Ninux.org Wireless Community

The main goal of this project is the development of a Linux 2.6 Kernel module and the relevant user-space tools to set up IP in UDP tunnels between two fixed and mobile end points. The project is a Freifunk–Ninux.org proposal, and is sponsored by the Google Summer of Code program.

IPinUDP encapsulation is a well known encapsulation mechanism mainly used for NAT traversal solutions (e.g.: RFC 3948). Moreover, IP/UDP encapsulation can be envisioned in end-to-end overlays and mobility management solutions. Despite its simplicity, a generic IPinUDP encapsulation Linux Kernel module independent from the IPsec framework is not currently available, and usually this kind of tunneling is realized with user-space tools.

The first task of this project is to create a Kernel module allowing a user to export one or more virtual interfaces so that packets routed through them will be encapsulated within a specific IP/UDP encapsulation header, as for other tunneling approaches based on virtual devices (like IP-IP, IP-GRE, etc..).

The second step will be the extension of the basic functionalities described above to realize a generic IP/UDP encapsulation driver to be used in different context that might require UDP encapsulation, like mobility, multihoming or VPNs approaches based on tunneling. The basic idea is that the IP/UDP tunnels are multiplexed on a single virtual interface, and the proper encapsulation header is retrieved from a “internal forwarding table” configurable from user-space.

As for the current status of the implementation, the first task is almost accomplished, as few details regarding locking are missing. The source code is publicly available at: https://svn.ninux.org/svn/ninuxdeveloping/ipudp. Comments, remarks and any kind of support will be appreciated.

Marco

With the RadioMate project we are building a new free software platform for distributed webradios, i.e. webradios in which the WJs can transmit wherever they are (from home, from the site of an event, …). The project is a Freifunk–Ninux.org proposal, and is sponsored by the Google Summer of Code program.

The first webradio that will use the new platform will be Fusoradio, that is an active and distributed webradio headquartered in Rome (at Fusolab), but that currently uses closed-source solutions. Thus the project will not end with the GSOC sponsoring, but will continue growing thanks to the contributions of people that will be actively using RadioMate.

For what concerns the current status of the work, the design of the architecture, of the API and of the database schema have been done, and the code that accesses the database has been completed. I have also studied the liquidsoap language and found a solution to use it in a decentralized fashion, performing some tests.

What is missing, and will be done before the deadline (I am currently working on the project full time) will be to complete the JSON interface, implement the scheduling of the webradio transmissions, and of course, write documentation.

For the source code, more information and updates visit the project’s website: http://radiomate.org

Clauz