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Serval DNA Technical Documentation
Serval Project, May 2014
This directory contains technical documents that accompany the Serval DNA component of the Serval mesh network.
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Building Serval DNA has instructions to build a native Serval DNA executable.
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Testing Serval DNA describes the Serval DNA test scripts and the test framework.
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Configuring Serval DNA describes the persistent configuration system and its command-line API, the built-in system file paths, daemon instances and basic network configuration.
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Notes for Developers contains information of use to developers of Serval DNA and to those experiencing build problems.
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MDP Packet Filtering describes the configuration options and rules file syntax for filtering incoming and outgoing MDP packets.
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Tunnelling describes how to tunnel IP over the Serval mesh network.
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Serval DNA on OpenWRT describes how to build and install Serval DNA packages for the OpenWRT platform.
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Serval DNA OpenBTS support describes how Serval DNA has been integrated with the Commotion Wireless OpenBTS mobile telephony platform.
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Mesh Datagram Protocol (MDP) describes the fundamental mesh protocol used in Serval Mesh networks and its C programming API.
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Mesh Stream Protocol (MSP) describes a reliable message stream protocol used in Serval Mesh networks and its C programming API.
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REST API describes the common features of the various HTTP REST APIs through which applications access the services of the Serval mesh network, including:
- Keyring REST API -- identity management
- Rhizome REST API -- decentralised content distribution
- MeshMS REST API -- secure, one-to-one messaging
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Cooee describes the protocol used for discovering services available on nearby (reachable) mesh network nodes.
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Serval Infrastructure contains notes on plans for how a Serval mesh network can use the Internet to increase its reach and usefulness.
Copyright 2014 Serval Project Inc.
This document is available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.