netsukuku

http://netsukuku.freaknet.org

What is this?

Netsukuku is an alternative to the internet, It will have all of the features of the internet, Such as websites, Instant messaging, File transfers, DNS, Etc. It functions as a mesh network or a p2p net system that generates and sustains itself autonomously. It is designed to handle an unlimited number of nodes with minimal CPU and memory resources.

Thanks to this feature it can be easily used to build a worldwide distributed, anonymous and not controlled network, separated from the Internet, without the support of any servers, ISPs or authority controls.

This net is composed by computers linked physically each other, therefore it isn’t build upon any existing network. Netsukuku builds only the routes which connects all the computers of the net. In other words, Netsukuku replaces the level 3 of the model iso/osi with another routing protocol.

The Domain Name System is also replaced by a decentralised and distributed system, Being the ANDNA system. (A Netsukuku Domain Name Architecture)

The complete features list of Netsukuku is here: http://netsukuku.freaknet.org/files/doc/misc/Ntk_features_list

In order to join to Netsukuku you have to use NetsukukuD, which is the daemon implementing the Npv7 protocol.

Before doing anything, please read the documentation in doc/ or in http://netsukuku.freaknet.org

Get the code!

$git clone git@github.com:Netsukuku/netsukuku.git 

Build and install

The dependencies of netsukuku can be gathered by running this command.

# sudo apt-get install zlibc libgmp-dev openssl libgee-dev libpth-dev libgcrypt11-dev autoconf cmake autogen

To compile the code you can use scons or just go with the old school way:

# ./configure && make && make install

But SCons is cooler: http://www.scons.org/ (You should have installed at least the 2.4 version of Python in order to avoid dirty bugs in scons)

You can go to the libgmp/zlib/openssl websites below if you wish, As they are dependenices of netsukuku.

Here they are!

for the libgmp: http://www.swox.com/gmp/ the openssl library here: http://openssl.org and finally the zlibs: http://zlib.net

Then go in the src/ directory and type:

$ scons --help

That will show you all the options you can use in the build and installation process. Finally execute:

$ scons

The code will be compiled. If all went well install NetsukukuD with:

# scons install

Now you should give a look at /etc/netsukuku.conf (or wherever you installed it) and modify it for your needs, but generally the default options are good.

• Notes:

If you want to change some scons option to do another installation, (i.e. you may want to reinstall it with another MANDIR path), you have to run:

$ scons --clean

Static Binaries and Packages

If you prefer to just install Netsukuku, without compiling it, you can download the static binaries suitable to your platform. They come packed in various formats (.tgz, .deb, .ipk). The packages repository is at:

http://netsukuku.freaknet.org/packages/ (Currently non-functional)

https://launchpad.net/~michele-bini/+archive/ppa-mbxxii/+sourcepub/1032974/+listing-archive-extra

(This archive contains unoffical packages, However, They have been tested, And function on Ubuntu 12.04 and earlier.)

Kernel dependencies

(The following probably is already, If not will be soon, Unnecessary/automated.)

On Linux be sure to have the following options set in your kernel .config. These options are taken from linux-2.6.14.

Networking options

CONFIG_PACKET=y
CONFIG_UNIX=y
CONFIG_INET=y
CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST=y
CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER=y
CONFIG_IP_MULTIPLE_TABLES=y
CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH=y
CONFIG_NET_IPIP=y
CONFIG_NETFILTER=y

and these from linux-2.6.16.19.

Core Netfilter Configuration

CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_CONNTRACK=y
NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_CONNMARK=y

IP: Netfilter Configuration

CONFIG_IP_NF_IPTABLES=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_FILTER=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_REJECT=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_NAT_NEEDED=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_MASQUERADE=y

If you are using modules you have to load them before launching the daemon.

How to use it

Before doing anything do:

$ man ntkd
$ man andna

when you feel confortable and you are ready to dare type with root priviledges:

# ntkd

then just wait… ^_-

(For the first times it’s cool to use the -D option to see what happens).

• Note: The daemon at startup takes the list of all the network interfaces which are currently UP and it uses all of them to send and receive packets. If you want to force the daemon to use specific interfaces you should use the B<-i> option.

Where to get in touch with us

Mailing list

Subscribe to the netsukuku mailing to get help, be updated on the latest news and discuss on its development.

To subscribe to the list, send a message to: netsukuku-subscribe@lists.dyne.org or use the web interface: http://lists.dyne.org/mailman/listinfo/netsukuku

You can browse the archive here: http://lists.dyne.org/netsukuku/ http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.network.peer-to-peer.netsukuku

IRC

We live night and day in IRC, come to see us on channel #netsukuku on the FreeNode irc server (irc.freenode.org).

Bug report

{ Don’t panic! }

If you encounter any bug, please report it. Use the online bug track system: http://bugs.dyne.org/ or the mailing list: http://lists.dyne.org/netsukuku/ and explain what the problem is and if possible a way to reproduce it.

Hack the code

Feel free to debug, patch, modify and eat the code. Then submit your results to the mailing list ^_-

There is a lot to code too! If you are a Kung Foo coder, get on board and help the development writing some nice poems. For a start you can take a look at the src/TODO file.

License and that kind of stuff…

All the Netsukuku code is released under the GPL-2, please see the COPYING file for more information.

The authors of Netsukuku and NetsukukuD are listed in the file AUTHORS.