCP Client interfaces from different peers can connect to the
+same TCP Server interface at the same time.</p>
+<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1"># Here&#39;s an example of a TCP Client interface. The</span>
+<span class="c1"># target_host can either be an IP address or a hostname.</span>
+
+<span class="p">[[</span><span class="n">TCP</span> <span class="n">Client</span> <span class="n">Interface</span><span class="p">]]</span>
+  <span class="nb">type</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">TCPClientInterface</span>
+  <span class="n">interface_enabled</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">True</span>
+  <span class="n">target_host</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mf">127.0</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="mf">0.1</span>
+  <span class="n">target_port</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">4242</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>It is also possible to use this interface type to connect via other programs
+or hardware devices that expose a KISS interface on a TCP port, for example
+software-based soundmodems. To do this, use the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">kiss_framing</span></code> option:</p>
+<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1"># Here&#39;s an example of a TCP Client interface that connects</span>
+<span class="c1"># to a software TNC soundmodem on a KISS over TCP port.</span>
+
+<span class="p">[[</span><span class="n">TCP</span> <span class="n">KISS</span> <span class="n">Interface</span><span class="p">]]</span>
+  <span class="nb">type</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">TCPClientInterface</span>
+  <span class="n">interface_enabled</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">True</span>
+  <span class="n">kiss_framing</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">True</span>
+  <span class="n">target_host</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mf">127.0</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="mf">0.1</span>
+  <span class="n">target_port</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">8001</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p><strong>Caution!</strong> Only use the KISS framing option when connecting to external devices
+and programs like soundmodems and similar over TCP. When using the
+<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">TCPClientInterface</span></code> in conjunction with the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">TCPServerInterface</span></code> you should
+never enable <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">kiss_framing</span></code>, since this will disable internal reliability and
+recovery mechanisms that greatly improves performance over unreliable and
+intermittent TCP links.</p>
+<p><strong>Please Note!</strong> The TCP interfaces support tunneling over I2P, but to do so reliably,
+you must use the i2p_tunneled option:</p>
+<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="p">[[</span><span class="n">TCP</span> <span class="n">Client</span> <span class="n">over</span> <span class="n">I2P</span><span class="p">]]</span>
+    <span class="nb">type</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">TCPClientInterface</span>
+    <span class="n">interface_enabled</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">yes</span>
+    <span class="n">target_host</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mf">127.0</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="mf">0.1</span>
+    <span class="n">target_port</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">5001</span>
+    <span class="n">i2p_tunneled</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">yes</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="udp-interface">
+<span id="interfaces-udp"></span><h2>UDP Interface<a class="headerlink" href="#udp-interface" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
+<p>A UDP interface can be useful for communicating over IP networks, both
+private and the internet. It can also allow broadcast communication
+over IP networks, so it can provide an easy way to enable connectivity
+with all other peers on a local area network.</p>
+<p><em>Please Note!</em> Using broadcast UDP traffic has performance implications,
+especially on WiFi. If your goal is simply to enable easy communication
+with all peers in your local ethernet broadcast domain, the
+<a class="reference internal" href="#interfaces-auto"><span class="std std-ref">Auto Interface</span></a> performs better, and is just as
+easy to use.</p>
+<p>The below example is enabled by default on new Reticulum installations,
+as it provides an easy way to get started and to test Reticulum on a
+pre-existing LAN.</p>
+<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1"># This example enables communication with other</span>
+<span class="c1"># local Reticulum peers over UDP.</span>
+
+<span class="p">[[</span><span class="n">Default</span> <span class="n">UDP</span> <span class="n">Interface</span><span class="p">]]</span>
+  <span class="nb">type</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">UDPInterface</span>
+  <span class="n">interface_enabled</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">True</span>
+
+  <span class="n">listen_ip</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mf">0.0</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="mf">0.0</span>
+  <span class="n">listen_port</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">4242</span>
+  <span class="n">forward_ip</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mf">255.255</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="mf">255.255</span>
+  <span class="n">forward_port</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">4242</span>
+
+  <span class="c1"># The above configuration will allow communication</span>
+  <span class="c1"># within the local broadcast domains of all local</span>
+  <span class="c1"># IP interfaces.</span>
+
+  <span class="c1"># Instead of specifying listen_ip, listen_port,</span>
+  <span class="c1"># forward_ip and forward_port, you can also bind</span>
+  <span class="c1"># to a specific network device like below.</span>
+
+  <span class="c1"># device = eth0</span>
+  <span class="c1"># port = 4242</span>
+
+  <span class="c1"># Assuming the eth0 device has the address</span>
+  <span class="c1"># 10.55.0.72/24, the above configuration would</span>
+  <span class="c1"># be equivalent to the following manual setup.</span>
+  <span class="c1"># Note that we are both listening and forwarding to</span>
+  <span class="c1"># the broadcast address of the network segments.</span>
+
+  <span class="c1"># listen_ip = 10.55.0.255</span>
+  <span class="c1"># listen_port = 4242</span>
+  <span class="c1"># forward_ip = 10.55.0.255</span>
+  <span class="c1"># forward_port = 4242</span>
+
+  <span class="c1"># You can of course also communicate only with</span>
+  <span class="c1"># a single IP address</span>
+
+  <span class="c1"># listen_ip = 10.55.0.15</span>
+  <span class="c1"># listen_port = 4242</span>
+  <span class="c1"># forward_ip = 10.55.0.16</span>
+  <span class="c1"># forward_port = 4242</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="rnode-lora-interface">
+<span id="interfaces-rnode"></span><h2>RNode LoRa Interface<a class="headerlink" href="#rnode-lora-interface" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
+<p>To use Reticulum over LoRa, the <a class="reference external" href="https://unsigned.io/rnode/">RNode</a> interface
+can be used, and offers full control over LoRa parameters.</p>
+<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="c1"># Here&#39;s an example of how to add a LoRa interface</span>
+<span class="c1"># using the RNode LoRa transceiver.</span>
+
+<span class="p">[[</span><span class="n">RNode</span> <span class="n">LoRa</span> <span class="n">Interface</span><span class="p">]]</span>
+  <span class="nb">type</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">RNodeInterface</span>
+
+  <span class="c1"># Enable interface if you want use it!</span>
+  <span class="n">interface_enabled</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">True</span>
+
+  <span class="c1"># Serial port for the device</span>
+  <span class="n">port</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="o">/</span><span class="n">dev</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">ttyUSB0</span>
+
+  <span class="c1"># Set frequency to 867.2 MHz</span>
+  <span class="n">frequency</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">867200000</span>
+
+  <span class="c1"># Set LoRa bandwidth to 125 KHz</span>
+  <span class="n">bandwidth</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">125000</span>
+
+  <span class="c1"># Set TX power to 7 dBm (5 mW)</span>
+  <span class="n">txpower</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">7</span>
+
+  <span class="c1"># Select spreading factor 8. Valid</span>
+  <span class="c1"># range is 7 through 12, with 7</span>
+  <span class="c1"># being the fastest and 12 having</span>
+  <span class="c1"># the longest range.</span>
+  <span class="n">spreadingfactor</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">8</span>
+
+  <span class="c1"># Select coding rate 5. Valid range</span>
+  <span class="c1"># is 5 throough 8, with 5 being the</span>
+  <span class="c1"># fastest, and 8 the longest range.</span>
+  <span class="n">codingrate</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">5</span>
+
+  <span class="c1"># You can configure the RNode to send</span>
+  <span class="c1"># out identification on the channel with</span>
+  <span class="c1"># a set interval by configuring the</span>
+  <span class="c1"># following two parameters.</span>
+  <span class="c1"># id_callsign = MYCALL-0</span>
+  <span class="c1"># id_interval = 600</span>
+
+  <span class="c1"># For certain homebrew RNode interfaces</span>
+  <span class="c1"># with low amounts of RAM, using packet</span>
+  <span class="c1"># flow control can be useful. By default</span>
+  <span class="c1"># it is disabled.</span>
+  <span class="n">flow_control</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">False</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="serial-interface">
+<span id="interfaces-serial"></span><h2>Serial Interface<a class="headerlink" href="#serial-interface" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
+<p>Reticulum can be used over serial ports directly, or over any device with a
+serial port, that will transparently pass data. Useful for communicating
+directly over a wire-pair, or for using devices such as data radios and lasers.</p>
+<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="p">[[</span><span class="n">Serial</span> <span class="n">Interface</span><span class="p">]]</span>
+  <span class="nb">type</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">SerialInterface</span>
+  <span class="n">interface_enabled</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">True</span>
+
+  <span class="c1"># Serial port for the device</span>
+  <span class="n">port</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="o">/</span><span class="n">dev</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">ttyUSB0</span>
+
+  <span class="c1"># Set the serial baud-rate and other</span>
+  <span class="c1"># configuration parameters.</span>
+  <span class="n">speed</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">115200</span>
+  <span class="n">databits</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">8</span>
+  <span class="n">parity</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">none</span>
+  <span class="n">stopbits</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">1</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="kiss-interface">
+<span id="interfaces-kiss"></span><h2>KISS Interface<a class="headerlink" href="#kiss-interface" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
+<p>With the KISS interface, you can use Reticulum over a variety of packet
+radio modems and TNCs, including <a class="reference external" href="https://unsigned.io/openmodem/">OpenModem</a>.
+KISS interfaces can also be configured to periodically send out beacons
+for station identification purposes.</p>
+<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="p">[[</span><span class="n">Packet</span> <span class="n">Radio</span> <span class="n">KISS</span> <span class="n">Interface</span><span class="p">]]</span>
+  <span class="nb">type</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">KISSInterface</span>
+  <span class="n">interface_enabled</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">True</span>
+
+  <span class="c1"># Serial port for the device</span>
+  <span class="n">port</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="o">/</span><span class="n">dev</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">ttyUSB1</span>
+
+  <span class="c1"># Set the serial baud-rate and other</span>
+  <span class="c1"># configuration parameters.</span>
+  <span class="n">speed</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">115200</span>
+  <span class="n">databits</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">8</span>
+  <span class="n">parity</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">none</span>
+  <span class="n">stopbits</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">1</span>
+
+  <span class="c1"># Set the modem preamble.</span>
+  <span class="n">preamble</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">150</span>
+
+  <span class="c1"># Set the modem TX tail.</span>
+  <span class="n">txtail</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">10</span>
+
+  <span class="c1"># Configure CDMA parameters. These</span>
+  <span class="c1"># settings are reasonable defaults.</span>
+  <span class="n">persistence</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">200</span>
+  <span class="n">slottime</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">20</span>
+
+  <span class="c1"># You can configure the interface to send</span>
+  <span class="c1"># out identification on the channel with</span>
+  <span class="c1"># a set interval by configuring the</span>
+  <span class="c1"># following two parameters. The KISS</span>
+  <span class="c1"># interface will only ID if the set</span>
+  <span class="c1"># interval has elapsed since it&#39;s last</span>
+  <span class="c1"># actual transmission. The interval is</span>
+  <span class="c1"># configured in seconds.</span>
+  <span class="c1"># This option is commented out and not</span>
+  <span class="c1"># used by default.</span>
+  <span class="c1"># id_callsign = MYCALL-0</span>
+  <span class="c1"># id_interval = 600</span>
+
+  <span class="c1"># Whether to use KISS flow-control.</span>
+  <span class="c1"># This is useful for modems that have</span>
+  <span class="c1"># a small internal packet buffer, but</span>
+  <span class="c1"># support packet flow control instead.</span>
+  <span class="n">flow_control</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">false</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="ax-25-kiss-interface">
+<span id="interfaces-ax25"></span><h2>AX.25 KISS Interface<a class="headerlink" href="#ax-25-kiss-interface" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
+<p>If you’re using Reticulum on amateur radio spectrum, you might want to
+use the AX.25 KISS interface. This way, Reticulum will automatically
+encapsulate it’s traffic in AX.25 and also identify your stations
+transmissions with your callsign and SSID.</p>
+<p>Only do this if you really need to! Reticulum doesn’t need the AX.25
+layer for anything, and it incurs extra overhead on every packet to
+encapsulate in AX.25.</p>
+<p>A more efficient way is to use the plain KISS interface with the
+beaconing functionality described above.</p>
+<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="p">[[</span><span class="n">Packet</span> <span class="n">Radio</span> <span class="n">AX</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="mi">25</span> <span class="n">KISS</span> <span class="n">Interface</span><span class="p">]]</span>
+  <span class="nb">type</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">AX25KISSInterface</span>
+
+  <span class="c1"># Set the station callsign and SSID</span>
+  <span class="n">callsign</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">NO1CLL</span>
+  <span class="n">ssid</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">0</span>
+
+  <span class="c1"># Enable interface if you want use it!</span>
+  <span class="n">interface_enabled</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="kc">True</span>
