I'm sponsoring this familiarity case for Alex Zhang. The requested
release binding is minor. The man pages have been posted in the
materials directory. The OpenSSL contract link will be posted after
it is approved.
Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase 1.68 02/23/09 SMI
This information is Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems
1. Introduction
1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
rtorrent & libtorent
1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
Author: Alex Zhang
1.3 Date of This Document:
03 June, 2009
4. Technical Description
libtorent & rtorrent Check List
1.0 Project Information
1.1 Name of project/component
libtorrent & rtorrent
1.2 Author of document
Huawei.Zhang at Sun.COM
2.0 Project Summary
2.1 Project Description
libtorrent is a BitTorrent library written in C++ for *nix, with a focus on
high performance and good code.
rtorrent is a BitTorrent client for ncurses, using the libtorrent library.
2.2 Release binding
What is is the release binding?
(see http://opensolaris.org/os/community/arc/policies/release-taxonomy/)
[ ] Major
[*] Minor
[ ] Patch or Micro
[ ] Unknown -- ARC review required
2.3 Type of project
Is this case a Linux Familiarity project?
[*] Yes
[ ] No
2.4 Originating Community
2.4.1 Community Name
libtorrent - Jari Sundell [1]
rtorrent - Jari Sundell [1]
2.4.2 Community Involvement
Indicate Sun's involvement in the community
[ ] Maintainer
[ ] Contributor
[*] Monitoring
Will the project team work with the upstream community to resolve
architectural issues of interest to Sun?
[*] Yes
[ ] No - briefly explain
Will we or are we forking from the community?
[ ] Yes - ARC review required prior to forking
[*] No
3.0 Technical Description
3.1 Installation & Sharable
3.1.1S Solaris Installation - section only required for Solaris Software
(see http://opensolaris.org/os/community/arc/policies/install-locations/
for details)
Does this project follow the Install Locations best practice?
[*] Yes
[ ] No - ARC review required
Does this project install into /usr under
[sbin|bin|lib|include|man|share]?
[*] Yes
[ ] No or N/A
Does this project install into /opt?
[ ] Yes - explain below
[*] No or N/A
Does this project install into a different directory structure?
[ ] Yes - ARC review required
[*] No or N/A
Do any of the components of this project conflict with anything under
/usr?
(see http://opensolaris.org/os/community/arc/caselog/2007/047/ for
details)
[ ] Yes - explain below
[*] No
If conflicts exist then will this project install under /usr/gnu?
[ ] Yes
[ ] No - ARC review required
[*] N/A
Is this project installing into /usr/sfw?
[ ] Yes - ARC review required
[*] No
3.1.1W Windows Installation - section only required for Windows Software
(see http://sac.sfbay/WSARC/2002/494 for details)
Does this project install software into a
<system drive>:\Program Files\Sun\<product> or <system
drive>:\Sun\<product>
directory?
[ ] Yes
[ ] No - ARC review required
Does the project use the Windows registry?
[ ] Yes
[ ] No - ARC review required
Does the project use
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Sun Microsystems\<product>\<version>
for the registry key?
[ ] Yes
[ ] No - ARC review required
Is the project's stored location
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Sun Microsystems\<product id>\<version
id>\Path?
[ ] Yes
[ ] No - ARC review required
3.1.2 Share and Sharable
Does the module include any components that are used or shared by
other projects?
[*] Yes
[ ] No
If yes are these components packaged to be shared with the other FOSS?
[*] Yes
[ ] No - ARC review required
[ ] N/A
Are these components already in the Solaris WOS?
[ ] Yes
[*] No - continue with next section (section 3.2)
If yes are these newer versions being delivered?
[ ] Yes
[ ] No - ARC review required
If yes are the newer versions replacing the existing versions?
[ ] Yes
[ ] No - ARC review required
3.2 Exported Libraries
Are libraries being delivered by this project?
[*] Yes
[ ] No - continue with next section (section 3.3)
Are 64-bit versions of the libraries being delivered?
[*] Yes
[ ] No - ARC review required
Are static versions of the libraries being delivered?
[ ] Yes - ARC review required
[*] No
3.3 Services and the /etc Directory
(see http://opensolaris.org/os/community/arc/policies/SMF-policy/)
Does the project integrate anything into /etc/init.d or /etc/rc?.d?
[ ] Yes - ARC review required
[*] No
Does the project integrate any new entries into /etc/inittab or
/etc/inetd.conf?
[ ] Yes - ARC review required
[*] No
Does the project integrate any private non-public files into /etc/default
or /etc/ configuration files?
[ ] Yes - ARC review required
[*] No
Does the service manifests method context grant rights above that
of the noaccess user and basic privilege set?
[ ] Yes - ARC review required
[*] No
3.4 Security
3.4.1 Secure By Default
(see http://opensolaris.org/os/community/arc/policies/secure-by-default/
for details)
(see http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/arc/policies/NITS-policy/
for details)
(see parts of
http://opensolaris.org/os/community/arc/policies/SMF-policy/ for
addtional details)
Are there any network services provided by this project?
[ ] Yes
[*] No - continue with the next section (section 3.4.2)
Are network services enabled by default?
[ ] Yes - ARC review required
[ ] No
[ ] N/A
Are network services automatically enabled by the project during
installation?
[ ] Yes - ARC review required
[ ] No
[ ] N/A
Are inbound network communications denied by default?
[ ] Yes
[ ] No - ARC review required
[ ] N/A
Is inbound data checked to prevent content-based attacks?
