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Replace discovery flooding with bloom-filter-guided tree routing: lookups sent only to tree peers (parent + children) whose bloom filter contains the target. If no tree peer matches, fall back to non-tree peers with bloom matches before dropping the request. This produces single-path forwarding through the spanning tree (90% traffic reduction) while recovering from dead ends caused by stale bloom filters, tree restructuring, or transit node failures. Remove visited bloom filter from LookupRequest wire format (-257 bytes per request). Tree routing is inherently loop-free; request_id dedup handles edge cases during tree restructuring. Add response- forwarded flag to prevent response routing loops from convergent request paths. Add originator-side exponential backoff (30s base, 300s cap) after lookup timeouts and bloom misses. Backoff resets on topology changes (parent switch, new peer, first RTT, reconnection). Add transit-side per-target rate limiting (2s minimum interval) for forwarded lookups as defense-in-depth. Add discovery retry within the timeout window (default: send at T=0, retry at T=5s, fail at T=10s) to compensate for single-path fragility. Lookups with zero eligible tree peers fail immediately. Improve discovery logging: promote key events to info (initiation, success, timeout with failure count). Add debug logging for dedup, pending packet retry, backoff suppression, forward rate limiting, and backoff reset. New config: discovery.backoff_base_secs, backoff_max_secs, forward_min_interval_secs, retry_interval_secs, max_attempts. New stats: req_backoff_suppressed, req_forward_rate_limited, req_bloom_miss, req_no_tree_peer, req_fallback_forwarded. Removed: req_already_visited, visited bloom filter.
FIPS Testing
Integration and simulation test harnesses for FIPS, using Docker containers running the full protocol stack.
Test Harnesses
static/ -- Static Docker Network
Fixed topologies with manual scripts for building, config generation, connectivity tests (ping, iperf), and network impairment (netem). Useful for deterministic debugging and validating specific topology configurations.
| Topology | Nodes | Transport | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| mesh | 5 | UDP | Sparse mesh, 6 links, multi-hop |
| chain | 5 | UDP | Linear chain, max 4-hop paths |
| mesh-public | 5+1 | UDP | Mesh with external public node |
| tcp-chain | 3 | TCP | Linear chain over TCP (port 8443) |
| rekey | 5 | UDP | Rekey integration test topology |
tor/ -- Tor Transport Integration
End-to-end Tor transport testing with Docker containers running real Tor daemons. Requires internet access for Tor bootstrapping.
| Scenario | Description |
|---|---|
| socks5-outbound | Outbound SOCKS5 connections through Tor to clearnet peer |
| directory-mode | Inbound via HiddenServiceDir onion service (co-located) |
chaos/ -- Stochastic Simulation
Automated network testing with configurable node counts, topology algorithms (random geometric, Erdos-Renyi, chain, explicit), and fault injection (netem mutation, link flaps, traffic generation, node churn). 20 scenarios covering general stress testing, cost-based parent selection, mixed link technologies (fiber/Bluetooth/WiFi), transport-specific validation (UDP, TCP, Ethernet), and ECN/congestion testing. Scenarios are defined in YAML and executed via a Python harness that manages the full lifecycle: topology generation, Docker orchestration, fault scheduling, log collection, and analysis.