ouroboros/src/irmd, branch be

lib: Improve hybrid KEX support

2026-08-31T06:31:46Z

The algorithm was inferred from the key length. That will not always work as SecP256r1MLKEM768 private key is 2432 bytes, exactly like an X25519MLKEM768 one. Raw OAP kex payloads now lead with the algorithm NID in network byte order, so a peer reads the algorithm from the wire instead of guessing it from the payload length. Test if the KEX is hybrid KEM with kex_nid_is_hybrid() based on the NID range. The configured algorithm is passed to the raw key loaders. The public key loader imports the key to validate it, so a corrupt or mismatched file is reported at load time. Signed-off-by: Dimitri Staessens Signed-off-by: Sander Vrijders

irmd: Reject client encap without configured KEX

2026-08-31T06:31:46Z

A client asking for client-side encapsulation against a server that has no kex= configured left scfg->x.str NULL, crashing the handshake inside strstr(). Client encapsulation decapsulates with the server's configured static key, so a server without the configured key exchange cannot serve the request. Signed-off-by: Dimitri Staessens Signed-off-by: Sander Vrijders

lib: Update FRCT loss recovery

2026-08-31T06:31:46Z

Some more stability fixes in FRCT. Signed-off-by: Dimitri Staessens Signed-off-by: Sander Vrijders

lib: Replace shim IPCPs with points of attachment

2026-08-31T06:31:45Z

Removes the UDP and Ethernet shim IPCPs. The unicast and broadcast IPCPs can now directly attach to a "legacy" socket. We adopt Saltzer's Point-of-Attachment terminology, also advocated in Day's "Patterns in Network Architecture". The "poa" component manages these PoA's with one management thread, one link monitoring thread and one thread per attached point. For Ethernet PoA's the irm connect and enroll can resolve the destination IPCP or Layer name with a broadcast name query over the attached PoAs (first reply wins). UDP PoA's require a destination IP address or FQDN. attach to a local endpoint (required both server and client side): irm ipcp poa attach name a udp 10.0.0.1 irm ipcp poa attach name a udp 10.0.0.1:3435 irm ipcp poa attach name a udp [::1]:3435 irm ipcp poa attach name a eth dev eth0 irm ipcp poa attach name a eth dev eth0 ethertype 0xA000 release a PoA (refused while it carries a flow): irm ipcp poa detach name a udp 10.0.0.1:3435 irm ipcp poa detach name a eth eth0 list an IPCP's PoAs: irm ipcp poa list name a connect to a peer, by name or at an address: irm ipcp connect name b dst a irm ipcp connect name b dst a eth irm ipcp connect name b dst a eth dev eth0 irm ipcp connect name b dst a udp 10.0.0.1:3435 irm ipcp connect name b dst a udp peer.example.com:3435 disconnect by peer name, no address: irm ipcp disconnect name b dst a irm ipcp disconnect name b dst a component mgmt enroll has the same shape as connect: irm ipcp enroll name b layer lr autobind irm ipcp enroll name b layer lr autobind eth dev eth0 irm ipcp enroll name b layer lr autobind udp 10.0.0.1:3435 the IRMd config file attaches PoAs and names peers the same way: udp = [ "10.0.0.1", "10.0.0.1:3436" ] eth = [ "eth0", {dev="eth1", ethertype=0xA007} ] enrol={dst="LAN", eth={dev="eth0"}} conn=[{dst="lan3", eth={}}, {dst="lan4", udp="10.0.0.1:3435"}] Signed-off-by: Dimitri Staessens Signed-off-by: Sander Vrijders

ipcpd: Add flow overshoot protection to mb-ecn

2026-07-22T07:04:47Z

The ECN marks were the only source of congestion information, and going into congestion collapse (dropping a lot of ECN packets and causing loss of signal) was unrecoverable. The sender's slow-start ramp clock now tracks a measured RTT to avoid overshooting into congestion collapse on the previously fixed (14ms) doubling on long-delay (e.g. 100ms) links. The flow allocator now carries a periodic heartbeat/ack to keep RTT estimates up-to-date. The heartbeat also serves as a congestion collapse detector: consecutive heartbeat losses will go into loss recovery, halving the window and pausing Additive Increase until the path is clear. The DT component now has a max_rtt config parameter that serves as a hint for the layer RTT to optimize slow-start for low-latency networks. These two mechanisms follow TCP, however only during slow start up to the first ECN signal and to recover from a total collapse until the ECN signal returns. MB-ECN is still fully RTT-independent in the AI/PD region. A shorter RTT path will just reach its equal fair share faster than a longer RTT path. Signed-off-by: Dimitri Staessens Signed-off-by: Sander Vrijders

irmd: Fix congestion config from file

2026-07-19T09:44:35Z

The configfile logic was matching "lfa" instead of "mb-ecn". Signed-off-by: Dimitri Staessens Signed-off-by: Sander Vrijders

irmd: Reject rekey without KEX config

2026-07-19T09:44:35Z

A rekey without KEX config should be rejected rather than downgrading to plaintext. Tests added. Signed-off-by: Dimitri Staessens Signed-off-by: Sander Vrijders

irmd: Fix oap_test suppression list

2026-07-19T09:44:35Z

he crypto-disabled branch of the test driver referenced two tests that were folded into test_oap_ts_reject_all() and missed newer ones. Signed-off-by: Dimitri Staessens Signed-off-by: Sander Vrijders

irmd: Avoid in-place byteswap in OAP header

2026-07-19T09:44:35Z

gcc 12 -fanalyzer misclassifies kex_len = hton16(kex_len) followed by memcpy(&kex_len) as a read of an uninitialized value. Write the swapped value through the scratch variable like every other field in write_oap_fixed(). Signed-off-by: Dimitri Staessens Signed-off-by: Sander Vrijders

irmd: Harden OAP client KEM completion

2026-07-19T09:44:35Z

do_client_kex_complete_kem() filled key_buf in the server-encap branch and returned early in the client-encap branch; any other mode value would fall through and memcpy an uninitialized stack buffer into the session key. The client only ever sets the two known modes today, but nothing local enforces that and the server derives its mode from a wire bit. Give each mode an explicit path with no fall-through. Signed-off-by: Dimitri Staessens Signed-off-by: Sander Vrijders