ouroboros/src/ipcpd/udp, branch master

build: Update copyright to 2026

2026-02-18T06:54:56+00:00

Signed-off-by: Dimitri Staessens Signed-off-by: Sander Vrijders

build: Fix invisible IPCP_TARGET variables

2026-02-13T08:22:29+00:00

The IPCP_*_TARGET variables (e.g., set(IPCP_LOCAL_TARGET ipcpd-local)) were defined locally in each IPCP's CMakeLists.txt (e.g., CMakeLists.txt), but the configure_file() that substitutes @IPCP_LOCAL_TARGET@ into config.h.in runs in a sibling scope that is processed before ipcpd. Since CMake variables don't propagate between sibling directory scopes, all @IPCP_*_TARGET@ substituted to empty strings, resulting in IPCP_LOCAL_EXEC "". Moved the IPCP_*_TARGET definitions into the cmake/config/ipcp/*.cmake files so they are known when generating config.h. Signed-off-by: Dimitri Staessens Signed-off-by: Sander Vrijders

build: Refactor CMake back to in-tree CMakeLists

2026-02-13T08:22:29+00:00

This moves the build definitions back to src/ subdirectories (CMakeLists.txt per component). Configuration and dependencies are kept out of tree. Configuration options are bundled into cmake/config/ modules. Dependencies are grouped by component (system/, crypt/, eth/, coverage/, etc.). It now consistently uses target-based commands (target_include_directories, target_link_libraries) instead of global include_directories(). Proper PRIVATE/PUBLIC visibility for executable link libraries. CONFIG_OUROBOROS_DEBUG now properly set based on being a valid debug config (not just checking the string name). It also adds OuroborosTargets export for find_package() support and CMake package config files (OuroborosConfig.cmake) for easier integration with CMake projects. The build logic now follows more idiomatic CMake practices with configuration separated from target definitions. Signed-off-by: Dimitri Staessens Signed-off-by: Sander Vrijders

lib: Add per-user packet pools

2026-02-13T08:22:28+00:00

The IRMd will now check the user UID and GID for privileged access, avoiding unprivileged users being able to disrupt all IPC (e.g. by shm_open the single pool and corrupting its metadata). Non-privileged users are now limited to a PUP (per-user pool) for sending/receiving packets. It is still created by the IRMd, but owned by the user (uid) with 600 permissions. It does not add additional copies for local IPC between their own processes (i.e. over the local IPCP), but packets between processes owned by a different user or destined over the network (other IPCPs) will incur a copy when crossing the PUP / PUP or the PUP / GSPP boundary. Privileged users and users in the ouroboros group still have direct access to the GSPP (globally shared private pool) for packet transfer that will avoid additional copies when processing packets between processes owned by different users and to the network. This aligns the security model with UNIX trust domains defined by UID and GID by leveraging file permission on the pools in shared memory. ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Source Pool │ Dest Pool │ Operation │ Copies │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ GSPP │ GSPP │ Zero-copy │ 0 │ │ PUP.uid │ PUP.uid │ Zero-copy │ 0 │ │ PUP.uid1 │ PUP.uid2 │ memcpy() │ 1 │ │ PUP.uid │ GSPP │ memcpy() │ 1 │ │ GSPP │ PUP.uid │ memcpy() │ 1 │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ This also renames the struct ai ("application instance") in dev.c to struct proc (process). Signed-off-by: Dimitri Staessens Signed-off-by: Sander Vrijders