[ ] Yes
[ ] No - ARC review required
[ ] N/A
Is the outbound receiver authenticated?
[ ] Yes
[ ] No - ARC review required
[ ] N/A
Is the receiver authenticated prior to receiving any sensitive outbound
communication?
[ ] Yes
[ ] No - ARC review required
[ ] N/A
3.4.2 Authorization
(see http://opensolaris.org/os/community/arc/bestpractices/rbac-intro/ and
http://opensolaris.org/os/community/arc/bestpractices/rbac-profiles/
and
http://opensolaris.org/os/community/arc/bestpractices/rbac-profiles/
for details)
Are there any setuid/setgid privileged binaries in the project?
[ ] Yes - ARC review required
[*] No - continue with next section (section 3.4.3)
If yes then are the setuid/setgid privileges handled by the use of roles?
[ ] Yes
[ ] No - ARC review required
3.4.3 Auditing
(see http://opensolaris.org/os/community/arc/policies/audit-policy/ for
details)
(see http://opensolaris.org/os/community/arc/caselog/2003/397 for details)
Does this component contain administrative or security enforcing software?
[ ] Yes - ARC review required
[*] No - continue to next section (section 3.4.4)
(see http://opensolaris.org/os/community/arc/caselog/2003/397 for details)
Do the components create audit logs detailing what took place including
what event
took place, who was involved, when the event took place?
[ ] Yes - ARC contract and Audit project team review required
[ ] No - ARC review required
3.4.4 Authentication
(see http://opensolaris.org/os/community/arc/policies/PAM/)
Do the components contain any authentication code?
[ ] Yes
[*] No - continue to next section (section 3.4.5)
If yes do the components use PAM (plugable authentication modules) for
authentication?
[ ] Yes
[ ] No - ARC review required
If yes is a single PAM session maintained during authentication?
[ ] Yes
[ ] No - ARC review required
If yes are the components sufficiently privileged to allow the requested
operations (authentication, password change, process credential
manipulation,
audit state initialization)?
[ ] Yes - briefly describe below
[ ] No - ARC review required
3.4.5 Passwords
(see http://opensolaris.org/os/community/arc/bestpractices/passwords-cli/
and
http://opensolaris.org/os/community/arc/bestpractices/passwords-files/ for
details)
Do any of the components for the project deal with passwords?
[ ] Yes
[*] No - continue to next section (section 3.4.6)
If yes are these passwords entered via the CLI or environment?
[ ] Yes - ARC review required
[ ] No
Are passwords stored within the file system for the component?
[ ] Yes
[ ] No - continue to next section (section 3.4.6)
If yes are the permissions on the file such to protect exposing the
password(s)?
[ ] Yes
[ ] No - ARC review required
3.4.6 General Security Questions
(see
http://opensolaris.org/os/community/arc/bestpractices/security-questions/ for
details)
Are there any network protocols used by this project?
[*] Yes
[ ] No - continue with the next section (section 3.5)
Do the components use standard network protocols?
[*] Yes
[ ] No - ARC review required
Do network services for the project make decisions based upon user, host
or
service identities?
[ ] Yes - explain below
[*] No
[ ] N/A
Do the components make use of secret information during authentication
and/or
authorization?
[ ] Yes - explain below
[*] No
[ ] N/A
3.5 Networking
Do the components access the network?
[*] Yes
[ ] No - continue with the next section (section 3.6)
If yes do the components support IPv6?
[*] Yes
[ ] No - ARC review required
3.6 Core Solaris Components
Do the components of this project compete with or duplicate core
Solaris components?
[ ] Yes - ARC review required
[*] No
Examples of Core Solaris Components include but are not limited to:
Secure By Default
Authorizations
PAM -- Plugable Authentication Module
Privilege
PRM -- Process Rights Management -- Privilege
Audit
xVm -- Virtualization
zones / Solaris Containers
PRM -- Process Rights Management
RBAC -- Role Based Access Control
TX / Trusted Extensions
ZFS
SMF -- Service Management Facility
FMA -- Fault Management Architecture
SCF -- Smart Card Facility
IPsec
4.0 Interfaces
4.1 Exported Interfaces
Interface Name Classification Comments
--------------------------- -------------- -------------------
SUNWrtorrent Uncommitted Package
/usr/bin/rtorrent Uncommitted rtorrent command
SUNWlibtorrent Uncommitted Package
/usr/include/torrent/ Uncommitted Header file directory
/usr/lib/libtorrent.so Uncommitted libtorrent Library
/usr/lib/libtorrent.so.9 Uncommitted libtorrent Library
/usr/lib/libtorrent.so.9.2.0 Uncommitted libtorrent Library
/usr/lib/64/libtorrent* Uncommitted 64-bit Library and links
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libtorrent.pc
Uncommitted pkgconfig script
* /64 equals sparcv9 and amd64
4.2 Imported Interfaces
Interface Name Classification Comments
-------------------- -------------- ---------------
SUNWcurl Uncommitted C-URL Wrappers Library
SUNWlibC Uncommitted Sun Workshop Compilers Bundled libC
SUNWopensslr Volatile PSARC/2003/500
SUNWsigcpp Uncommitted typesafe callback system for C++
SUNWncurses Uncommitted A CRT screen handling package
SUNWlibmsr Committed Math & Microtasking Libraries (Root)
Appendix A - References
[1] http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/
OSR ID# 11082 11083
RFE ID# 6814041 6814042
6. Resources and Schedule
6.4. Steering Committee requested information
6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name:
SFW
6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack
6.6. ARC Exposure: open