+
+  <span class="c1"># Serial port for the device</span>
+  <span class="n">port</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="o">/</span><span class="n">dev</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">ttyUSB2</span>
+
+  <span class="c1"># Set the serial baud-rate and other</span>
+  <span class="c1"># configuration parameters.</span>
+  <span class="n">speed</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">115200</span>
+  <span class="n">databits</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">8</span>
+  <span class="n">parity</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">none</span>
+  <span class="n">stopbits</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">1</span>
+
+  <span class="c1"># Set the modem preamble. A 150ms</span>
+  <span class="c1"># preamble should be a reasonable</span>
+  <span class="c1"># default, but may need to be</span>
+  <span class="c1"># increased for radios with slow-</span>
+  <span class="c1"># opening squelch and long TX/RX</span>
+  <span class="c1"># turnaround</span>
+  <span class="n">preamble</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">150</span>
+
+  <span class="c1"># Set the modem TX tail. In most</span>
+  <span class="c1"># cases this should be kept as low</span>
+  <span class="c1"># as possible to not waste airtime.</span>
+  <span class="n">txtail</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">10</span>
+
+  <span class="c1"># Configure CDMA parameters. These</span>
+  <span class="c1"># settings are reasonable defaults.</span>
+  <span class="n">persistence</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">200</span>
+  <span class="n">slottime</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">20</span>
+
+  <span class="c1"># Whether to use KISS flow-control.</span>
+  <span class="c1"># This is useful for modems with a</span>
+  <span class="c1"># small internal packet buffer.</span>
+  <span class="n">flow_control</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">false</span>
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="common-interface-options">
+<span id="interfaces-options"></span><h2>Common Interface Options<a class="headerlink" href="#common-interface-options" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
+<p>A number of general options can be used to control various
+aspects of interface behaviour.</p>
+<p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">interface_enabled</span></code> option tells Reticulum whether or not
+to bring up the interface. Defaults to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">False</span></code>. For any
+interface to be brought up, the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">interface_enabled</span></code> option
+must be set to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">True</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Yes</span></code>.</p>
+<p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">outgoing</span></code> option sets whether an interface is allowed
+to transmit. Defaults to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">True</span></code>. If set to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">False</span></code> the
+interface will only receive data, and never transmit.</p>
+<p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">interface_mode</span></code> option allows selecting the high-level
+behaviour of the interface from a number of options.</p>
+<blockquote>
+<div><ul class="simple">
+<li><p>The default value is <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">full</span></code>. In this mode, all discovery,
+meshing and transpor functionality is available.</p></li>
+<li><p>In the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">access_point</span></code> (or shorthand <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ap</span></code>) mode, the
+interface will operate as a network access point. In this
+mode, announces will not be automatically broadcasted on
+the interface, and paths to destinations on the interface
+will have a much shorter expiry time. This mode is useful
+for creating interfaces that are mostly quiet, unless when
+someone is actually using them. An example of this could
+be a radio interface serving a wide area, where users are
+expected to connect momentarily, use the network, and then
+disappear again.</p></li>
+</ul>
+</div></blockquote>
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+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#">Supported Interfaces</a><ul>
+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#auto-interface">Auto Interface</a></li>
+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#i2p-interface">I2P Interface</a></li>
+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#tcp-server-interface">TCP Server Interface</a></li>
+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#tcp-client-interface">TCP Client Interface</a></li>
+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#udp-interface">UDP Interface</a></li>
+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#rnode-lora-interface">RNode LoRa Interface</a></li>
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+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#kiss-interface">KISS Interface</a></li>
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+<span id="networks-main"></span><h1>Building Networks<a class="headerlink" href="#building-networks" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
+<p>This chapter will provide you with the knowledge needed to build networks with
+Reticulum, which can often be easier than using traditional stacks, since you
+don’t have to worry about coordinating addresses, subnets and routing for an
+entire network that you might not know how will evolve in the future. With
+Reticulum, you can simply add more segments to your network when it becomes
+necesarry, and Reticulum will handle the convergence of the entire network
+automatically.</p>
+<div class="section" id="concepts-overview">
+<h2>Concepts &amp; Overview<a class="headerlink" href="#concepts-overview" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
+<p>There are important points that need to be kept in mind when building networks
+with Reticulum:</p>
+<blockquote>
+<div><ul>
+<li><div class="line-block">
+<div class="line">In a Reticulum network, any node can autonomously generate as many adresses
+(called <em>destinations</em> in Reticulum terminology) as it needs, which become
+globally reachable to the rest of the network. There is no central point of
+control over the adress space.</div>
+</div>
+</li>
+<li><div class="line-block">
+<div class="line">Reticulum was designed to handle both very small, and very large networks.
+While the adress space can support billions of endpoints, Reticulum is
+also very useful when just a few devices needs to communicate.</div>
+</div>
+</li>
+<li><div class="line-block">
+<div class="line">Reticulum provides sender/initiator anonymity by default. There is no way
+to filter traffic or discriminate it based on the source of the traffic.</div>
+</div>
+</li>
+<li><div class="line-block">
+<div class="line">All traffic is encrypted using ephemeral keys generated by an Elliptic Curve
+Diffie-Hellman key exchange on Curve25519. There is no way to inspect traffic
+contents, and no way to prioritise or throttle certain kinds of traffic.
+All transport and routing layers are thus completely agnostic to traffic type,
+and will pass all traffic equally.</div>
+</div>
+</li>
+<li><div class="line-block">
+<div class="line">Reticulum can function both with and without infrastructure. When <em>transport
+nodes</em> are available, they can route traffic over multiple hops for other
+nodes, and will function as a distributed cryptographic keystore. When there
+is no transport nodes available, all nodes that are within communication range
+can still communicate.</div>
+</div>
+</li>
+<li><div class="line-block">
+<div class="line">Every node can become a transport node, simply by enabling it in it’s
+configuration, but there is no need for every node on the network to be a
+transport node. Letting every node be a transport node will in most cases
+degrade the performance and reliability of the network.</div>
+</div>
+<blockquote>
+<div><p>In general terms, if a node is stationary, well-connected and kept running
+most of the time, it is a good candidate to be a transport node. For optimal
+performance, a network should contain the amount of transport nodes that
+provides connectivity to the intended area / topography, and not many more
+than that.</p>
+</div></blockquote>
+</li>
+</ul>
+</div></blockquote>
+<p>Reticulum allows you to mix very different kinds of networking mediums into a
+unified mesh, or to keep everything within one medium. You could build a “virtual
+network” running entirely over the Internet, where all nodes communicate over TCP
+and UDP “channels”. You could also build such a network using MQTT or ZeroMQ as
+the underlying carrier for Reticulum.</p>
+<p>However, most real-world networks will probably involve either some form of
+wireless or direct hardline communications. To allow Reticulum to communicate
+over any type of medium, you must specify it in the configuration file, by default
+located at <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">~/.reticulum/config</span></code>. See the <a class="reference internal" href="interfaces.html#interfaces-main"><span class="std std-ref">Supported Interfaces</span></a>
+chapter of this manual for interface configuration examples.</p>
+<p>Any number of interfaces can be configured, and Reticulum will automatically
+decide which are suitable to use in any given situation, depending on where
+traffic needs to flow.</p>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="example-scenarios">
+<h2>Example Scenarios<a class="headerlink" href="#example-scenarios" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
+<p>This section illustrates a few example scenarios, and how they would, in general
+terms, be planned, implemented and configured.</p>
+<div class="section" id="interconnected-lora-sites">
+<h3>Interconnected LoRa Sites<a class="headerlink" href="#interconnected-lora-sites" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
+<p>An organisation wants to provide communication and information services to it’s
+members, which are located mainly in three separate areas. Three suitable hill-top
+locations are found, where the organisation can install equipment: Site A, B and C.</p>
+<p>Since the amount of data that needs to be exchanged between users is mainly text-
+based, the bandwidth requirements are low, and LoRa radios are chosen to connect
+users to the network.</p>
+<p>Due to the hill-top locations found, there is radio line-of-sight between site A
+and B, and also between site B and C. Because of this, the organisation does not
+need to use the Internet to interconnect the sites, but purchases four Point-to-Point
+WiFi based radios for interconnecting the sites.</p>
+<p>At each site, a Raspberry Pi is installed to function as a gateway. A LoRa radio
+is connected to the Pi with a USB cable, and the WiFi radio is connected to the
+ethernet port of the Pi. At site B, two WiFi radios are needed to be able to reach
+both site A and site C, so an extra ethernet adapter is connected to the Pi in
+this location.</p>
+<p>Once the hardware has been installed, Reticulum is installed on all the Pis, and at
+site A and C, one interface is added for the LoRa radio, as well as one for the WiFi
+radio. At site B, an interface for the LoRa radio, and one interface for each WiFi
+radio is added to the Reticulum configuration file. The transport node option is
+enabled in the configuration of all three gateways.</p>
+<p>The network is now operational, and ready to serve users across all three areas.
+The organisation prepares a LoRa radio that is supplied to the end users, along
+with a Reticulum configuration file, that contains the right parameters for
+communicating with the LoRa radios installed at the gateway sites.</p>
+<p>Once users connect to the network, anyone will be able to communicate with anyone
+else across all three sites.</p>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="bridging-over-the-internet">
+<h3>Bridging Over the Internet<a class="headerlink" href="#bridging-over-the-internet" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
+<p>As the organisation grows, several new communities form in places too far away
+from the core network to be reachable over WiFi links. New gateways similar to those
+previously installed are set up for the new communities at the new sites D and E, but
+they are islanded from the core network, and only serve the local users.</p>
+<p>After investigating the options, it is found that it is possible to install an
+Internet connection at site A, and an interface on the Internet connection is
+configured for Reticulum on the Raspberry Pi at site A.</p>
+<p>A member of the organisation at site D, named Dori, is willing to help by sharing
+the Internet connection she already has in her home, and is able to leave a Raspberry
+Pi running. A new Reticulum interface is configured on her Pi, connecting to the newly
+enabled Internet interface on the gateway at site A. Dori is now connected to both
+all the nodes at her own local site (through the hill-top LoRa gateway), and all the
+combined users of sites A, B and C. She then enables transport on her node, and
+traffic from site D can now reach everyone at site A, B and C, and vice versa.</p>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="growth-and-convergence">
+<h3>Growth and Convergence<a class="headerlink" href="#growth-and-convergence" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
+<p>As the organisation grows, more gateways are added to keep up with the growing user
+base. Some local gateways even add VHF radios and packet modems to reach outlying users
+and communities that are out of reach for the LoRa radios and WiFi backhauls.</p>
+<p>As more sites, gateways and users are connected, the amount of coordination required
+is kept to a minimum. If one community wants to add connectivity to the next one
+over, it can simply be done without having to involve everyone or coordinate address
+space or routing tables.</p>
+<p>With the added geographical coverage, the operators at site A one day find that
+the original internet bridged interfaces are no longer utilised. The network has
+converged to be completely self-connected, and the sites that were once poorly
+connected outliers are now an integral part of the network.</p>
+</div>
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+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#concepts-overview">Concepts &amp; Overview</a></li>
+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#example-scenarios">Example Scenarios</a><ul>
+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#interconnected-lora-sites">Interconnected LoRa Sites</a></li>
+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#bridging-over-the-internet">Bridging Over the Internet</a></li>
+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#growth-and-convergence">Growth and Convergence</a></li>
+</ul>
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@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 <span id="api-reticulum"></span><h3>Reticulum<a class="headerlink" href="#reticulum" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
 <dl class="py class">
 <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="RNS.Reticulum">
-<em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span> </em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">RNS.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">Reticulum</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">configdir</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#RNS.Reticulum" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
+<em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span> </em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">RNS.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">Reticulum</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">configdir</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">loglevel</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#RNS.Reticulum" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
 <dd><p>This class is used to initialise access to Reticulum within a
 program. You must create exactly one instance of this class before
 carrying out any other RNS operations, such as creating destinations
@@ -1128,6 +1128,32 @@ Transport system of Reticulum.</p>
 </dl>
 </dd></dl>
 
