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+socket_wrapper(1)
+=================
+:revdate: 2015-08-11
+
+NAME
+----
+
+socket_wrapper - A library passing all socket communications through unix sockets.
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+
+LD_PRELOAD=libsocket_wrapper.so SOCKET_WRAPPER_DIR=/tmp/tmp.bQRELqDrhM SOCKET_WRAPPER_DEFAULT_IFACE=10 *./myapplication*
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+
+socket_wrapper aims to help client/server software development teams willing to
+gain full functional test coverage. It makes possible to run several instances
+of the full software stack on the same machine and perform locally functional
+testing of complex network configurations.
+
+- Redirects all network communication to happen over unix sockets.
+- Support for IPv4 and IPv6 socket and addressing emulation.
+- Ablility to capture network traffic in pcap format.
+
+ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
+---------------------
+
+*SOCKET_WRAPPER_DIR*::
+
+The user defines a directory where to put all the unix sockets using the
+envionment variable "SOCKET_WRAPPER_DIR=/path/to/socket_dir". When a server
+opens a port or a client wants to connect, socket_wrapper will translate IP
+addresses to a special socket_wrapper name and look for the relevant unix
+socket in the SOCKET_WRAPPER_DIR.
+
+*SOCKET_WRAPPER_DEFAULT_IFACE*::
+
+Additionally, the default interface to be used by an application is defined
+with "SOCKET_WRAPPER_DEFAULT_IFACE=<ID>" where <ID> is between 2 and 254. This
+is analogous to use the IPv4 addresses "127.0.0.<ID>" or IPv6 addresses
+"fd00::5357:5f<IDx>" (where <IDx> is a hexadecimal presentation of <ID>). You
+should always set the default interface. If you listen on INADDR_ANY then it
+will use the default interface to listen on.
+
+*SOCKET_WRAPPER_PCAP_FILE*::
+
+When debugging, it is often interesting to investigate the network traffic
+between the client and server within your application. If you define
+SOCKET_WRAPPER_PCAP_FILE=/path/to/file.pcap, socket_wrapper will dump all your
+network traffic to the specified file. After the test has been finished you're
+able to open the file for example with Wireshark.
+
+*SOCKET_WRAPPER_MTU*::
+
+With this variable you can change the MTU size. However we do not recomment to
+do that as the default size of 1500 byte is best for formatting PCAP files.
+
+The minimum value you can set is 512 and the maximum 32768.
+
+*SOCKET_WRAPPER_DEBUGLEVEL*::
+
+If you need to see what is going on in socket_wrapper itself or try to find a
+bug, you can enable logging support in socket_wrapper if you built it with
+debug symbols.
+
+- 0 = ERROR
+- 1 = WARNING
+- 2 = DEBUG
+- 3 = TRACE
+
+EXAMPLE
+-------
+
+ # Open a console and create a directory for the unix sockets.
+ $ mktemp -d
+ /tmp/tmp.bQRELqDrhM
+
+ # Then start nc to listen for network traffic using the temporary directory.
+ $ LD_PRELOAD=libsocket_wrapper.so \
+ SOCKET_WRAPPER_DIR=/tmp/tmp.bQRELqDrhM \
+ SOCKET_WRAPPER_DEFAULT_IFACE=10 nc -v -l 127.0.0.10 7
+
+ # (If nc, listens on 0.0.0.0 then listener will be open on 127.0.0.10 because
+ # it is the default interface)
+
+ # Now open another console and start 'nc' as a client to connect to the server:
+ $ LD_PRELOAD=libsocket_wrapper.so \
+ SOCKET_WRAPPER_DIR=/tmp/tmp.bQRELqDrhM \
+ SOCKET_WRAPPER_DEFAULT_IFACE=100 nc -v 127.0.0.10 7
+
+ # (The client will use the address 127.0.0.100 when connecting to the server)
+ # Now you can type 'Hello!' which will be sent to the server and should appear
+ # in the console output of the server.