LokiNet

LokiNet is the reference implementation of LLARP (low latency anonymous routing protocol), a layer 3 onion routing protocol.

You can learn more about the high level design of LLARP here

And you can read the LLARP protocol specification here

Building

Build requirements:

• GNU Make
• CMake
• C++ 17 capable C++ compiler
• gcovr (if generating test coverage with gcc)
• IMPORTANT NOTE: To use the optimiser, make sure the default -DNDEBUG macro is removed before generating (see #400)

Linux

build:

$ sudo apt install build-essential cmake git libcap-dev wget
$ git clone https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network
$ cd loki-network
$ make -j8

install:

$ sudo make install

Solaris 2.10+

NOTE: Oracle Solaris users need to download/compile the TAP driver from http://www.whiteboard.ne.jp/~admin2/tuntap/

The generated binaries may work on Solaris 2.10 or earlier, you're on your own. (Recommended: -static-libstdc++ -static-libgcc, and the TAP driver if not already installed on the target system.)

Building on a v2.10 or earlier system is unsupported, and may not even work; recent GCC releases have progressively dropped support for older system releases.

build:

$ sudo pkg install build-essential gcc8 wget tuntap cmake (optional: ninja ccache - from omnios extra) (OmniOS CE)
$ sudo pkg install base-developer-utilities developer-gnu developer-studio-utilities gcc-7 wget cmake (Oracle Solaris, see note)
$ sudo pkg install build-essential wget gcc-8 documentation/tuntap header-tun tun (optional: ninja ccache) (all other SunOS)
$ git clone https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network
$ cd loki-network
$ gmake -j8

install:

$ sudo make install

NetBSD (and other platforms where pkgsrc is the native package mgr)

TODO: add pkgsrc instructions

OpenBSD (uses legacy netbsd pkg manager)

build:

# pkg_add wget cmake git (optional: ninja ccache)
$ git clone https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network
$ cd loki-network
$ gmake -j8

install (root):

# gmake install

FreeBSD

build:

$ pkg install wget cmake git
$ git clone https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network
$ cd loki-network
$ gmake -j8

install (root):

# gmake install

Windows

build (where $ARCH is your platform - i686 or x86_64):

$ pacman -Sy base-devel mingw-w64-$ARCH-toolchain git libtool autoconf mingw-w64-$ARCH-cmake
$ git clone https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network.git
$ cd loki-network
$ mkdir -p build; cd build
$ cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=[Debug|Release] -DSTATIC_LINK_RUNTIME=ON -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=gcc -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++ -G 'Unix Makefiles'

install (elevated) to $PROGRAMFILES/lokinet or $ProgramFiles(x86)/lokinet:

$ make install

if cross-compiling, install mingw-w64 from your distro's package manager, or build from source, then:

$ mkdir -p build; cd build
$ export COMPILER=clang # if using clang for windows
$ cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=[Debug|Release] -DSTATIC_LINK_RUNTIME=ON -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=ON -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../contrib/cross/mingw[32].cmake

this will create a static binary that can be installed anywhere, with no other dependency other than libc (minimum v6.1)

Running on Linux/UNIX/BSD

DO NOT RUN AS ROOT, run as normal user.

to run as client:

$ lokinet -g
$ lokinet-bootstrap
$ lokinet

to run as relay:

$ lokinet -r -g
$ lokinet-bootstrap
$ lokinet

Running on Windows

DO NOT RUN AS ELEVATED USER, run as normal user.

to run as client, run the run-lokinet.bat batch file as your normal user.

Usage

see the documentation on how to get started.