+<dl class="py method">
+<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="RNS.Transport.next_hop">
+<em class="property"><span class="pre">static</span> </em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">next_hop</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">destination_hash</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#RNS.Transport.next_hop" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
+<dd><dl class="field-list simple">
+<dt class="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
+<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>destination_hash</strong> – A destination hash as <em>bytes</em>.</p>
+</dd>
+<dt class="field-even">Returns</dt>
+<dd class="field-even"><p>The destination hash as <em>bytes</em> for the next hop to the specified destination, or <em>None</em> if the next hop is unknown.</p>
+</dd>
+</dl>
+</dd></dl>
+
+<dl class="py method">
+<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="RNS.Transport.next_hop_interface">
+<em class="property"><span class="pre">static</span> </em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">next_hop_interface</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">destination_hash</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#RNS.Transport.next_hop_interface" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
+<dd><dl class="field-list simple">
+<dt class="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
+<dd class="field-odd"><p><strong>destination_hash</strong> – A destination hash as <em>bytes</em>.</p>
+</dd>
+<dt class="field-even">Returns</dt>
+<dd class="field-even"><p>The interface for the next hop to the specified destination, or <em>None</em> if the interface is unknown.</p>
+</dd>
+</dl>
+</dd></dl>
+
 <dl class="py method">
 <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="RNS.Transport.request_path">
 <em class="property"><span class="pre">static</span> </em><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">request_path</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">destination_hash</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#RNS.Transport.request_path" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
@@ -1178,7 +1204,7 @@ will announce it.</p>
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@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ by using multiple hops).</p>
 </div>
 <div class="section" id="goals">
 <span id="understanding-goals"></span><h2>Goals<a class="headerlink" href="#goals" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
-<p>To be as widely usable and easy to implement as possible, the following goals have been used to
+<p>To be as widely usable and easy to use as possible, the following goals have been used to
 guide the design of Reticulum:</p>
 <ul class="simple">
 <li><dl class="simple">
@@ -100,12 +100,18 @@ it can be easily replicated.</p>
 </li>
 <li><dl class="simple">
 <dt><strong>Very low bandwidth requirements</strong></dt><dd><p>Reticulum should be able to function reliably over links with a transmission capacity as low
-as <em>1,000 bps</em>.</p>
+as <em>500 bps</em>.</p>
 </dd>
 </dl>
 </li>
 <li><dl class="simple">
-<dt><strong>Encryption by default</strong></dt><dd><p>Reticulum must use encryption by default where possible and applicable.</p>
+<dt><strong>Encryption by default</strong></dt><dd><p>Reticulum must use strong encryption by default for all communication.</p>
+</dd>
+</dl>
+</li>
+<li><dl class="simple">
+<dt><strong>Initiator Anonymity</strong></dt><dd><p>It must be possible to communicate over a Reticulum network without revealing any identifying
+information about oneself.</p>
 </dd>
 </dl>
 </li>
@@ -148,7 +154,7 @@ needs to be purchased.</p>
 <p>Reticulum is a networking stack suited for high-latency, low-bandwidth links. Reticulum is at it’s
 core a <em>message oriented</em> system. It is suited for both local point-to-point or point-to-multipoint
 scenarios where alle nodes are within range of each other, as well as scenarios where packets need
-to be transported over multiple hops to reach the recipient.</p>
+to be transported over multiple hops in a complex network to reach the recipient.</p>
 <p>Reticulum does away with the idea of addresses and ports known from IP, TCP and UDP. Instead
 Reticulum uses the singular concept of <em>destinations</em>. Any application using Reticulum as it’s
 networking stack will need to create one or more destinations to receive data, and know the
@@ -156,9 +162,9 @@ destinations it needs to send data to.</p>
 <p>All destinations in Reticulum are represented internally as 10 bytes, derived from truncating a full
 SHA-256 hash of identifying characteristics of the destination. To users, the destination addresses
 will be displayed as 10 bytes in hexadecimal representation, as in the following example: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">&lt;80e29bf7cccaf31431b3&gt;</span></code>.</p>
-<p>By default Reticulum encrypts all data using public-key cryptography. Any message sent to a
-destination is encrypted with that destinations public key. Reticulum can also set up an encrypted
-channel to a destination with <em>Perfect Forward Secrecy</em> and <em>Initiator Anonymity</em> using a elliptic
+<p>By default Reticulum encrypts all data using elliptic curve cryptography. Any packet sent to a
+destination is encrypted with a derived ephemeral key. Reticulum can also set up an encrypted
+channel to a destination with <em>Forward Secrecy</em> and <em>Initiator Anonymity</em> using a elliptic
 curve cryptography and ephemeral keys derived from a Diffie Hellman exchange on Curve25519. In
 Reticulum terminology, this is called a <em>Link</em>.</p>
 <p>Reticulum also offers symmetric key encryption for group-oriented communications, as well as
@@ -174,23 +180,23 @@ private IP networks.</p>
 destinations. Reticulum uses three different basic destination types, and one special:</p>
 <ul class="simple">
 <li><dl class="simple">
-<dt><strong>Single</strong></dt><dd><p>The <em>single</em> destination type defines a public-key encrypted destination. Any data sent to this
-destination will be encrypted with the destination’s public key, and will only be readable by
-the creator of the destination.</p>
+<dt><strong>Single</strong></dt><dd><p>The <em>single</em> destination type is always identified by a unique public key. Any data sent to this
+destination will be encrypted using ephemeral keys derived from an ECDH key exchange, and will
+only be readable by the creator of the destination, who holds the corresponding private key.</p>
 </dd>
 </dl>
 </li>
 <li><dl class="simple">
 <dt><strong>Group</strong></dt><dd><p>The <em>group</em> destination type defines a symmetrically encrypted destination. Data sent to this
 destination will be encrypted with a symmetric key, and will be readable by anyone in
-possession of the key. The <em>group</em> destination can be used just as well by only two peers, as it
-can by many.</p>
+possession of the key.</p>
 </dd>
 </dl>
 </li>
 <li><dl class="simple">
 <dt><strong>Plain</strong></dt><dd><p>A <em>plain</em> destination type is unencrypted, and suited for traffic that should be broadcast to a
-number of users, or should be readable by anyone. Traffic to a <em>plain</em> destination is not encrypted.</p>
+number of users, or should be readable by anyone. Traffic to a <em>plain</em> destination is not encrypted.
+Generally, <em>plain</em> destinations can be used for broadcast information intended to be public.</p>
 </dd>
 </dl>
 </li>
@@ -575,7 +581,7 @@ the transfer is needed.</p>
 <p>This is the purpose of the Reticulum <a class="reference internal" href="reference.html#api-resource"><span class="std std-ref">Resource</span></a>. A <em>Resource</em> can automatically
 handle the reliable transfer of an arbitrary amount of data over an established <a class="reference internal" href="reference.html#api-link"><span class="std std-ref">Link</span></a>.
 Resources can auto-compress data, will handle breaking the data into individual packets, sequencing
-the transfer and reassembling the data on the other end.</p>
+the transfer, integrity verification and reassembling the data on the other end.</p>
 <p><a class="reference internal" href="reference.html#api-resource"><span class="std std-ref">Resources</span></a> are programmatically very simple to use, and only requires a few lines
 of codes to reliably transfer any amount of data. They can be used to transfer data stored in memory,
 or stream data directly from files.</p>
@@ -654,8 +660,8 @@ treated more as a reference than as essential reading.</p>
 <div class="section" id="node-types">
 <h3>Node Types<a class="headerlink" href="#node-types" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
 <p>Currently Reticulum defines two node types, the <em>Station</em> and the <em>Peer</em>. A node is a <em>station</em> if it fixed
-in one place, and if it is intended to be kept online most of the time. Otherwise the node is a <em>peer</em>.
-This distinction is made by the user configuring the node, and is used to determine what nodes on the
+in one place, and if it is intended to be kept online most of the time. Otherwise the node is a <em>peer</em>.</p>
+<p>This distinction is made by the user configuring the node, and is used to determine what nodes on the
 network will help forward traffic, and what nodes rely on other nodes for connectivity.</p>
 <p>If a node is a <em>Peer</em> it should be given the configuration directive <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">enable_transport</span> <span class="pre">=</span> <span class="pre">No</span></code>.</p>
 <p>If it is a <em>Station</em>, it should be given the configuration directive <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">enable_transport</span> <span class="pre">=</span> <span class="pre">Yes</span></code>.</p>
@@ -665,9 +671,6 @@ network will help forward traffic, and what nodes rely on other nodes for connec
 <p>Currently, Reticulum is completely priority-agnostic regarding general traffic. All traffic is handled
 on a first-come, first-serve basis. Announce re-transmission are handled according to the re-transmission
 times and priorities described earlier in this chapter.</p>
-<p>It is possible that a prioritisation engine could be added to Reticulum in the future, but in
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-investigation of the consequences first.</p>
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+<span id="using-main"></span><h1>Using Reticulum on Your System<a class="headerlink" href="#using-reticulum-on-your-system" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
+<p>Reticulum is not installed as a driver or kernel module, as one might expect
+of a networking stack. Instead, Reticulum is distributed as a Python module.
+This means that no special privileges are required to install or use it.
+Any program or application that uses Reticulum will automatically load and
+initialise Reticulum when it starts.</p>
+<p>In many cases, this approach is sufficient. When any program needs to use
+Reticulum, it is loaded, initialised, interfaces are brought up, and the
+program can now communicate over Reticulum. If another program starts up
+and also wants access to the same Reticulum network, the instance is simply
+shared. This works for any number of programs running concurrently, and is
+very easy to use, but depending on your use case, there are other options.</p>
+<div class="section" id="included-utility-programs">
+<h2>Included Utility Programs<a class="headerlink" href="#included-utility-programs" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
+<p>If you often use Reticulum from several different programs, or simply want
+Reticulum to stay available all the time, for example if you are hosting
+a transport node, you might want to run Reticulum as a separate service that
+other programs, applications and services can utilise.</p>
+<div class="section" id="the-rnsd-utility">
+<h3>The rnsd Utility<a class="headerlink" href="#the-rnsd-utility" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
+<p>To do so is very easy. Simply run the included <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rnsd</span></code> command. When <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rnsd</span></code>
+is running, it will keep all configured interfaces open, handle transport if
+it is enabled, and allow any other programs to immediately utilise the
+Reticulum network it is configured for.</p>
+<p>You can even run multiple instances of rnsd with different configurations on
+the same system.</p>
+<div class="highlight-text notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span># Install Reticulum
+pip3 install rns
+
+# Run rnsd
+rnsd
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<div class="highlight-text notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>usage: rnsd [-h] [--config CONFIG] [-v] [-q] [--version]
+
+Reticulum Network Stack Daemon
+
+optional arguments:
+  -h, --help       show this help message and exit
+  --config CONFIG  path to alternative Reticulum config directory
+  -v, --verbose
+  -q, --quiet
+  --version        show program&#39;s version number and exit
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>You can easily add <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rnsd</span></code> as an always-on service by <a class="reference internal" href="#using-systemd"><span class="std std-ref">configuring a service</span></a>.</p>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="the-rnstatus-utility">
+<h3>The rnstatus Utility<a class="headerlink" href="#the-rnstatus-utility" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
+<p>Using the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rnstatus</span></code> utility, you can view the status of configured Reticulum
+interfaces, similar to the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ifconfig</span></code> program.</p>
+<div class="highlight-text notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span># Run rnstatus
+rnstatus
+
+# Example output
+Shared Instance[37428]
+       Status: Up
+       Connected applications: 1
+       RX: 1.13 KB
+       TX: 1.07 KB
+
+UDPInterface[Default UDP Interface/0.0.0.0:4242]
+       Status: Up
+       RX: 1.01 KB
+       TX: 1.01 KB
+
+TCPInterface[RNS Testnet Frankfurt/frankfurt.rns.unsigned.io:4965]
+       Status: Up
+       RX: 1.37 KB
+       TX: 9.02 KB
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<div class="highlight-text notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>usage: rnsd [-h] [--config CONFIG] [-v] [-q] [--version]
+
+Reticulum Network Stack Daemon
+
+optional arguments:
+  -h, --help       show this help message and exit
+  --config CONFIG  path to alternative Reticulum config directory
+  -v, --verbose
+  -q, --quiet
+  --version        show program&#39;s version number and exit
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="the-rnpath-utility">
+<h3>The rnpath Utility<a class="headerlink" href="#the-rnpath-utility" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
+<p>With the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rnpath</span></code> utility, you can look up and view paths for
+destinations on the Reticulum network.</p>
+<div class="highlight-text notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span># Run rnpath
+rnpath eca6f4e4dc26ae329e61
+
+# Example output
+Path found, destination &lt;eca6f4e4dc26ae329e61&gt; is 4 hops away via &lt;56b115c30cd386cad69c&gt; on TCPInterface[Testnet/frankfurt.rns.unsigned.io:4965]
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<div class="highlight-text notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>usage: rnpath.py [-h] [--config CONFIG] [--version] [-v] [destination]
+
+Reticulum Path Discovery Utility
+
+positional arguments:
+  destination      hexadecimal hash of the destination
+
+optional arguments:
+  -h, --help       show this help message and exit
+  --config CONFIG  path to alternative Reticulum config directory
+  --version        show program&#39;s version number and exit
+  -v, --verbose
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="the-rnprobe-utility">
+<h3>The rnprobe Utility<a class="headerlink" href="#the-rnprobe-utility" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
+<p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rnprobe</span></code> utility lets you probe a destination for connectivity, similar
+to the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ping</span></code> program. Please note that probes will only be answered if the
+specified destination is configured to send proofs for received packets. Many
+destinations will not have this option enabled, and will not be probable.</p>
+<div class="highlight-text notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span># Run rnprobe
+python3 -m RNS.Utilities.rnprobe example_utilities.echo.request 9382f334de63217a4278
+
+# Example output
+Sent 16 byte probe to &lt;9382f334de63217a4278&gt;
+Valid reply received from &lt;9382f334de63217a4278&gt;
+Round-trip time is 38.469 milliseconds over 2 hops
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<div class="highlight-text notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>usage: rnprobe.py [-h] [--config CONFIG] [--version] [-v] [full_name] [destination_hash]
+
+Reticulum Probe Utility
+
+positional arguments:
+  full_name         full destination name in dotted notation
+  destination_hash  hexadecimal hash of the destination
+
+optional arguments:
+  -h, --help        show this help message and exit
+  --config CONFIG   path to alternative Reticulum config directory
+  --version         show program&#39;s version number and exit
+  -v, --verbose
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="improving-system-configuration">
+<h2>Improving System Configuration<a class="headerlink" href="#improving-system-configuration" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
+<p>If you are setting up a system for permanent use with Reticulum, there is a
+few system configuration changes that can make this easier to administrate.
+These changes will be detailed here.</p>
+<div class="section" id="fixed-serial-port-names">
+<h3>Fixed Serial Port Names<a class="headerlink" href="#fixed-serial-port-names" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
+<p>On a Reticulum node with several serial port based interfaces, it can be
+beneficial to use the fixed name device nodes for the serial ports, instead
+of the dynamically allocated shorthands such as <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/dev/ttyUSB0</span></code>. Under most
+Debian-based distributions, including Ubuntu and Raspberry Pi OS, these nodes
+can be found under <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/dev/serial/by-id</span></code>.</p>
+<p>You can use such a device path directly in place of the numbered shorthands.
+Here is an example of a packet radio TNC configured as such:</p>
+<div class="highlight-text notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>[[Packet Radio KISS Interface]]
+  type = KISSInterface
+  interface_enabled = True
+  outgoing = true
+  port = /dev/serial/by-id/usb-FTDI_FT230X_Basic_UART_43891CKM-if00-port0
+  speed = 115200
+  databits = 8
+  parity = none
+  stopbits = 1
+  preamble = 150
+  txtail = 10
+  persistence = 200
+  slottime = 20
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>Using this methodology avoids potential naming mix-ups where physical devices
+might be plugged and unplugged in different orders, or when node name
+assignment varies from one boot to another.</p>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="reticulum-as-a-system-service">
+<span id="using-systemd"></span><h3>Reticulum as a System Service<a class="headerlink" href="#reticulum-as-a-system-service" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
+<p>Instead of starting Reticulum manually, you can install <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rnsd</span></code> as a system
+service and have it start automatically at boot.</p>
+<p>If you installed Reticulum with <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pip</span></code>, the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rnsd</span></code> program will most likely
+be located in a user-local installation path only, which means <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">systemd</span></code> will not
+be able to execute it. In this case, you can simply symlink the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rnsd</span></code> program
+into a directory that is in systemd’s path:</p>
+<div class="highlight-text notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>sudo ln -s $(which rnsd) /usr/local/bin/
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>You can then create the service file <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/etc/systemd/system/rnsd.service</span></code> with the
+following content:</p>
+<div class="highlight-text notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>[Unit]
+Description=Reticulum Network Stack Daemon
+After=multi-user.target
+
+[Service]
+# If you run Reticulum on WiFi devices,
+# or other devices that need some extra
+# time to initialise, you might want to
+# add a short delay before Reticulum is
+# started by systemd:
+# ExecStartPre=/bin/sleep 10
+Type=simple
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=3
+User=USERNAMEHERE
+ExecStart=rnsd --service
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>Be sure to replace <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">USERNAMEHERE</span></code> with the user you want to run <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rnsd</span></code> as.</p>
+<p>To manually start <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rnsd</span></code> run:</p>
+<div class="highlight-text notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>sudo systemctl start rnsd
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+<p>If you want to automatically start <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rnsd</span></code> at boot, run:</p>
+<div class="highlight-text notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>sudo systemctl enable rnsd
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+</div>
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+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#">Using Reticulum on Your System</a><ul>
+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#included-utility-programs">Included Utility Programs</a><ul>
+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#the-rnsd-utility">The rnsd Utility</a></li>
+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#the-rnstatus-utility">The rnstatus Utility</a></li>
+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#the-rnpath-utility">The rnpath Utility</a></li>
+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#the-rnprobe-utility">The rnprobe Utility</a></li>
+</ul>
+</li>
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+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#fixed-serial-port-names">Fixed Serial Port Names</a></li>
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   <div class="section" id="what-is-reticulum">
 <h1>What is Reticulum?<a class="headerlink" href="#what-is-reticulum" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
-<p>Reticulum is a cryptography-based networking stack for wide-area networks built on readily available hardware, and can operate even with very high latency and extremely low bandwidth.</p>
+<p>Reticulum is a cryptography-based networking stack for wide-area networks built on readily available hardware, that can operate even with very high latency and extremely low bandwidth.</p>
 <p>Reticulum allows you to build very wide-area networks with off-the-shelf tools, and offers end-to-end encryption, autoconfiguring cryptographically backed multi-hop transport, efficient addressing, unforgeable packet acknowledgements and more.</p>
-<p>Reticulum is a complete networking stack, and does not use IP or higher layers, although it is easy to utilise IP (with TCP or UDP) as the underlying carrier for Reticulum. It is therefore trivial to tunnel Reticulum over the Internet or private IP networks. Reticulum is built directly on cryptographic principles, allowing resilience and stable functionality in open and trustless networks.</p>
-<p>No kernel modules or drivers are required. Reticulum runs completely in userland, and can run on practically any system that runs Python 3.</p>
+<p>Reticulum is a complete networking stack, and does not need IP or higher layers, although it is easy to utilise IP (with TCP or UDP) as the underlying carrier for Reticulum. It is therefore trivial to tunnel Reticulum over the Internet or private IP networks. Reticulum is built directly on cryptographic principles, allowing resilience and stable functionality in open and trustless networks.</p>
+<p>No kernel modules or drivers are required. Reticulum runs completely in userland, and can run on practically any system that runs Python 3. Reticulum runs well even on small single-board computers like the Pi Zero.</p>
 <div class="section" id="current-status">
 <h2>Current Status<a class="headerlink" href="#current-status" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
 <p>Reticulum should currently be considered beta software. All core protocol features are implemented and functioning, but additions will probably occur as real-world use is explored. There will be bugs. The API and wire-format can be considered relatively stable at the moment, but could change if warranted.</p>
 </div>
-<div class="section" id="caveat-emptor">
-<h2>Caveat Emptor<a class="headerlink" href="#caveat-emptor" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
-<p>Reticulum is an experimental networking stack, and should be considered as such. While it has been built with cryptography best-practices very foremost in mind, it has not been externally security audited, and there could very well be privacy-breaking bugs. To be considered even remotely secure, Reticulum needs a very thourough security review by independt cryptographers and security researchers. If you want to help out, or help sponsor an audit, please do get in touch.</p>
-</div>
 <div class="section" id="what-does-reticulum-offer">
 <h2>What does Reticulum Offer?<a class="headerlink" href="#what-does-reticulum-offer" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
 <ul class="simple">
 <li><p>Coordination-less globally unique adressing and identification</p></li>
 <li><p>Fully self-configuring multi-hop routing</p></li>
+<li><p>Complete initiator anonymity, communicate without revealing your identity</p></li>
 <li><p>Asymmetric X25519 encryption and Ed25519 signatures as a basis for all communication</p></li>
 <li><p>Forward Secrecy with ephemereal Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman keys on Curve25519</p></li>
 <li><p>Reticulum uses the <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/fernet/spec/blob/master/Spec.md">Fernet</a> specification for on-the-wire / over-the-air encryption</p>
@@ -91,7 +88,7 @@
 <div class="section" id="where-can-reticulum-be-used">
 <h2>Where can Reticulum be Used?<a class="headerlink" href="#where-can-reticulum-be-used" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
 <p>Over practically any medium that can support at least a half-duplex channel
-with 1.000 bits per second throughput, and an MTU of 500 bytes. Data radios,
+with 500 bits per second throughput, and an MTU of 500 bytes. Data radios,
 modems, LoRa radios, serial lines, AX.25 TNCs, amateur radio digital modes,
 ad-hoc WiFi, free-space optical links and similar systems are all examples
 of the types of interfaces Reticulum was designed for.</p>
@@ -110,8 +107,8 @@ configured, Reticulum will take care of the rest, and any device on the WiFi
 network can communicate with nodes on the LoRa and packet radio sides of the
 network, and vice versa.</p>
 </div>
-<div class="section" id="supported-interface-types-and-devices">
-<h2>Supported Interface Types and Devices<a class="headerlink" href="#supported-interface-types-and-devices" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
+<div class="section" id="interface-types-and-devices">
+<h2>Interface Types and Devices<a class="headerlink" href="#interface-types-and-devices" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
 <p>Reticulum implements a range of generalised interface types that covers most of the communications hardware that Reticulum can run over. If your hardware is not supported, it’s relatively simple to implement an interface class. Currently, the following interfaces are supported:</p>
 <ul class="simple">
 <li><p>Any ethernet device</p></li>
@@ -121,6 +118,11 @@ network, and vice versa.</p>
 <li><p>TCP over IP networks</p></li>
 <li><p>UDP over IP networks</p></li>
 </ul>
+<p>For a full list and more details, see the <a class="reference internal" href="interfaces.html#interfaces-main"><span class="std std-ref">Supported Interfaces</span></a> chapter.</p>
+</div>
+<div class="section" id="caveat-emptor">
+<h2>Caveat Emptor<a class="headerlink" href="#caveat-emptor" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
+<p>Reticulum is an experimental networking stack, and should be considered as such. While it has been built with cryptography best-practices very foremost in mind, it has not been externally security audited, and there could very well be privacy-breaking bugs. To be considered secure, Reticulum needs a thourough security review by independt cryptographers and security researchers. If you want to help out, or help sponsor an audit, please do get in touch.</p>
 </div>
 </div>
 
