vdeplug_agno

This is a libvdeplug plugin module to add encryption to a vde connection. It is based on the libwolfssl-dev library.

This module of libvdeplug4 can be used in any program supporting VDE like vde_plug, kvm, qemu, user-mode-linux and virtualbox.

install vdeplug_agno

Requirements: vdeplug4 and libwolfssl-dev.

vdeplug_agno uses cmake, so the standard procedure to build and install this vdeplug plugin module is the following:

$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ cmake ..
$ make
$ sudo make install

usage examples

The following examples are VNLs (Virtual Network Locator) to be used with programs supporting vde as specified by the syntax of those programs.

Encrypt connection to the switch

agno://{vde:///tmp/myswitch}

Encrypt connection using the specified key and type of the non encrypted packet

agno:///tmp/my_keyfile[ethtype=copy]{vde:///tmp/myswitch}

Encrypt connection using random packets types

agno://[ethtype=rand]{vxvde://234.0.0.1}

Create a vde namespace connected to a vxvde network with encrypted traffic

vdens agno:///tmp/my_keyfile{vxvde://}

See the man page (libvdeplug_agno) for further information.

License

GNU Lesser General Public License v 2.1 or later.

It uses libwolfssl: see the wolfssl FLOSS exception.