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74 lines
3.4 KiB
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# Architecture
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wgcloak is a single Linux userspace process with a `client` or `server` role.
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The core moves opaque datagrams between a local UDP socket and a transport
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session. It does not know whether the payload is WireGuard, DNS, or another UDP
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protocol.
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```text
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CLIENT SERVER
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local UDP peer transport listener
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│ │
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▼ ▼
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local listener ── tunnel core ── transport ── authenticated session
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│
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▼
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dedicated connected UDP backend socket
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│
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▼
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configured UDP backend
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```
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## Ownership boundaries
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- The local listener receives datagrams and remembers the most recently active
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local peer for return traffic. One active peer per v1 tunnel is sufficient.
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- The core owns session lifecycle, limits, datagram-size checks, reconnect
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policy, and statistics. Payload bytes remain opaque.
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- A transport owns connection establishment and wire representation. Every
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transport exposes the same logical send/receive/close behavior and a maximum
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datagram size.
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- Authentication is a separate concern. Direct UDP uses the documented
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challenge/HMAC packet protocol; TLS-capable transports authenticate the
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client after transport establishment.
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- The server creates a backend UDP socket only after client authentication and
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maps that socket to one session. A backend response therefore has natural
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session ownership without inspecting the backend protocol.
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## Transport lifecycle
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The client state machine is:
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```text
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STARTING → RESOLVING → PROBING → AUTHENTICATING → CONNECTED
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└───────────┘ failure
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RECONNECTING
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│
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└→ PROBING
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```
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In `auto` mode the target order is direct UDP, QUIC DATAGRAM, HTTP/3
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CONNECT-UDP, then TLS/TCP. Authentication rejection is a configuration error,
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not permission to probe indefinitely. Network failures use bounded exponential
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backoff with jitter.
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## Server isolation
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One malformed or unauthenticated packet must be rejected without terminating
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the listener or affecting another client. Server limits cover active sessions,
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per-source sessions, pending handshakes, handshake duration, authentication
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attempts, and maximum datagram size. Expiry closes the backend socket and
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releases replay/session state.
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## Privileges and filesystem
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Normal operation uses ordinary UDP/TCP/Unix sockets and needs no root,
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`CAP_NET_ADMIN`, or `CAP_SYS_ADMIN`. `CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE` is optional when a
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reviewed deployment must bind a port below 1024. The control socket is local
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and protected by filesystem ownership/mode; it is not a network listener.
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This document describes the intended v1 architecture. Check the milestone
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matrix before relying on a transport or control command in a particular build.
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