@@ -135,10 +137,10 @@ network, and vice versa.</p>
   <ul>
 <li><a class="reference internal" href="#">What is Reticulum?</a><ul>
 <li><a class="reference internal" href="#current-status">Current Status</a></li>
-<li><a class="reference internal" href="#caveat-emptor">Caveat Emptor</a></li>
 <li><a class="reference internal" href="#what-does-reticulum-offer">What does Reticulum Offer?</a></li>
 <li><a class="reference internal" href="#where-can-reticulum-be-used">Where can Reticulum be Used?</a></li>
-<li><a class="reference internal" href="#supported-interface-types-and-devices">Supported Interface Types and Devices</a></li>
+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#interface-types-and-devices">Interface Types and Devices</a></li>
+<li><a class="reference internal" href="#caveat-emptor">Caveat Emptor</a></li>
 </ul>
 </li>
 </ul>
@@ -182,7 +184,7 @@ network, and vice versa.</p>
         <li class="right" >
           <a href="index.html" title="Reticulum Network Stack Manual"
              >previous</a> |</li>
-        <li class="nav-item nav-item-0"><a href="index.html">Reticulum Network Stack 0.2.5 beta documentation</a> &#187;</li>
+        <li class="nav-item nav-item-0"><a href="index.html">Reticulum Network Stack 0.3.3 beta documentation</a> &#187;</li>
         <li class="nav-item nav-item-this"><a href="">What is Reticulum?</a></li> 
       </ul>
     </div>