lib: Replace rdrbuff with a proper slab allocator

2026-01-26T06:50:33+00:00

This is a first step towards the Secure Shared Memory (SSM) infrastructure for Ouroboros, which will allow proper resource separation for non-privileged processes. This replaces the rdrbuff (random-deletion ring buffer) PoC allocator with a sharded slab allocator for the packet buffer pool to avoid the head-of-line blocking behaviour of the rdrb and reduce lock contention in multi-process scenarios. Each size class contains multiple independent shards, allowing parallel allocations without blocking. - Configurable shard count per size class (default: 4, set via SSM_POOL_SHARDS in CMake). The configured number of blocks are spread over the number of shards. As an example: SSM_POOL_512_BLOCKS = 768 blocks total These 768 blocks are shared among 4 shards (not 768 × 4 = 3072 blocks) - Lazy block distribution: all blocks initially reside in shard 0 and naturally migrate to process-local shards upon first allocation and subsequent free operations - Fallback with work stealing: processes attempt allocation from their local shard (pid % SSM_POOL_SHARDS) first, then steal from other shards if local is exhausted, eliminating fragmentation while maintaining low contention - Round-robin condvar signaling: blocking allocations cycle through all shard condition variables to ensure fairness - Blocks freed to allocator's shard: uses allocator_pid to determine target shard, enabling natural load balancing as process allocation patterns stabilize over time Maintains existing robust mutex semantics including EOWNERDEAD handling for dead process recovery. Internal structures exposed in ssm.h for testing purposes. Adds some tests (pool_test, pool_sharding_test.c. etc) verifying lazy distribution, migration, fallback stealing, and multiprocess behavior. Updates the ring buffer (rbuff) to use relaxed/acquire/release ordering on atomic indices. The ring buffer requires the (robust) mutex to ensure cross-structure synchronization between pool buffer writes and ring buffer index publication. Signed-off-by: Dimitri Staessens Signed-off-by: Sander Vrijders

build: Refactor CMake modules

2026-01-07T09:00:06+00:00

This moves the CMake build logic out of the source tree and splits it up into a more modular form. The tests now have a CMakeLists.txt file in their respective source directory. Signed-off-by: Dimitri Staessens Signed-off-by: Sander Vrijders

ipcpd: Initialize mgmt frames in eth/udp

2026-01-07T07:37:30+00:00

The eth and udp layer management frames/packets contain some unused fields which were not cleared after malloc. In a future update, the unused fields will be removed from the packets, but for now, we can just zero these after malloc. Signed-off-by: Dimitri Staessens Signed-off-by: Sander Vrijders

lib: Move encryption control from QoS to name

2025-09-10T06:21:58+00:00

This removes the flow encryption option (cypher_s) from the qosspec. The configuration file is configured in the security options (default /etc/ouroboros/security/). For this poc, encryption can be disabled client or server side by putting an enc.cfg file. If that file is present in the client folder, the client will require encryption. If that file is present on the server side, the server will require encryption and reject non-encrypted flows. Encryption is now configured outside of any application control. Example: /etc/ouroboros/security/client/oping/enc.cfg exists: irmd(II): Encryption enabled for oping. irmd(DB): File /etc/ouroboros/security/client/oping/crt.pem does not exist. irmd(II): No security info for oping. irmd(DB): Generated ephemeral keys for 87474. irmd/oap(PP): OAP_HDR [caf203681d997941 @ 2025-09-02 17:08:05 (UTC) ] --> irmd/oap(PP): Certificate: irmd/oap(PP): Ephemeral Public Key: [91 bytes] irmd/oap(PP): Data: irmd/oap(PP): Signature: Example: /etc/ouroboros/security/client/oping/enc.cfg does not exist: irmd(II): Allocating flow for 87506 to oping. irmd(DB): File /etc/ouroboros/security/client/oping/enc.cfg does not exist. irmd(DB): File /etc/ouroboros/security/client/oping/crt.pem does not exist. irmd(II): No security info for oping. irmd/oap(PP): OAP_HDR [e84bb9d7c3d9c002 @ 2025-09-02 17:08:30 (UTC) ] --> irmd/oap(PP): Certificate: irmd/oap(PP): Ephemeral Public Key: irmd/oap(PP): Data: irmd/oap(PP): Signature: Example: /etc/ouroboros/security/server/oping/enc.cfg exists: irmd(II): Flow request arrived for oping. irmd(DB): IPCP 88112 accepting flow 7 for oping. irmd(II): Encryption enabled for oping. irmd(DB): File /etc/ouroboros/security/server/oping/crt.pem does not exist. irmd(II): No security info for oping. irmd/oap(PP): OAP_HDR [3c717b3f31dff8df @ 2025-09-02 17:13:06 (UTC) ] <-- irmd/oap(PP): Certificate: irmd/oap(PP): Ephemeral Public Key: irmd/oap(PP): Data: irmd/oap(PP): Signature: irmd(WW): Encryption required but no key provided. The server side will pass the ECRYPT to the client: $ oping -l Ouroboros ping server started. Failed to accept flow: -1008 $ oping -n oping -c 1 Failed to allocate flow: -1008. Encryption on flows can now be changed at runtime without needing to touch/reconfigure/restart the process. Note: The ECRYPT result is passed on via the flow allocator responses through the IPCP (discovered/fixed some endianness issues), but the reason for rejecting the flow can be considered N+1 information... We may move that information up into the OAP header at some point. Signed-off-by: Dimitri Staessens Signed-off-by: Sander Vrijders

