core/docs/TrinitrixBackendAPI.md

Trinitrix Backend API (TriBA)

Basic concept

The core starts a CBS as its child process and gives it as first Arg a base64 encoded UUID. The CBS then connects to the local fs (or namespaced) socket. After performing a handshake, which includes exchange of encryption keys, all communication between core and CBS is encrypted (AES256-GCM-SIV) and serialized using MessagePack

Packets

Post-Handshake communication is structured in packets, which have the following structure in their raw form:

Size (bytes)	Type	Content
4	uint32	The size of the payload.
-	encrypted payload	The AES-GCM-SIV encrypted MessagePack serialization of the packet.

A decrypted and deserialized packet looks like this:

Size	Name	Type	Content
8	id	uint64	The ID of this packet. Is expected to be an incrementing counter.
-	body	enum	The actual packet date. (this will be better documented, as soon, as I dive into the mPack serialization details)

Handshake

The handshaking process after connecting to the socket looks as follows:

1. The CBS sends its ID as 16 raw bytes.
2. When the ID is not known to the core, it aborts the handshaking process by closing the connection.
3. The core sends its Public Key for this connection. Again just 32 raw bytes.
4. The CBS sends its Public Key for this connection.
5. The core sends a 12 byte nonce value.
6. Connection Upgrade: From this point on, all communication is structured by packets. The packet encryption key is calculated using x25519 Diffie-Hellman and the previously exchanged keys. The nonce from step 5 will be used as nonce for all packets.
7. The CBS sends the HandshakeUpgradeConnection packet.
8. (In here there is going to happen API version information exchange etc.)
9. The Core responds with HandshakeSuccess