docs/source/conf.py

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ copyright = '2021, Mark Qvist'
 author = 'Mark Qvist'
 
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = '0.2.5 beta'
+release = '0.3.3 beta'
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
@@ -65,4 +65,4 @@ html_static_path = ['_static']
 #     return False
 
 # def setup(app):
-#     app.connect('autodoc-skip-member', check_skip_member)
+#     app.connect('autodoc-skip-member', check_skip_member)

docs/source/examples.rst

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 .. _examples-main:
 
-********
-Examples
-********
+*************
+Code Examples
+*************
+
 A number of examples are included in the source distribution of Reticulum.
 You can use these examples to learn how to write your own programs.
 

docs/source/gettingstartedfast.rst

@@ -6,29 +6,69 @@ The best way to get started with the Reticulum Network Stack depends on what
 you want to do. This guide will outline sensible starting paths for different
 scenarios.
 
+
 Try Using a Reticulum-based Program
 =============================================
 If you simply want to try using a program built with Reticulum, you can take
 a look at `Nomad Network <https://github.com/markqvist/nomadnet>`_, which
-provides a basic encrypted communications suite built completely on Reticulum.
+provides a complete encrypted communications suite built with Reticulum.
 
 .. image:: screenshots/nomadnet_3.png
     :target: _images/nomadnet_3.png
 
 `Nomad Network <https://github.com/markqvist/nomadnet>`_ is a user-facing client
-in the development for the messaging and information-sharing protocol
+for the messaging and information-sharing protocol
 `LXMF <https://github.com/markqvist/lxmf>`_, another project built with Reticulum.
 
 You can install Nomad Network via pip:
 
 .. code::
 
-   # Install
+   # Install ...
    pip3 install nomadnet
 
-   # And run
+   # ... and run
    nomadnet
 
+**Please Note**: If this is the very first time you use pip to install a program
+on your system, you might need to reboot your system for your program to become
+available. If you get a "command not found" error or similar when running the
+program, reboot your system and try again.
+
+
+Using the Included Utilities
+=============================================
+Reticulum comes with a range of included utilities that make it easier to
+manage your network, check connectivity and make Reticulum available to other
+programs on your system.
+
+You can use ``rnsd`` to run Reticulum as a background or foreground service,
+and the ``rnstatus``, ``rnpath`` and ``rnprobe`` utilities to view and query
+network status and connectivity.
+
+To learn more about these utility programs, have a look at the
+:ref:`Using Reticulum on Your System<using-main>` chapter of this manual.
+
+
+Creating a Network With Reticulum
+=============================================
+To create a network, you will need to specify one or more *interfaces* for
+Reticulum to use. This is done in the Reticulum configuration file, which by
+default is located at ``~/.reticulum/config``. You can edit this file by hand,
+or use the interactive ``rnsconfig`` utility. 
+
+When Reticulum is started for the first time, it will create a default
+configuration file, with one active interface. This default interface uses
+your existing ethernet network (if there is one), and only allows you to
+communicate with other Reticulum peers within your local broadcast domain.
+
+To communicate further, you will have to add one or more interfaces. The default
+configuration includes a number of examples, ranging from using TCP over the
+internet, to LoRa and Packet Radio interfaces.
+
+Possibly, the examples in the config file are enough to get you started. If
+you want more information, you can read the :ref:`Building Networks<networks-main>`
+and :ref:`Interfaces<interfaces-main>` chapters of this manual.
 
 
 Develop a Program with Reticulum
@@ -44,6 +84,13 @@ The above command will install Reticulum and dependencies, and you will be
 ready to import and use RNS in your own programs. The next step will most
 likely be to look at some :ref:`Example Programs<examples-main>`.
 
+For extended functionality, you can install optional dependencies:
+
+.. code::
+
+   pip3 install pyserial netifaces
+
+
 Further information can be found in the :ref:`API Reference<api-main>`.
 
 
@@ -56,7 +103,7 @@ don't use pip, but try this recipe:
 .. code::
 
     # Install dependencies
-    pip3 install cryptography pyserial
+    pip3 install cryptography pyserial netifaces
 
     # Clone repository
     git clone https://github.com/markqvist/Reticulum.git
@@ -87,4 +134,66 @@ don't use pip, but try this recipe:
     python3 Examples/Filetransfer.py -h
 
 When you have experimented with the basic examples, it's time to go read the
-:ref:`Understanding Reticulum<understanding-main>` chapter.
+:ref:`Understanding Reticulum<understanding-main>` chapter.
+
+
+Reticulum on ARM64
+==============================================
+On some architectures, including ARM64, not all dependencies have precompiled
+binaries. On such systems, you will need to install ``python3-dev`` before
+installing Reticulum or programs that depend on Reticulum.
+
+.. code::
+
+   # Install Python and development packages
+   sudo apt update
+   sudo apt install python3 python3-pip python3-dev
+
+   # Install Reticulum
+   python3 -m pip install rns
+
+
+Reticulum on Android
+==============================================
+Reticulum can be used on Android in different ways. The easiest way to get
+started is using the `Termux app <https://termux.com/>`_, at the time of writing
+available on `F-droid <https://f-droid.org>`_.
+
+Termux is a terminal emulator and Linux environment for Android based devices,
+which includes the ability to use many different programs and libraries,
+including Reticulum.
+
+Since the Python cryptography.io module does not offer pre-built wheels for
+Android, the standard one-line install of Reticulum does not work on Android,
+and a few extra commands are required.
+
+From within Termux, execute the following:
+
+.. code::
+
+    # First, make sure indexes and packages are up to date.
+    pkg update
+    pkg upgrade
+
+    # Then install dependencies for the cryptography library.
+    pkg install python build-essential openssl libffi rust
+
+    # Make sure pip is up to date, and install the wheel module.
+    pip3 install wheel pip --upgrade
+
+    # To allow the installer to build the cryptography module,
+    # we need to let it know what platform we are compiling for:
+    export CARGO_BUILD_TARGET="aarch64-linux-android"
+
+    # Start the install process for the cryptography module.
+    # Depending on your device, this can take several minutes,
+    # since the module must be compiled locally on your device.
+    pip3 install cryptography
+
+    # If the above installation succeeds, you can now install
+    # Reticulum and any related software
+    pip3 install rns
+
+It is also possible to include Reticulum in apps compiled and distributed as
+Android APKs. A detailed tutorial and example source code will be included
+here at a later point.

docs/source/index.rst

@@ -2,14 +2,17 @@
 Reticulum Network Stack Manual
 ******************************
 This manual aims to provide you with all the information you need to
-understand Reticulum, develop programs using it, or to participate in
-the development of Reticulum itself.
+understand Reticulum, build networks or develop programs using it, or
+to participate in the development of Reticulum itself.
 
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 3
 
    whatis
    gettingstartedfast
+   using
+   networks
+   interfaces
    understanding
    reference
    examples

