HACKING file for libradsec (in Emacs -*- org -*- mode).
-* Design of the libraray
-* Functionality
-** Not implemented
+
+Status as of libradsec-0.0.4 (2013-12-18).
+
+* Build instructions
+sh autogen.sh
+./configure
+make
+
+examples/client -r examples/client.conf blocking-tls; echo $?
+
+* Design of the API
+- There are three usage modes:
+
+ - Application uses blocking send and receive calls (blocking
+ mode). This is typically fine for a simple client.
+
+ - Application registers callbacks with libradsec and runs the
+ libevent dispatch loop (a.k.a. user dispatch mode). This would
+ probably how to implement a server or a proxy.
+
+ - Application runs its own event loop, using fd's for select and
+ performs I/O using libradsec send/receive functions
+ (a.k.a. on-your-own mode). Might be useful for an application
+ which already has an event loop that wants to add RadSec
+ functionality.
+
+- Apart from configuration and error handling, an application
+ shouldn't need to handle TCP and UDP connections
+ differently. Similarly, the use of TLS/DTLS or not shouldn't
+ influence the libradsec calls made by the application.
+
+- Configuration is done either by using the API or by pointing at a
+ configuration file which is parsed by libradsec.
+
+- Fully reentrant.
+
+- Application chooses allocation regime.
+
+Note that as of 0.0.4 libradsec suffers from way too much focus on
+the behaviour of a blocking client and is totally useless as a server.
+Not only does it lack most of the functions needed for writing a
+server but it also contains at least one architectural mishap which
+kills the server idea -- a connection timeout (TCP) or a retransmit
+timeout (UDP) will result in the event loop being broken. The same
+thing will happen if there's an error on a TCP connection, f.ex. a
+failing certificate validation (TLS).
+
+* Dependencies
+Details (within parentheses) apply to Debian Wheezy.
+
+- libconfuse (2.7-4)
+ sudo apt-get install libconfuse-dev libconfuse0
+- libevent2 (2.0.19-stable-3)
+ sudo apt-get install libevent-dev libevent-2.0-5
+- OpenSSL (1.0.1c-4) -- optional, for TLS and DTLS support
+ sudo apt-get install libssl-dev libssl1.0.0
+
+* Functionality and quality in 0.0.x
+** Not well tested
- reading config file
-- resending packets
-- custom allocation scheme used in all places
-- callbacks invoked properly
-- server fail over
-- matching responses
-- TLS
-- TLS PSK
-- autoconf/automake/libtool
-- DTLS
-** Not tested
-- short read
-- short write
-** Tested and verified
+- [TCP] short read
+- [TCP] short write
+- [TLS] basic tls support
+- [TLS] preshared key support
+- [TLS] verification of CN
+
+** Known issues
+- error stack is only one entry deep
+- custom allocation scheme is not used in all places
+
+** Not implemented
+- dispatch mode (planned for 0.1)
+- [client] server failover / RFC3539 watchdog (planned for 0.1)
+- [server] support (planned for 0.2)
+- [client] TCP keepalive
+- on-your-own mode
+- [DTLS] support
+
+* Found a bug?
+Please report it. That is how we improve the quality of the code.
+
+If possible, please build the library with DEBUG defined (CFLAGS="-g
+-DDEBUG") and reproduce the problem. With DEBUG defined, lots of
+asserts are enabled which might give a hint about what's gone wrong.
+
+Running the library under gdb is another good idea. If you experience
+a crash, catching the crash in gdb and providing a backtrace is highly
+valuable for debugging.
+
+Contact: mailto:linus+libradsec@nordu.net
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