| 1 | .\" -*-nroff-*- |
| 2 | .\". |
| 3 | .\" Manual for the peer database file format |
| 4 | .\" |
| 5 | .\" (c) 2008 Straylight/Edgeware |
| 6 | .\" |
| 7 | . |
| 8 | .\"----- Licensing notice --------------------------------------------------- |
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| 25 | . |
| 26 | .\"-------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 27 | .so ../defs.man.in \"@@@PRE@@@ |
| 28 | . |
| 29 | .\"-------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 30 | .TH peers.cdb 5tripe "27 March 2008" "Straylight/Edgeware" "TrIPE: Trivial IP Encryption" |
| 31 | . |
| 32 | .\"-------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 33 | .SH "NAME" |
| 34 | . |
| 35 | peers.cdb \- compiled peer database |
| 36 | . |
| 37 | .\"-------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 38 | .SH "DESCRIPTION" |
| 39 | . |
| 40 | The |
| 41 | .B \*(/c/peers.cdb |
| 42 | file is a |
| 43 | .BR cdb (5) |
| 44 | format database containing information about peers in the TrIPE network, |
| 45 | and how to connect to them. It is set up by the |
| 46 | .BR tripe-newpeers (8) |
| 47 | program based on input in a |
| 48 | .BR peers.in (5) |
| 49 | file or files. |
| 50 | .SS "Database records" |
| 51 | The database contains four kinds of records. The type of record can be |
| 52 | inferred from the first character of the record's key. |
| 53 | .hP \*o |
| 54 | .I "Peer records" |
| 55 | have keys of the form |
| 56 | .BI P name \fR. |
| 57 | The record consists of a collection of key-value |
| 58 | pairs in the |
| 59 | .B form-urlencoded |
| 60 | format specified by RFC1866, except that key-value pairs are separated |
| 61 | by semicolon |
| 62 | .RB ` ; ' |
| 63 | characters. Some of the keys have meaning to various tools and |
| 64 | services; others are available for local use. |
| 65 | .hP \*o |
| 66 | .I "User records" |
| 67 | have keys of the form |
| 68 | .BI U name \fR. |
| 69 | The record consists of a peer name (i.e., a name for which a |
| 70 | .BI P name |
| 71 | record exists); all characters are significant. User records are used |
| 72 | by the |
| 73 | .BR connect (8) |
| 74 | service to map between user names presented to its |
| 75 | .B PASSIVE |
| 76 | command and peer names. No particular relationship between TrIPE user |
| 77 | names and system users is necessary. |
| 78 | .hP \*o |
| 79 | .I "Local records" |
| 80 | have keys of the form |
| 81 | .BI $ key \fR. |
| 82 | The record consists of key-value pairs in |
| 83 | .B form-urlencoded |
| 84 | format, just as for peer records. Their meaning is currently not |
| 85 | defined. |
| 86 | .hP \*o |
| 87 | .I "Special records" |
| 88 | have keys of the form |
| 89 | .BI % key \fR. |
| 90 | The record format is idiosyncratic. The special records currently |
| 91 | defined are described below. |
| 92 | .SS "Special records" |
| 93 | The following special records are defined. |
| 94 | .TP |
| 95 | .B %AUTO |
| 96 | The record contains a list of a space-separated list of peer names |
| 97 | (i.e., names for which a |
| 98 | .BI P name |
| 99 | record exists). It is read by the |
| 100 | .BR connect (8) |
| 101 | service as a list of peers for which active connections should be made |
| 102 | automatically. |
| 103 | . |
| 104 | .\"-------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 105 | .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| 106 | . |
| 107 | .BR cdb (5), |
| 108 | .BR tripe (8). |
| 109 | .PP |
| 110 | .BR tripe-newpeers (8), |
| 111 | .BR peers.in (5), |
| 112 | .BR connect (8). |
| 113 | . |
| 114 | .\"-------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 115 | .SH "AUTHOR" |
| 116 | . |
| 117 | Mark Wooding, <mdw@distorted.org.uk> |
| 118 | . |
| 119 | .\"----- That's all, folks -------------------------------------------------- |