cdcc(8)

NAME
cdcc - Control Distributed Checksum Clearinghouse

SYNOPSIS
cdcc [-Vdq] [-h homedir] [-c ids] [op1 op2 ... [-]]

DESCRIPTION
Cdcc is used to clear, control, and query the control file used by Distributed Checksum Clearinghouse clients such as dccm(8). The host names, UDP port numbers, IDs, and passwords local clients use to talk to servers as well as IP addresses, round trip times, and other information are contained in the map file. While cdcc is set-UID, it uses the real UID only when accessing the map file. It refuses to display sensitive information such as passwords unless the real UID is the same as the effective UID. Note that cdcc needs to be set to a UID that can read and write the map file, but that UID need not be 0.

Cdcc is also used to send commands to DCC servers to tell them to stop, reload their lists of DCC IDs, turn on tracing, and so forth.

Many commands sent to DCC servers require a numeric DCC ID and a password recognized by the server. A DCC password is a 1-32 character string that does not contain blank, tab, newline or carriage return characters. The ID is specified with the id operation. If cdcc is run with a real UID that can read the ids file and a password is not specified (see the password operation), then the current password for the specified ID in the ids file will be used. If no ids file is available and a password and DCC ID are not specified, cdcc uses the anonymous DCC client-ID. DCC servers do not expect a password from clients using the anonymous client-ID, but they also won't honor control requests.

Operations that modify the map file can only be performed when the real UID is sufficient to modify the file directly. Trying to perform an operation that requires a password without specifying a server-ID or without using a UID that can access the ids file produces an error message complaining about a "privileged operation."

Commands and operations are read from the command line or from stdin. A series of op1 op2 ... operations followed a - (a dash) causes operations to be read from stdin after the command line operations are processed. Semi-colons or newlines separate commands in UNIX command-line "words," as well as when commands are read from stdin. Since each command line operation must be a shell "word," quotes are often required as in

% cdcc "load map.txt"

or

% cdcc "host localhost;info" stats

  OPTIONS
The following options are available:

-V  displays the version of the DCC controller.

-d  enables debugging output from the DCC client library. Additional -d options increase the number of messages. -q quiets initial complaints about the map file, and some messages about successful commands.

-h homedir
    overrides the default DCC home directory, which is often /var/dcc. See the homedir operation.

-c ids
    specifies file containing DCC IDs and passwords known by the local DCC server. An ids file that can be read by others cannot be used. The format of the ids file is described in dccd(8).

op1 op2 ...
    are operations or commands such as "id 100; stop". Commands or operations specified on the command line are performed before the first interactive request. The last command can be - to specify that additional commands should be read from stdin.

  OPERATIONS
Local operations include the following:

help [command]
    lists information about one or all available commands and operations.

exit
    stops cdcc

grey [on | off]
    switches between DCC and greylist servers.

homedir [path]
    displays or specifies the DCC home directory.

file [map]
    displays or specifies the name or path of the map file. The string "-" specifies the default file map in the DCC home directory.

new map [map]
    creates a new, empty file for DCC server host names, port numbers, passwords, and so forth. There must not already be a file of the same name. The default is map in the DCC home directory.

delete host
    [,port] deletes the entry in the map file for host and UDP port. If greylist mode has been set with the grey on command, the entry for the grelist server at host is deleted.

add host
    [,port] [RTT+adj|RTT-adj] [Greylist] [client-ID [password]] adds an entry to the map file. The port can be "-" to specify the default DCC server port number.

    An adjustment to the round trip time is a multiple of 10 milliseconds between -4000 and +4000 following the string RTT. The adjustment is added to the average measured round trip time when the DCC client software picks the "nearest" DCC server, or the server with the smallest RTT. If an IP address is mentioned more than once in the list of servers, for example because it is among the addresses for more than one server name, conflicts among RTT adjustments are resolved by picking the adjustment with the largest absolute value.

    Greylist marks an entry for a greylist servers. Greylist is assumed if greylist mode has been set with the grey on command, See dccd(8).

    If both the client-ID and the password are absent, the anonymous client-ID, 1, is used. The string anon is equivalent to the anonymous client-ID. A null password string is assumed if the password is missing and the client-ID is 1 or also missing.

load info-file
    loads the current parameter file with the host names, port numbers, IDs, and passwords in info-file. Standard input is understood if info-file is "-".

    A suitable file can be created with the info operation. It consists of blank lines and comment lines starting with '#' other lines in the same format as the arguments to the add and load operations. Note that output of the info command will lack passwords unless it is run by a privileged user.

host [hostname]
    specifies the host name of the DCC server to which commands should be sent. If hostname is "-", the current default DCC server is chosen.

port [port]
    specifies the UDP port number of the DCC server to which commands should be sent. The default is 6277 or 6276 depending on the setting of the greylist mode controlled with the grey command.

password secret
    specifies the password with which to sign commands sent to the DCC server specified with the server and port operations.

id [ID]
    specifies or displays the numeric DCC ID for commands sent to the DCC server specified with the server and port operations. If no password is specified with the password command, the password is sought in the local ids.

info [-N]
    displays information about the connections to DCC servers. It starts with the current date and name of the current map file or says that cdcc is using the implicit file created with the server and port operations. It then says when host names will next be resolved into IP addresses, the smallest round trip time to the IP addresses of known DCC servers. The host name, UDP port number (or dash if it is the default), DCC client-ID, and password (if cdcc is used by a privileged user) are shown in one line per configured DCC server.

    The currently preferred IP address is indicated by an asterisk. The "brand" of the server, its DCC ID, and its IP address are displayed in one line per IP address. The performance of the server at each IP address in the most recent 32 operations is displayed in a second line. The second line ends with the measured delay imposed by the server on requests with this client's ID.