docs/source/interfaces.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,549 @@
+
+.. _interfaces-main:
+
+********************
+Supported Interfaces
+********************
+
+Reticulum supports using many kinds of devices as networking interfaces, and
+allows you to mix and match them in any way you choose. The number of distinct
+network topologies you can create with Reticulum is more or less endless, but
+common to them all is that you will need to define one or more *interfaces*
+for Reticulum to use.
+
+The following sections describe the interfaces currently available in Reticulum,
+and gives example configurations for the respective interface types.
+
+For a high-level overview of how networks can be formed over different interface
+types, have a look at the :ref:`Building Networks<networks-main>` chapter of this
+manual.
+
+.. _interfaces-auto:
+
+Auto Interface
+==============
+
+The Auto Interface enables communication with other discoverable Reticulum
+nodes over autoconfigured IPv6 and UDP. It does not need any functional IP
+infrastructure like routers or DHCP servers, but will require at least some
+sort of switching medium between peers (a wired switch, a hub, a WiFi access
+point or similar), and that link-local IPv6 is enabled in your operating
+system, which should be enabled by default in almost all OSes.
+
+.. code::
+
+  # This example demonstrates a TCP server interface.
+  # It will listen for incoming connections on the
+  # specified IP address and port number.
+  
+  [[Default Interface]]
+    type = AutoInterface
+    interface_enabled = True
+
+    # You can create multiple isolated Reticulum
+    # networks on the same physical LAN by
+    # specifying different Group IDs.
+
+    group_id = reticulum
+
+    # You can also select specifically which
+    # kernel networking devices to use.
+
+    devices = wlan0,eth1
+
+    # Or let AutoInterface use all suitable
+    # devices except for a list of ignored ones.
+
+    ignored_devices = tun0,eth0
+
+
+If you are connected to the Internet with IPv6, and your provider will route
+IPv6 multicast, you can potentially configure the Auto Interface to globally
+autodiscover other Reticulum nodes within your selected Group ID. You can specify
+the discovery scope by setting it to one of ``link``, ``admin``, ``site``,
+``organisation`` or ``global``.
+
+.. code::
+  
+  [[Default Interface]]
+    type = AutoInterface
+    interface_enabled = True
+
+    # Configure global discovery
+
+    group_id = custom_network_name
+    discovery_scope = global
+
+    # Other configuration options
+
+    discovery_port = 48555
+    data_port = 49555
+
+
+.. _interfaces-i2p:
+
+I2P Interface
+=============
+
+The I2P interface lets you connect Reticulum instances over the
+`Invisible Internet Protocol <https://i2pd.website>`_. This can be
+especially useful in cases where you want to host a globally reachable
+Reticulum instance, but do not have access to any public IP addresses,
+have a frequently changing IP address, or have firewalls blocking
+inbound traffic.
+
+Using the I2P interface, you will get a globally reachable, portable
+and persistent I2P address that your Reticulum instance can be reached
+at.
+
+To use the I2P interface, you must have an I2P router running
+on your system. The easiest way to acheive this is to download and
+install the `latest release <https://github.com/PurpleI2P/i2pd/releases/latest>`_
+of the ``ì2pd`` package. For more details about I2P, see the
+`geti2p.net website <https://geti2p.net/en/about/intro>`_.`
+
+When an I2P router is running on your system, you can simply add
+an I2P interface to reticulum:
+
+.. code::
+
+  [[I2P]]
+    type = I2PInterface
+    interface_enabled = yes
+    connectable = yes
+
+On the first start, Reticulum will generate a new I2P address for the
+interface and start listening for inbound traffic on it. This can take
+a while the first time, especially if your I2P router was also just
+started, and is not yet well-connected to the I2P network. When ready,
+you should see I2P base32 address printed to your log file. You can
+also inspect the status of the interface using the ``rnstatus`` utility.
+
+To connect to other Reticulum instances over I2P, just add a comma-separated
+list of I2P base32 addresses to the ``peers`` option of the interface:
+
+.. code::
+
+  [[I2P]]
+    type = I2PInterface
+    interface_enabled = yes
+    connectable = yes
+    peers = 5urvjicpzi7q3ybztsef4i5ow2aq4soktfj7zedz53s47r54jnqq.b32.i2p
+
+It can take anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes to establish
+I2P connections to the desired peers, so Reticulum handles the process
+in the background, and will output relevant events to the log.
+
+**Please Note!** While the I2P interface is the simplest way to use
+Reticulum over I2P, it is also possible to tunnel the TCP server and
+client interfaces over I2P manually. This can be useful in situations
+where more control is needed, but requires manual tunnel setup through
+the I2P daemon configuration.
+
+It is important to note that the two methods are *interchangably compatible*.
+You can use the I2PInterface to connect to a TCPServerInterface that
+was manually tunneled over I2P, for example. This offers a high degree
+of flexibility in network setup, while retaining ease of use in simpler
+use-cases.
+
+
+.. _interfaces-tcps:
+
+TCP Server Interface
+====================
+
+The TCP Server interface is suitable for allowing other peers to connect over
+the Internet or private IP networks. When a TCP server interface has been
+configured, other Reticulum peers can connect to it with a TCP Client interface.
+
+.. code::
+
+  # This example demonstrates a TCP server interface.
+  # It will listen for incoming connections on the
+  # specified IP address and port number.
+  
+  [[TCP Server Interface]]
+    type = TCPServerInterface
+    interface_enabled = True
+
+    # This configuration will listen on all IP
+    # interfaces on port 4242
+    
+    listen_ip = 0.0.0.0
+    listen_port = 4242
+
+    # Alternatively you can bind to a specific IP
+    
+    # listen_ip = 10.0.0.88
+    # listen_port = 4242
+
+    # Or a specific network device
+    
+    # device = eth0
+    # port = 4242
+
+**Please Note!** The TCP interfaces support tunneling over I2P, but to do so reliably,
+you must use the i2p_tunneled option:
+
+.. code::
+
+  [[TCP Server on I2P]]
+      type = TCPServerInterface
+      interface_enabled = yes
+      listen_ip = 127.0.0.1
+      listen_port = 5001
+      i2p_tunneled = yes
+
+.. _interfaces-tcpc:
+
+TCP Client Interface
+====================
+
+To connect to a TCP server interface, you would naturally use the TCP client
+interface. Many TCP Client interfaces from different peers can connect to the
+same TCP Server interface at the same time.
+
+.. code::
+
+  # Here's an example of a TCP Client interface. The
+  # target_host can either be an IP address or a hostname.
+
+  [[TCP Client Interface]]
+    type = TCPClientInterface
+    interface_enabled = True
+    target_host = 127.0.0.1
+    target_port = 4242
+
+It is also possible to use this interface type to connect via other programs
+or hardware devices that expose a KISS interface on a TCP port, for example
+software-based soundmodems. To do this, use the ``kiss_framing`` option:
+
+.. code::
+
+  # Here's an example of a TCP Client interface that connects
+  # to a software TNC soundmodem on a KISS over TCP port.
+
+  [[TCP KISS Interface]]
+    type = TCPClientInterface
+    interface_enabled = True
+    kiss_framing = True
+    target_host = 127.0.0.1
+    target_port = 8001
+
+**Caution!** Only use the KISS framing option when connecting to external devices
+and programs like soundmodems and similar over TCP. When using the
+``TCPClientInterface`` in conjunction with the ``TCPServerInterface`` you should
+never enable ``kiss_framing``, since this will disable internal reliability and
+recovery mechanisms that greatly improves performance over unreliable and
+intermittent TCP links.
+
+**Please Note!** The TCP interfaces support tunneling over I2P, but to do so reliably,
+you must use the i2p_tunneled option:
+
+.. code::
+
+  [[TCP Client over I2P]]
+      type = TCPClientInterface
+      interface_enabled = yes
+      target_host = 127.0.0.1
+      target_port = 5001
+      i2p_tunneled = yes
+
+
+.. _interfaces-udp:
+
+UDP Interface
+=============
+
+A UDP interface can be useful for communicating over IP networks, both
+private and the internet. It can also allow broadcast communication
+over IP networks, so it can provide an easy way to enable connectivity
+with all other peers on a local area network.
+
+*Please Note!* Using broadcast UDP traffic has performance implications,
+especially on WiFi. If your goal is simply to enable easy communication
+with all peers in your local ethernet broadcast domain, the
+:ref:`Auto Interface<interfaces-auto>` performs better, and is just as
+easy to use.
+
+The below example is enabled by default on new Reticulum installations,
+as it provides an easy way to get started and to test Reticulum on a
+pre-existing LAN.
+
+.. code::
+
+  # This example enables communication with other
+  # local Reticulum peers over UDP.
+  
+  [[Default UDP Interface]]
+    type = UDPInterface
+    interface_enabled = True
+
+    listen_ip = 0.0.0.0
+    listen_port = 4242
+    forward_ip = 255.255.255.255
+    forward_port = 4242
+
+    # The above configuration will allow communication
+    # within the local broadcast domains of all local
+    # IP interfaces.
+
+    # Instead of specifying listen_ip, listen_port,
+    # forward_ip and forward_port, you can also bind
+    # to a specific network device like below.
+
+    # device = eth0
+    # port = 4242
+
+    # Assuming the eth0 device has the address
+    # 10.55.0.72/24, the above configuration would
+    # be equivalent to the following manual setup.
+    # Note that we are both listening and forwarding to
+    # the broadcast address of the network segments.
+
+    # listen_ip = 10.55.0.255
+    # listen_port = 4242
+    # forward_ip = 10.55.0.255
+    # forward_port = 4242
+
+    # You can of course also communicate only with
+    # a single IP address
+
+    # listen_ip = 10.55.0.15
+    # listen_port = 4242
+    # forward_ip = 10.55.0.16
+    # forward_port = 4242
+
+
+.. _interfaces-rnode:
+
+RNode LoRa Interface
+====================
+
+To use Reticulum over LoRa, the `RNode <https://unsigned.io/rnode/>`_ interface
+can be used, and offers full control over LoRa parameters.
+
+.. code::
+
+  # Here's an example of how to add a LoRa interface
+  # using the RNode LoRa transceiver.
+
+  [[RNode LoRa Interface]]
+    type = RNodeInterface
+
+    # Enable interface if you want use it!
+    interface_enabled = True
+
+    # Serial port for the device
+    port = /dev/ttyUSB0
+
+    # Set frequency to 867.2 MHz
+    frequency = 867200000
+
+    # Set LoRa bandwidth to 125 KHz
+    bandwidth = 125000
+
+    # Set TX power to 7 dBm (5 mW)
+    txpower = 7
+
+    # Select spreading factor 8. Valid 
+    # range is 7 through 12, with 7
+    # being the fastest and 12 having
+    # the longest range.
+    spreadingfactor = 8
+
+    # Select coding rate 5. Valid range
+    # is 5 throough 8, with 5 being the
+    # fastest, and 8 the longest range.
+    codingrate = 5
+
+    # You can configure the RNode to send
+    # out identification on the channel with
+    # a set interval by configuring the
+    # following two parameters.
+    # id_callsign = MYCALL-0
+    # id_interval = 600
+
+    # For certain homebrew RNode interfaces
+    # with low amounts of RAM, using packet
+    # flow control can be useful. By default
+    # it is disabled.
+    flow_control = False
+
+.. _interfaces-serial:
+
+Serial Interface
+================
+
+Reticulum can be used over serial ports directly, or over any device with a
+serial port, that will transparently pass data. Useful for communicating
+directly over a wire-pair, or for using devices such as data radios and lasers.
+
+.. code::
+
+  [[Serial Interface]]
+    type = SerialInterface
+    interface_enabled = True
+
+    # Serial port for the device
+    port = /dev/ttyUSB0
+
+    # Set the serial baud-rate and other
+    # configuration parameters.
+    speed = 115200
+    databits = 8
+    parity = none
+    stopbits = 1
+
+.. _interfaces-kiss:
+
+KISS Interface
+==============
+
+With the KISS interface, you can use Reticulum over a variety of packet
+radio modems and TNCs, including `OpenModem <https://unsigned.io/openmodem/>`_.
+KISS interfaces can also be configured to periodically send out beacons
+for station identification purposes.
+
+.. code::
+
+  [[Packet Radio KISS Interface]]
+    type = KISSInterface
+    interface_enabled = True
+
+    # Serial port for the device
+    port = /dev/ttyUSB1
+
+    # Set the serial baud-rate and other
+    # configuration parameters.
+    speed = 115200    
+    databits = 8
+    parity = none
+    stopbits = 1
+
+    # Set the modem preamble.
+    preamble = 150
+
+    # Set the modem TX tail.
+    txtail = 10
+
+    # Configure CDMA parameters. These
+    # settings are reasonable defaults.
+    persistence = 200
+    slottime = 20
+
+    # You can configure the interface to send
+    # out identification on the channel with
+    # a set interval by configuring the
+    # following two parameters. The KISS
+    # interface will only ID if the set
+    # interval has elapsed since it's last
+    # actual transmission. The interval is
+    # configured in seconds.
+    # This option is commented out and not
+    # used by default.
+    # id_callsign = MYCALL-0
+    # id_interval = 600
+
+    # Whether to use KISS flow-control.
+    # This is useful for modems that have
+    # a small internal packet buffer, but
+    # support packet flow control instead.
+    flow_control = false
+
+.. _interfaces-ax25:
+
+AX.25 KISS Interface
+====================
+
+If you're using Reticulum on amateur radio spectrum, you might want to
+use the AX.25 KISS interface. This way, Reticulum will automatically
+encapsulate it's traffic in AX.25 and also identify your stations
+transmissions with your callsign and SSID. 
+
+Only do this if you really need to! Reticulum doesn't need the AX.25
+layer for anything, and it incurs extra overhead on every packet to
+encapsulate in AX.25.
+
+A more efficient way is to use the plain KISS interface with the
+beaconing functionality described above.
+
+.. code::
+
+  [[Packet Radio AX.25 KISS Interface]]
+    type = AX25KISSInterface
+
+    # Set the station callsign and SSID
+    callsign = NO1CLL
+    ssid = 0
+
+    # Enable interface if you want use it!
+    interface_enabled = True
+
+    # Serial port for the device
+    port = /dev/ttyUSB2
+
+    # Set the serial baud-rate and other
+    # configuration parameters.
+    speed = 115200    
+    databits = 8
+    parity = none
+    stopbits = 1
+
+    # Set the modem preamble. A 150ms
+    # preamble should be a reasonable
+    # default, but may need to be
+    # increased for radios with slow-
+    # opening squelch and long TX/RX
+    # turnaround
+    preamble = 150
+
+    # Set the modem TX tail. In most
+    # cases this should be kept as low
+    # as possible to not waste airtime.
+    txtail = 10
+
+    # Configure CDMA parameters. These
+    # settings are reasonable defaults.
+    persistence = 200
+    slottime = 20
+
+    # Whether to use KISS flow-control.
+    # This is useful for modems with a
+    # small internal packet buffer.
+    flow_control = false
+
+
+.. _interfaces-options:
+
+Common Interface Options
+========================
+
+A number of general options can be used to control various
+aspects of interface behaviour.
+
+The ``interface_enabled`` option tells Reticulum whether or not
+to bring up the interface. Defaults to ``False``. For any
+interface to be brought up, the ``interface_enabled`` option
+must be set to ``True`` or ``Yes``.
+
+The ``outgoing`` option sets whether an interface is allowed
+to transmit. Defaults to ``True``. If set to ``False`` the
+interface will only receive data, and never transmit.
+
+The ``interface_mode`` option allows selecting the high-level
+behaviour of the interface from a number of options.
+
+ - The default value is ``full``. In this mode, all discovery,
+   meshing and transpor functionality is available.
+
+ - In the ``access_point`` (or shorthand ``ap``) mode, the
+   interface will operate as a network access point. In this
+   mode, announces will not be automatically broadcasted on
+   the interface, and paths to destinations on the interface
+   will have a much shorter expiry time. This mode is useful
+   for creating interfaces that are mostly quiet, unless when
+   someone is actually using them. An example of this could
+   be a radio interface serving a wide area, where users are
+   expected to connect momentarily, use the network, and then
+   disappear again.