ipcpd: Add ipcpd over UDP/IPv6

2025-09-10T06:19:52+00:00

This adds an IPCP that runs over UDP/IPv6. It's structured like the eth-dix and eth-llc in that it builds two separate binaries: ipcpd-udp4 and ipcpd-udp6. The IRM CLI is backwards compatible in that type 'udp' will resolve to type 'udp4'. Signed-off-by: Dimitri Staessens Signed-off-by: Sander Vrijders

ipcpd: Update DHT for unicast layer

2025-08-06T10:34:15+00:00

This is a rewrite of the DHT for name-to-address resolution in the unicast layer. It is now integrated as a proper directory policy. The dir_wait_running function is removed, instead the a DHT peer is passed on during IPCP enrolment. Each DHT request/response gets a random 64-bit ID ('cookie'). DHT messages to the same peer are deduped, except in the case when the DHT is low on contacts. In that case, it will contact the per it received at enrolment for more contacts. To combat packet loss, these messages are not deduped by means of a 'magic cookie', chosen at random when the DHT starts. The DHT parameters (Kademlia) can be set using the configfile or the IRM command line tools: if DIRECTORY_POLICY == DHT [dht_alpha (default: 3)] [dht_k (default: 8)] [dht_t_expire (default: 86400)] [dht_t_refresh (default: 900)] [dht_t_replicate (default: 900)] This commit also adds support for a protocol debug level (PP). Protocol debugging for the DHT can be enabled using the DEBUG_PROTO_DHT build flag. The DHT has the following message types: DHT_STORE, sent to k peers. Not acknowledged. DHT_STORE --> [2861814146dbf9b5|ed:d9:e2:c4]. key: bcc236ab6ec69e65 [32 bytes] val: 00000000c4e2d9ed [8 bytes] exp: 2025-08-03 17:29:44 (UTC). DHT_FIND_NODE_REQ, sent to 'alpha' peers, with a corresponding response. This is used to update the peer routing table to iteratively look for the nodes with IDs closest to the requested key. DHT_FIND_NODE_REQ --> [a62f92abffb451c4|ed:d9:e2:c4]. cookie: 2d4b7acef8308210 key: a62f92abffb451c4 [32 bytes] DHT_FIND_NODE_RSP <-- [2861814146dbf9b5|ed:d9:e2:c4]. cookie: 2d4b7acef8308210 key: a62f92abffb451c4 [32 bytes] contacts: [1] [a62f92abffb451c4|9f:0d:c1:fb] DHT_FIND_VALUE_REQ, sent to 'k' peers, with a corresponding response. Used to find a value for a key. Will also send its closest known peers in the response. DHT_FIND_VALUE_REQ --> [2861814146dbf9b5|ed:d9:e2:c4]. cookie: 80a1adcb09a2ff0a key: 42dee3b0415b4f69 [32 bytes] DHT_FIND_VALUE_RSP <-- [2861814146dbf9b5|ed:d9:e2:c4]. cookie: 80a1adcb09a2ff0a key: 42dee3b0415b4f69 [32 bytes] values: [1] 00000000c4e2d9ed [8 bytes] contacts: [1] [a62f92abffb451c4|9f:0d:c1:fb] Also removes ubuntu 20 from appveyor config as it is not supported anymore. Signed-off-by: Dimitri Staessens Signed-off-by: Sander Vrijders