    -N displays the reverse DNS name of each server.

RTT [-N]
    measures the round trip time to the DCC servers. It does this by discarding accumulated information and forcing a probe of all listed server IP addresses.

    Beware that when run with sufficient privilege, the RTT operation is like the info and load operations and displays cleartext passwords.

    -N displays the reverse DNS name of each server.

debug [on | off | TTL=x]
    increases or decreases debugging information from the DCC client library or sets the IP TTL on queries to the server. See -d.

    Some systems do not include the functions required to change the IP TTL. Others apparently including Microsoft Windows XP include required functions but have no apparent effect.

IPv6 [on | off]
    sets a switch to cause clients using the map file to try to use IPv6.

SOCKS [on off]
    sets a switch to cause DCC clients using the map to use the SOCKS5 protocol, if they have been built with a SOCKS library. The socks library linked with the DCC client must be configured appropriately, often including knowing which DCC servers must be connected via the SOCKS proxy and which can be reached directly. DCC clients use SOCKS functions such as Rsendto() with all or no servers depending on the setting of this switch.

src [- | IPaddress]
    displays or configures the source address of DCC client requests. - removes the explicit configuration of the source, while IPaddress sets it. This makes sense only on multi-homed hosts. It can be useful for passing firewalls.

  DCC SERVER COMMANDS
Commands that can be sent to a DCC server include the following. Most of the commands must be used with the server's ID specified with the id command. The specified ID is included in the commands sent to the server The command itself is digitally signed with the first password associated with the ID in the ids file. The server requires that the signature match one of the passwords associated with the ID in its ids file.

delck type hex1 hex2 hex3 hex4
    asks the server to delete the type checksum with value hex1 hex2 hex3 hex4. The type and checksum values can be found in dccproc(8) and dccm(8) log files or computed with dccproc -QC.

    There are very few situations where it makes sense to bother to delete checksums. For example, mail that was accidentally reported with a target count of "MANY" is either private and so will not be seen by other people and so will not be affected, or it is bulk and its source so must have already been white-listed by recipients.

stats [all | clear]
    displays current status and statistics from the current DCC server or for all known DCC servers.

clients
    [-nsiaV] [max [thold]] displays some of the clients recently seen by the server.
    clients -n displays only the IP addresses and not the names of clients. clients -s sorts the clients by the number of requests they have made. clients -i counts clients with the same client-ID as single entities. clients -a produces 24 hour average values. clients max displays only the max most recent clients. clients max thold displays the most recent max clients that have made at least thold requests.

    The mechanism that implements this command involves asking the DCC server for the first approximately 100 clients, then the second about 100, and so on, If entries change position in the complete list maintained by the server between requests, the displayed list will have duplicate or missing entries.

    clients -V includes information about DCC protocol versions used by clients.

    Only clients heard from since the server was started or stats clear was last used are displayed.

stop
    tells the DCC server to exit.

reload IDs
    tells the local DCC server to reload its DCC ids file immediately. This command is not strictly needed. Every several minutes, the DCC server notices if the file has been changed and automatically reads it.

flood check
    tells the DCC server to check for changes in the flod file and try to restart any of the streams to peers that are broken.

flood shutdown
    tells the DCC server to cleanly stop flooding checksums to and from peers. The server will wait for sending and receiving peers to agree to stop. Each flood shutdown or flood halt request increases a count of reasons why the server should not flood checksums.

flood halt
    tells the DCC server to abruptly stop flooding checksums to and from peers.

flood rewind server-ID
    tells the DCC server to ask its peer with server-ID to rewind and resend its stream of checksums.

flood ffwd in server-ID
    tells the DCC server to ask its peer to "fast forward" or skip to the end of the incoming flood.

flood ffwd out server-ID
    tells the DCC server to "fast forward" or skip to the current end of the flood to its peer.

flood resume
    tells the DCC server to reduce the number of reasons to not flood checksums increased by flood shutdown and flood halt. When the number of reasons reaches zero, the server tries to resume flooding.

flood list
    displays the list of current incoming and outgoing floods. Each line contains the server-ID of the peer, the IP address and port used for the outgoing flood, the address for the incoming flood if different, and the host name. Only the server-IDs of flooding peers are disclosed with the server's ID.

flood stats
    [clear] { server-ID | all } displays counts of checksum reports sent and received by the current flooding connections to and from server-ID or all flooding connections and then optionally clears the counts.

DB unlock
    is used by dbclean to tell the server that the database expiration has begun.

DB new
    is used by dbclean to tell the server that the database cleaning is complete.

trace mode {on|off}
    turns the server's tracing mode on or off. Mode must be one of:
    ADMN
        administrative requests from cdcc
    ANON
        errors by anonymous clients
    CLNT
        errors by authenticated clients
    RLIM
        rate-limited messages
    QUERY
        all queries and reports
    RIDC
        messages concerning the report-ID cache that is used to detect duplicate reports from clients
    FLOOD
        messages about inter-server flooding connections messages about flooded reports
    IDS unknown server-IDs in flooded reports
    BL  blacklisted clients

trace default
    turns on ANON and CLNT tracing and turns off all others.

cdcc exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs in operations specified on the command line.

FILES
/var/dcc
    DCC home directory
map memory mapped file in the home DCC home directory of server host names, port numbers, passwords, measured round trip times (RTT), and so forth.
ids list of IDs and passwords, as described in dccd(8). It is only required by systems running the DCC server, but is used by cdcc if available.

SEE ALSO
dbclean(8), dcc(8), dccd(8), dblist(8), dccifd(8), dccm(8), dccproc(8), dccsight(8).

HISTORY
Implementation of cdcc was started at Rhyolite Software in 2000. This describes version 1.3.42.