Overview

The reference implementation consists of the following Perl modules:

• DarkChannel::Proto
  These classes encapsulate the DarkChannel protocol itself. The classes are independant of the rest of the code and implement:

  • The protocol state machines
  • The protocol interpreter for connectors
  • The protocol interpreter for listeners
  • The message parser for connectors
  • The message parser for listeners
  • The message generator for connectors
  • The message generator for listeners

• DarkChannel::Crypt
  These classes encapsulate the cryptographic systems. The classes are independant of the rest of the code and implement:

  • DarkChannel::Crypt::Base
    The base abstraction for all cryptographic primitives
  • DarkChannel::Crypt::GPG
    The real implementations of the cryptograph primitives for the specific cryptographic systems

• DarkChannel::Node
  These classes encapsulate the implementation specificts of the different DarkChannel nodes:

  • DarkChannel::Node::ChannelServer
    These classes implement the channel server node and it's dependencies
  • DarkChannel::Node::Client
    These classes implement the client node and it's dependencies
  • DarkChannel::Node::Client::Core
    These classes implement the client node's DarkChannel to IRC gateway and it's dependencies

• DarkChannel::Utils
  These classes implement support libraries like channel and session storage, logging and special text manipulations.