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Netsukuku is 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: the Abnormal Netsukuku Domain Name Anarchy.
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 tarball of the latest stable version from: http://netsukuku.freaknet.org/files/
Or use github:
$git clone git@github.com:Netsukuku/netsukuku.git
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)
The code depends also on the libgmp,zlib and openssl. Generally you have already them installed on your system, but eventually you can retrieve them here: 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.
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
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/
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.
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).
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).
{ 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.
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.
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.