docs/source/networks.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+.. _networks-main:
+
+*****************
+Building Networks
+*****************
+
+This chapter will provide you with the knowledge needed to build networks with
+Reticulum, which can often be easier than using traditional stacks, since you
+don't have to worry about coordinating addresses, subnets and routing for an
+entire network that you might not know how will evolve in the future. With
+Reticulum, you can simply add more segments to your network when it becomes
+necesarry, and Reticulum will handle the convergence of the entire network
+automatically.
+
+Concepts & Overview
+--------------------
+
+There are important points that need to be kept in mind when building networks
+with Reticulum:
+
+ * | In a Reticulum network, any node can autonomously generate as many adresses
+     (called *destinations* in Reticulum terminology) as it needs, which become
+     globally reachable to the rest of the network. There is no central point of
+     control over the adress space.
+
+ * | Reticulum was designed to handle both very small, and very large networks.
+     While the adress space can support billions of endpoints, Reticulum is
+     also very useful when just a few devices needs to communicate.
+
+ * | Reticulum provides sender/initiator anonymity by default. There is no way
+     to filter traffic or discriminate it based on the source of the traffic.
+
+ * | All traffic is encrypted using ephemeral keys generated by an Elliptic Curve
+     Diffie-Hellman key exchange on Curve25519. There is no way to inspect traffic
+     contents, and no way to prioritise or throttle certain kinds of traffic.
+     All transport and routing layers are thus completely agnostic to traffic type,
+     and will pass all traffic equally.
+
+ * | Reticulum can function both with and without infrastructure. When *transport
+     nodes* are available, they can route traffic over multiple hops for other
+     nodes, and will function as a distributed cryptographic keystore. When there
+     is no transport nodes available, all nodes that are within communication range
+     can still communicate.
+
+ * | Every node can become a transport node, simply by enabling it in it's
+     configuration, but there is no need for every node on the network to be a
+     transport node. Letting every node be a transport node will in most cases
+     degrade the performance and reliability of the network.
+
+     In general terms, if a node is stationary, well-connected and kept running
+     most of the time, it is a good candidate to be a transport node. For optimal
+     performance, a network should contain the amount of transport nodes that
+     provides connectivity to the intended area / topography, and not many more
+     than that. 
+
+
+Reticulum allows you to mix very different kinds of networking mediums into a
+unified mesh, or to keep everything within one medium. You could build a "virtual
+network" running entirely over the Internet, where all nodes communicate over TCP
+and UDP "channels". You could also build such a network using MQTT or ZeroMQ as
+the underlying carrier for Reticulum.
+
+However, most real-world networks will probably involve either some form of
+wireless or direct hardline communications. To allow Reticulum to communicate
+over any type of medium, you must specify it in the configuration file, by default
+located at ``~/.reticulum/config``. See the :ref:`Supported Interfaces<interfaces-main>`
+chapter of this manual for interface configuration examples.
+
+Any number of interfaces can be configured, and Reticulum will automatically
+decide which are suitable to use in any given situation, depending on where
+traffic needs to flow.
+
+Example Scenarios
+-----------------
+
+This section illustrates a few example scenarios, and how they would, in general
+terms, be planned, implemented and configured.
+
+Interconnected LoRa Sites
+=========================
+
+An organisation wants to provide communication and information services to it's
+members, which are located mainly in three separate areas. Three suitable hill-top
+locations are found, where the organisation can install equipment: Site A, B and C.
+
+Since the amount of data that needs to be exchanged between users is mainly text-
+based, the bandwidth requirements are low, and LoRa radios are chosen to connect
+users to the network.
+
+Due to the hill-top locations found, there is radio line-of-sight between site A
+and B, and also between site B and C. Because of this, the organisation does not
+need to use the Internet to interconnect the sites, but purchases four Point-to-Point
+WiFi based radios for interconnecting the sites.
+
+At each site, a Raspberry Pi is installed to function as a gateway. A LoRa radio
+is connected to the Pi with a USB cable, and the WiFi radio is connected to the
+ethernet port of the Pi. At site B, two WiFi radios are needed to be able to reach
+both site A and site C, so an extra ethernet adapter is connected to the Pi in
+this location.
+
+Once the hardware has been installed, Reticulum is installed on all the Pis, and at
+site A and C, one interface is added for the LoRa radio, as well as one for the WiFi
+radio. At site B, an interface for the LoRa radio, and one interface for each WiFi
+radio is added to the Reticulum configuration file. The transport node option is
+enabled in the configuration of all three gateways.
+
+The network is now operational, and ready to serve users across all three areas.
+The organisation prepares a LoRa radio that is supplied to the end users, along
+with a Reticulum configuration file, that contains the right parameters for
+communicating with the LoRa radios installed at the gateway sites.
+
+Once users connect to the network, anyone will be able to communicate with anyone
+else across all three sites.
+
+Bridging Over the Internet
+==========================
+
+As the organisation grows, several new communities form in places too far away
+from the core network to be reachable over WiFi links. New gateways similar to those
+previously installed are set up for the new communities at the new sites D and E, but
+they are islanded from the core network, and only serve the local users.
+
+After investigating the options, it is found that it is possible to install an
+Internet connection at site A, and an interface on the Internet connection is
+configured for Reticulum on the Raspberry Pi at site A.
+
+A member of the organisation at site D, named Dori, is willing to help by sharing
+the Internet connection she already has in her home, and is able to leave a Raspberry
+Pi running. A new Reticulum interface is configured on her Pi, connecting to the newly
+enabled Internet interface on the gateway at site A. Dori is now connected to both
+all the nodes at her own local site (through the hill-top LoRa gateway), and all the
+combined users of sites A, B and C. She then enables transport on her node, and
+traffic from site D can now reach everyone at site A, B and C, and vice versa.
+
+Growth and Convergence
+======================
+
+As the organisation grows, more gateways are added to keep up with the growing user
+base. Some local gateways even add VHF radios and packet modems to reach outlying users
+and communities that are out of reach for the LoRa radios and WiFi backhauls.
+
+As more sites, gateways and users are connected, the amount of coordination required
+is kept to a minimum. If one community wants to add connectivity to the next one
+over, it can simply be done without having to involve everyone or coordinate address
+space or routing tables.
+
+With the added geographical coverage, the operators at site A one day find that
+the original internet bridged interfaces are no longer utilised. The network has
+converged to be completely self-connected, and the sites that were once poorly
+connected outliers are now an integral part of the network.

docs/source/understanding.rst

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ by using multiple hops).
 Goals
 =====
 
-To be as widely usable and easy to implement as possible, the following goals have been used to
+To be as widely usable and easy to use as possible, the following goals have been used to
 guide the design of Reticulum:
 
 
@@ -67,9 +67,12 @@ guide the design of Reticulum:
     it can be easily replicated.
 * **Very low bandwidth requirements**
     Reticulum should be able to function reliably over links with a transmission capacity as low
-    as *1,000 bps*.
+    as *500 bps*.
 * **Encryption by default**
-    Reticulum must use encryption by default where possible and applicable.
+    Reticulum must use strong encryption by default for all communication.
+* **Initiator Anonymity**
+    It must be possible to communicate over a Reticulum network without revealing any identifying
+    information about oneself.
 * **Unlicensed use**
     Reticulum shall be functional over physical communication mediums that do not require any
     form of license to use. Reticulum must be designed in a way, so it is usable over ISM radio
@@ -99,7 +102,7 @@ Introduction & Basic Functionality
 Reticulum is a networking stack suited for high-latency, low-bandwidth links. Reticulum is at it’s
 core a *message oriented* system. It is suited for both local point-to-point or point-to-multipoint
 scenarios where alle nodes are within range of each other, as well as scenarios where packets need
-to be transported over multiple hops to reach the recipient.
+to be transported over multiple hops in a complex network to reach the recipient.
 
 Reticulum does away with the idea of addresses and ports known from IP, TCP and UDP. Instead
 Reticulum uses the singular concept of *destinations*. Any application using Reticulum as it’s
@@ -110,9 +113,9 @@ All destinations in Reticulum are represented internally as 10 bytes, derived fr
 SHA-256 hash of identifying characteristics of the destination. To users, the destination addresses
 will be displayed as 10 bytes in hexadecimal representation, as in the following example: ``<80e29bf7cccaf31431b3>``.
 
-By default Reticulum encrypts all data using public-key cryptography. Any message sent to a
-destination is encrypted with that destinations public key. Reticulum can also set up an encrypted
-channel to a destination with *Perfect Forward Secrecy* and *Initiator Anonymity* using a elliptic
+By default Reticulum encrypts all data using elliptic curve cryptography. Any packet sent to a
+destination is encrypted with a derived ephemeral key. Reticulum can also set up an encrypted
+channel to a destination with *Forward Secrecy* and *Initiator Anonymity* using a elliptic
 curve cryptography and ephemeral keys derived from a Diffie Hellman exchange on Curve25519. In
 Reticulum terminology, this is called a *Link*.
 
@@ -135,17 +138,17 @@ destinations. Reticulum uses three different basic destination types, and one sp
 
 
 * **Single**
-    The *single* destination type defines a public-key encrypted destination. Any data sent to this
-    destination will be encrypted with the destination’s public key, and will only be readable by
-    the creator of the destination.
+    The *single* destination type is always identified by a unique public key. Any data sent to this
+    destination will be encrypted using ephemeral keys derived from an ECDH key exchange, and will
+    only be readable by the creator of the destination, who holds the corresponding private key.
 * **Group**
     The *group* destination type defines a symmetrically encrypted destination. Data sent to this
     destination will be encrypted with a symmetric key, and will be readable by anyone in
-    possession of the key. The *group* destination can be used just as well by only two peers, as it
-    can by many.
+    possession of the key.
 * **Plain**
     A *plain* destination type is unencrypted, and suited for traffic that should be broadcast to a
     number of users, or should be readable by anyone. Traffic to a *plain* destination is not encrypted.
+    Generally, *plain* destinations can be used for broadcast information intended to be public.
 * **Link**
     A *link* is a special destination type, that serves as an abstract channel to a *single*
     destination, directly connected or over multiple hops. The *link* also offers reliability and
@@ -507,7 +510,7 @@ the transfer is needed.
 This is the purpose of the Reticulum :ref:`Resource<api-resource>`. A *Resource* can automatically
 handle the reliable transfer of an arbitrary amount of data over an established :ref:`Link<api-link>`.
 Resources can auto-compress data, will handle breaking the data into individual packets, sequencing
-the transfer and reassembling the data on the other end.
+the transfer, integrity verification and reassembling the data on the other end.
 
 :ref:`Resources<api-resource>` are programmatically very simple to use, and only requires a few lines
 of codes to reliably transfer any amount of data. They can be used to transfer data stored in memory,
@@ -581,6 +584,7 @@ Node Types
 
 Currently Reticulum defines two node types, the *Station* and the *Peer*. A node is a *station* if it fixed
 in one place, and if it is intended to be kept online most of the time. Otherwise the node is a *peer*.
+
 This distinction is made by the user configuring the node, and is used to determine what nodes on the
 network will help forward traffic, and what nodes rely on other nodes for connectivity.
 
@@ -596,10 +600,6 @@ Currently, Reticulum is completely priority-agnostic regarding general traffic.
 on a first-come, first-serve basis. Announce re-transmission are handled according to the re-transmission
 times and priorities described earlier in this chapter.
 
