docs/transit.md: remove Blocking section, expand on relay hints
These docs were first written back when we had both a blocking and a non-blocking API. I removed all the blocking code a long time ago, leaving on the Twisted-based non-blocking API, but I forgot to update the docs to match, which is why some of the text didn't make much sense.
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The protocol tries hard to create a **direct** connection between the two
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ends, but if that fails, it uses a centralized relay server to ferry data
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between two separate TCP streams (one to each client).
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between two separate TCP streams (one to each client). Direct connection
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hints are used for the first, and relay hints are used for the second.
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The current implementation starts with the following:
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If either side receives a corrupted or out-of-order record, they drop the
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connection. Attackers cannot modify the contents of a record, or change the
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order of the records, without being detected and the connection being
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dropped. If a record is lost (e.g. the receiver observers records #1,#2,#4,
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dropped. If a record is lost (e.g. the receiver observer records #1,#2,#4,
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but not #3), the connection is dropped when the unexpected sequence number is
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received.
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@ -111,6 +112,11 @@ two handshakes), then making new connections to play back the recorded
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handshakes, but this level of attacker could simply drop the user's packets
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directly.
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Any participant in a Transit connection (i.e. the party on the other end of
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your wormhole) can cause their peer to make a TCP connection (and send the
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handshake string) to any IP address and port of their choosing. The handshake
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protocol is intended to make this no more than a minor nuisance.
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## Relay
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The **Transit Relay** is a host which offers TURN-like services for
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@ -139,27 +145,62 @@ attempting to use the relay. If it has no viable direct hints, it will start
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using the relay right away. This prefers direct connections, but doesn't
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introduce completely unnecessary stalls.
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The Transit client can attempt connections to multiple relays, and uses the
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first one that passes negotiation. Each side combines a locally-configured
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hostname/port (usually "baked in" to the application, and hosted by the
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application author) with additional hostname/port pairs that come from the
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peer. This way either side can suggest the relays to use. The `wormhole`
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application accepts a `--transit-helper tcp:myrelay.example.org:12345`
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command-line option to supply an additional relay. The connection hints
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provided by the Transit instance include the locally-configured relay, along
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with the dynamically-determined direct hints. Both should be delivered to the
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peer.
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## API
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The Transit API uses Twisted and returns Deferreds for any call that cannot
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be handled immediately. The complete example is here:
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```python
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from twisted.internet.defer import inlineCallbacks
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from wormhole.transit import TransitSender
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@inlineCallbacks
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def do_transit():
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s = TransitSender("tcp:relayhost.example.org:12345")
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my_connection_hints = yield s.get_connection_hints()
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# (send my hints via wormhole)
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# (get their hints via wormhole)
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s.add_connection_hints(their_connection_hints)
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key = w.derive_key(application_id + "/transit-key")
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s.set_transit_key(key)
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rp = yield s.connect()
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rp.send_record(b"my first record")
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their_record = yield rp.receive_record()
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rp.send_record(b"Greatest Hits)
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other = yield rp.receive_record()
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yield rp.close()
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```
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First, create a Transit instance, giving it the connection information of the
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transit relay. The application must know whether it should use a Sender or a
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Receiver:
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```python
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from wormhole.blocking.transit import TransitSender
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s = TransitSender("tcp:relayhost.example.org:12345")
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from wormhole.transit import TransitSender
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s = TransitSender()
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```
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Next, ask the Transit for its direct and relay hints. This should be
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delivered to the other side via a Wormhole message (i.e. add them to a dict,
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serialize it with JSON, send the result as a message with `wormhole.send()`).
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serialize it with JSON, send the result as a message with `wormhole.send()`).
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```python
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connection_hints = yield s.get_connection_hints()
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my_connection_hints = yield s.get_connection_hints()
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```
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The `get_connection_hints` method returns a Deferred, so in the example we are
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using `@inlineCallbacks` to `yield` the result.
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The `get_connection_hints` method returns a Deferred, so in the example we
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use `@inlineCallbacks` to `yield` the result.
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Then, perform the Wormhole exchange, which ought to give you the direct and
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relay hints of the other side. Tell your Transit instance about their hints.
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s.set_transit_key(key)
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```
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Finally, tell the Transit instance to connect. This will yield a "record
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pipe" object, on which records can be sent and received. If no connection can
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be established within a timeout (defaults to 30 seconds), `connect()` will
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throw an exception instead. The pipe can be closed with `close()`.
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Finally, tell the Transit instance to connect. This returns a Deferred that
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will yield a "record pipe" object, on which records can be sent and received.
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If no connection can be established within a timeout (defaults to 30
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seconds), `connect()` will signal a Failure instead. The pipe can be closed
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with `close()`, which returns a Deferred that fires when all data has been
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flushed.
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```python
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rp = s.connect()
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rp = yield s.connect()
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rp.send_record(b"my first record")
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their_record = rp.receive_record()
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their_record = yield rp.receive_record()
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rp.send_record(b"Greatest Hits)
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other = rp.receive_record()
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rp.close()
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other = yield rp.receive_record()
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yield rp.close()
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```
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Records can be sent and received arbitrarily (you are not limited to taking
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turns). However the blocking API does not provide a way to send records while
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waiting for an inbound record. This *might* work with threads, but it has not
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been tested.
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turns).
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## Twisted API
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The same facilities are available in the asynchronous Twisted environment.
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The difference is that some functions return Deferreds instead of immediate
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values. The final record-pipe object is a Protocol (TBD: maybe this is a job
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for Tubes?), which exposes `receive_record()` as a Deferred-returning
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function that internally holds a queue of inbound records.
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```python
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from twisted.internet.defer import inlineCallbacks
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from wormhole.twisted.transit import TransitSender
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@inlineCallbacks
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def do_transit():
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s = TransitSender(relay)
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my_connection_hints = yield s.get_connection_hints()
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# (send hints via wormhole)
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s.add_connection_hints(their_connection_hints)
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s.set_transit_key(key)
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rp = yield s.connect()
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rp.send_record(b"eponymous")
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them = yield rp.receive_record()
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yield rp.close()
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```
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This object also implements the `IConsumer`/`IProducer` protocols for
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**bytes**, which means you can transfer a file by wiring up a file reader as
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a Producer. Each chunk of bytes that the Producer generates will be put into
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a single record. The Consumer interface works the same way. This enables
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The record-pipe object also implements the `IConsumer`/`IProducer` protocols
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for **bytes**, which means you can transfer a file by wiring up a file reader
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as a Producer. Each chunk of bytes that the Producer generates will be put
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into a single record. The Consumer interface works the same way. This enables
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backpressure and flow-control: if the far end (or the network) cannot keep up
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with the stream of data, the sender will wait for them to catch up before
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filling buffers without bound.
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