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+[![Build Status][travis-badge]][travis-link]
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+[![License][license-badge]][license-link]
+[![API docs][api-badge]][api-link]
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+
+Introduction
+------------
+The RTRlib implements the client-side of the RPKI-RTR protocol
+([RFC 6810](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6810)),
+([RFC 8210](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8210)) and BGP Prefix Origin
+Validation ([RFC 6811](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6811)). This also enables
+the maintenance of router keys. Router keys are required to deploy BGPSEC.
+
+The software was successfully tested on Linux and FreeBSD.
+
+This package contains also the `rtrclient` program. It connects to an
+RTR-Server over TCP or SSH and shows on STDOUT prefix origin data and
+router keys that have been received from the RTR server. The program can
+be found in the bin/ directory.
+
+Requirements
+------------
+To build the RTRlib, the CMake build system must be installed.
+
+To establish an SSH connection between RTR-Client and RTR-Server, the
+libssh 0.6.x or higher library must also be installed.
+
+cmocka (optional) is required for unit tests
+Doxygen (optional) is required to create the HTML documentation.
+
+
+Compilation
+-----------
+
+* Generate Makefile:
+
+ Without debugging options
+
+ cmake -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release .
+
+ With debug symbols and debug messages:
+
+ cmake -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug .
+
+ If the libssh isn't installed within the systems include and library
+ directories you can run cmake with the following parameters:
+
+ -D LIBSSH_LIBRARY=<path-to-libssh.so>
+ -D LIBSSH_INCLUDE=<include-directory>
+
+ If libssh is installed but you do not want to build rtrlib with ssh
+ support, you can disable it with the following parameter:
+
+ -D RTRLIB_TRANSPORT_SSH=No
+
+ Or to enforce ssh support:
+
+ -D RTRLIB_TRANSPORT_SSH=Yes
+
+ To specify another directory where the RTRlib will be installed, you
+ can pass the following argument to cmake:
+
+ -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<path>
+
+* Build library, tests, and tools
+
+ make
+
+
+Installation
+------------
+To copy libraries and headers to system directories, run (optional):
+
+ make install
+
+
+Linking to RTRlib
+----------------------
+The name of the shared library is rtr. To link programs to the RTRlib,
+pass the following parameter to gcc:
+
+ -lrtr
+
+In case an error such as
+
+ -/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lrtr
+ -collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
+
+occurs, the location of the library can be passed explicitly as a parameter
+
+ -L<path_to_librtr.so>
+
+e.g.,
+
+ -L/usr/local/lib64/
+
+
+API Documentation
+-----------------
+The RTRlib includes a HTML documentation of the API. To build them,
+doxygen must be installed. The documentation will be located in the
+docs/ directory after the execution of:
+
+ make doc
+
+
+Test RTR-Server Connection
+--------------------------
+The following command establishes a plain TCP connection to an
+RTR-Server using the rtrclient command line tool:
+
+ bin/rtrclient tcp rpki-validator.realmv6.org 8282
+
+`rpki-validator.realmv6.org` is an open RTR-Server instance for testing
+purposes, which runs the RIPE Validator. It listens on port 8282 and
+validates ROAs from the following trust anchors: AfriNIC, APNIC, ARIN,
+LACNIC, RIPE.
+
+
+Directories
+-----------
+* cmake/ - CMake modules
+* doxygen/ - Example code and graphics used in the Doxygen
+ documentation
+* rtrlib/ - Header and source code files of the RTRlib
+* tests/ - Unit tests
+* tools/ - Contains the rtrclient
+
+
+CONTRIBUTE
+----------
+To contribute something to RTRlib, please refer to our [contributing document](CONTRIBUTING).
+
+
+Contact
+-------
+Website: [http://rtrlib.realmv6.org/](http://rtrlib.realmv6.org/)
+
+Mailing List: [rtrlib@googlegroups.com](mailto:rtrlib@googlegroups.com)
+
+
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