-It is possible that a prioritisation engine could be added to Reticulum in the future, but in
-the light of Reticulums goal of equal access, doing so would need to be the subject of careful
-investigation of the consequences first.
-
 
 .. _understanding-packetformat:
 
@@ -702,4 +702,4 @@ Binary Packet Format
      - Link Request    :    77  bytes
      - Link Proof      :    77  bytes
      - Link RTT packet :    83  bytes
-     - Link keepalive  :    14  bytes
+     - Link keepalive  :    14  bytes

docs/source/using.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,263 @@
+.. _using-main:
+
+******************************
+Using Reticulum on Your System
+******************************
+
+Reticulum is not installed as a driver or kernel module, as one might expect
+of a networking stack. Instead, Reticulum is distributed as a Python module.
+This means that no special privileges are required to install or use it.
+Any program or application that uses Reticulum will automatically load and
+initialise Reticulum when it starts.
+
+In many cases, this approach is sufficient. When any program needs to use
+Reticulum, it is loaded, initialised, interfaces are brought up, and the
+program can now communicate over Reticulum. If another program starts up
+and also wants access to the same Reticulum network, the instance is simply
+shared. This works for any number of programs running concurrently, and is
+very easy to use, but depending on your use case, there are other options.
+
+Included Utility Programs
+-------------------------
+
+If you often use Reticulum from several different programs, or simply want
+Reticulum to stay available all the time, for example if you are hosting
+a transport node, you might want to run Reticulum as a separate service that
+other programs, applications and services can utilise.
+
+The rnsd Utility
+================
+
+To do so is very easy. Simply run the included ``rnsd`` command. When ``rnsd``
+is running, it will keep all configured interfaces open, handle transport if
+it is enabled, and allow any other programs to immediately utilise the
+Reticulum network it is configured for.
+
+You can even run multiple instances of rnsd with different configurations on
+the same system.
+
+.. code:: text
+
+  # Install Reticulum
+  pip3 install rns
+
+  # Run rnsd
+  rnsd
+
+.. code:: text
+
+  usage: rnsd [-h] [--config CONFIG] [-v] [-q] [--version]
+
+  Reticulum Network Stack Daemon
+
+  optional arguments:
+    -h, --help       show this help message and exit
+    --config CONFIG  path to alternative Reticulum config directory
+    -v, --verbose
+    -q, --quiet
+    --version        show program's version number and exit
+
+You can easily add ``rnsd`` as an always-on service by :ref:`configuring a service<using-systemd>`.
+
+The rnstatus Utility
+====================
+
+Using the ``rnstatus`` utility, you can view the status of configured Reticulum
+interfaces, similar to the ``ifconfig`` program.
+
+.. code:: text
+
+  # Run rnstatus
+  rnstatus
+
+  # Example output
+  Shared Instance[37428]
+         Status: Up
+         Connected applications: 1
+         RX: 1.13 KB
+         TX: 1.07 KB
+
+  UDPInterface[Default UDP Interface/0.0.0.0:4242]
+         Status: Up
+         RX: 1.01 KB
+         TX: 1.01 KB
+
+  TCPInterface[RNS Testnet Frankfurt/frankfurt.rns.unsigned.io:4965]
+         Status: Up
+         RX: 1.37 KB
+         TX: 9.02 KB
+
+.. code:: text
+
+  usage: rnsd [-h] [--config CONFIG] [-v] [-q] [--version]
+
+  Reticulum Network Stack Daemon
+
+  optional arguments:
+    -h, --help       show this help message and exit
+    --config CONFIG  path to alternative Reticulum config directory
+    -v, --verbose
+    -q, --quiet
+    --version        show program's version number and exit
+
+
+The rnpath Utility
+====================
+
+With the ``rnpath`` utility, you can look up and view paths for
+destinations on the Reticulum network.
+
+.. code:: text
+
+  # Run rnpath
+  rnpath eca6f4e4dc26ae329e61
+
+  # Example output
+  Path found, destination <eca6f4e4dc26ae329e61> is 4 hops away via <56b115c30cd386cad69c> on TCPInterface[Testnet/frankfurt.rns.unsigned.io:4965]
+
+.. code:: text
+
+  usage: rnpath.py [-h] [--config CONFIG] [--version] [-v] [destination]
+
+  Reticulum Path Discovery Utility
+
+  positional arguments:
+    destination      hexadecimal hash of the destination
+
+  optional arguments:
+    -h, --help       show this help message and exit
+    --config CONFIG  path to alternative Reticulum config directory
+    --version        show program's version number and exit
+    -v, --verbose
+
+
+The rnprobe Utility
+====================
+
+The ``rnprobe`` utility lets you probe a destination for connectivity, similar
+to the ``ping`` program. Please note that probes will only be answered if the
+specified destination is configured to send proofs for received packets. Many
+destinations will not have this option enabled, and will not be probable.
+
+.. code:: text
+
+  # Run rnprobe
+  python3 -m RNS.Utilities.rnprobe example_utilities.echo.request 9382f334de63217a4278
+
+  # Example output
+  Sent 16 byte probe to <9382f334de63217a4278>
+  Valid reply received from <9382f334de63217a4278>
+  Round-trip time is 38.469 milliseconds over 2 hops
+
+.. code:: text
+
+  usage: rnprobe.py [-h] [--config CONFIG] [--version] [-v] [full_name] [destination_hash]
+
+  Reticulum Probe Utility
+
+  positional arguments:
+    full_name         full destination name in dotted notation
+    destination_hash  hexadecimal hash of the destination
+
+  optional arguments:
+    -h, --help        show this help message and exit
+    --config CONFIG   path to alternative Reticulum config directory
+    --version         show program's version number and exit
+    -v, --verbose
+
+
+Improving System Configuration
+------------------------------
+
+If you are setting up a system for permanent use with Reticulum, there is a
+few system configuration changes that can make this easier to administrate.
+These changes will be detailed here.
+
+
+Fixed Serial Port Names
+=======================
+
+On a Reticulum node with several serial port based interfaces, it can be
+beneficial to use the fixed name device nodes for the serial ports, instead
+of the dynamically allocated shorthands such as ``/dev/ttyUSB0``. Under most
+Debian-based distributions, including Ubuntu and Raspberry Pi OS, these nodes
+can be found under ``/dev/serial/by-id``.
+
+You can use such a device path directly in place of the numbered shorthands.
+Here is an example of a packet radio TNC configured as such:
+
+.. code:: text
+
+  [[Packet Radio KISS Interface]]
+    type = KISSInterface
+    interface_enabled = True
+    outgoing = true
+    port = /dev/serial/by-id/usb-FTDI_FT230X_Basic_UART_43891CKM-if00-port0
+    speed = 115200    
+    databits = 8
+    parity = none
+    stopbits = 1
+    preamble = 150
+    txtail = 10
+    persistence = 200
+    slottime = 20
+
+Using this methodology avoids potential naming mix-ups where physical devices
+might be plugged and unplugged in different orders, or when node name
+assignment varies from one boot to another.
+
+.. _using-systemd:
+
+Reticulum as a System Service
+=============================
+
+Instead of starting Reticulum manually, you can install ``rnsd`` as a system
+service and have it start automatically at boot.
+
+If you installed Reticulum with ``pip``, the ``rnsd`` program will most likely
+be located in a user-local installation path only, which means ``systemd`` will not
+be able to execute it. In this case, you can simply symlink the ``rnsd`` program
+into a directory that is in systemd's path:
+
+.. code:: text
+
+  sudo ln -s $(which rnsd) /usr/local/bin/
+
+You can then create the service file ``/etc/systemd/system/rnsd.service`` with the
+following content:
+
+.. code:: text
+
+  [Unit]
+  Description=Reticulum Network Stack Daemon
+  After=multi-user.target
+
+  [Service]
+  # If you run Reticulum on WiFi devices,
+  # or other devices that need some extra
+  # time to initialise, you might want to
+  # add a short delay before Reticulum is
+  # started by systemd:
+  # ExecStartPre=/bin/sleep 10
+  Type=simple
+  Restart=always
+  RestartSec=3
+  User=USERNAMEHERE
+  ExecStart=rnsd --service
+
+  [Install]
+  WantedBy=multi-user.target
+
+Be sure to replace ``USERNAMEHERE`` with the user you want to run ``rnsd`` as.
+
+To manually start ``rnsd`` run:
+
+.. code:: text
+
+  sudo systemctl start rnsd
+
+If you want to automatically start ``rnsd`` at boot, run:
+
+.. code:: text
+
+  sudo systemctl enable rnsd

docs/source/whatis.rst

@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 What is Reticulum?
 ******************
 
-Reticulum is a cryptography-based networking stack for wide-area networks built on readily available hardware, and can operate even with very high latency and extremely low bandwidth.
+Reticulum is a cryptography-based networking stack for wide-area networks built on readily available hardware, that can operate even with very high latency and extremely low bandwidth.
 
 Reticulum allows you to build very wide-area networks with off-the-shelf tools, and offers end-to-end encryption, autoconfiguring cryptographically backed multi-hop transport, efficient addressing, unforgeable packet acknowledgements and more.
 
-Reticulum is a complete networking stack, and does not use IP or higher layers, although it is easy to utilise IP (with TCP or UDP) as the underlying carrier for Reticulum. It is therefore trivial to tunnel Reticulum over the Internet or private IP networks. Reticulum is built directly on cryptographic principles, allowing resilience and stable functionality in open and trustless networks.
+Reticulum is a complete networking stack, and does not need IP or higher layers, although it is easy to utilise IP (with TCP or UDP) as the underlying carrier for Reticulum. It is therefore trivial to tunnel Reticulum over the Internet or private IP networks. Reticulum is built directly on cryptographic principles, allowing resilience and stable functionality in open and trustless networks.
 
-No kernel modules or drivers are required. Reticulum runs completely in userland, and can run on practically any system that runs Python 3.
+No kernel modules or drivers are required. Reticulum runs completely in userland, and can run on practically any system that runs Python 3. Reticulum runs well even on small single-board computers like the Pi Zero.
 
 
 Current Status
@@ -16,17 +16,14 @@ Current Status
 Reticulum should currently be considered beta software. All core protocol features are implemented and functioning, but additions will probably occur as real-world use is explored. There will be bugs. The API and wire-format can be considered relatively stable at the moment, but could change if warranted.
 
 
-Caveat Emptor
-==============
-Reticulum is an experimental networking stack, and should be considered as such. While it has been built with cryptography best-practices very foremost in mind, it has not been externally security audited, and there could very well be privacy-breaking bugs. To be considered even remotely secure, Reticulum needs a very thourough security review by independt cryptographers and security researchers. If you want to help out, or help sponsor an audit, please do get in touch.
-
-
 What does Reticulum Offer?
 ==========================
 * Coordination-less globally unique adressing and identification
 
 * Fully self-configuring multi-hop routing
 
+* Complete initiator anonymity, communicate without revealing your identity
+
 * Asymmetric X25519 encryption and Ed25519 signatures as a basis for all communication
 
 * Forward Secrecy with ephemereal Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman keys on Curve25519
@@ -65,7 +62,7 @@ What does Reticulum Offer?
 Where can Reticulum be Used?
 ============================
 Over practically any medium that can support at least a half-duplex channel
-with 1.000 bits per second throughput, and an MTU of 500 bytes. Data radios,
+with 500 bits per second throughput, and an MTU of 500 bytes. Data radios,
 modems, LoRa radios, serial lines, AX.25 TNCs, amateur radio digital modes,
 ad-hoc WiFi, free-space optical links and similar systems are all examples
 of the types of interfaces Reticulum was designed for.
@@ -87,8 +84,8 @@ configured, Reticulum will take care of the rest, and any device on the WiFi
 network can communicate with nodes on the LoRa and packet radio sides of the
 network, and vice versa.
 
-Supported Interface Types and Devices
-=====================================
+Interface Types and Devices
+===========================
 Reticulum implements a range of generalised interface types that covers most of the communications hardware that Reticulum can run over. If your hardware is not supported, it's relatively simple to implement an interface class. Currently, the following interfaces are supported:
 
 * Any ethernet device
@@ -101,4 +98,11 @@ Reticulum implements a range of generalised interface types that covers most of
 
 * TCP over IP networks
 
-* UDP over IP networks
+* UDP over IP networks
+
+For a full list and more details, see the :ref:`Supported Interfaces<interfaces-main>` chapter.
+
+
+Caveat Emptor
+==============
+Reticulum is an experimental networking stack, and should be considered as such. While it has been built with cryptography best-practices very foremost in mind, it has not been externally security audited, and there could very well be privacy-breaking bugs. To be considered secure, Reticulum needs a thourough security review by independt cryptographers and security researchers. If you want to help out, or help sponsor an audit, please do get in touch.

setup.py

@@ -20,6 +20,15 @@ setuptools.setup(
         "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
         "Operating System :: OS Independent",
     ],
-    install_requires=['cryptography>=3.4.7', 'pyserial', 'netifaces>=0.10.4'],
+    entry_points= {
+        'console_scripts': [
+            'rnsd=RNS.Utilities.rnsd:main',
+            'rnstatus=RNS.Utilities.rnstatus:main',
+            'rnprobe=RNS.Utilities.rnprobe:main',
+            'rnpath=RNS.Utilities.rnpath:main',
+
+        ]
+    },
+    install_requires=['cryptography>=3.4.7', 'pyserial>=3.5', 'netifaces'],
     python_requires='>=3.6',
 )