Networking

The network stack and the programs built on it: the IPv4 core that runs today (Ethernet, ARP, IPv4, ICMP, UDP and DHCP) and the planned TCP, DNS and sockets, HTTP and TLS, IPv6, firewall, time sync and network tools, and the protocol engines behind the browser, SSH and FTP, email and PDF apps. The network card driver is covered in Network Drivers, and the app windows in the apps roadmaps.

Roadmap Overviews

One page per networking roadmap file, each following the page contract.

Document	Topics
TCP and Network Infrastructure	The IPv4, ICMP, UDP and DHCP stack today, planned TCP, interfaces, loopback and connection tracking
DNS Resolver and Sockets	The ping and netinfo calls today, planned resolver, cache and BSD sockets
HTTP, HTTPS and TLS	Vendored but unbuilt Mbed TLS, planned HTTP client, certificate store and `wget` / `curl`
IPv6 Dual Stack	Planned IPv6 packets, Neighbor Discovery, SLAAC, DHCPv6 and `AF_INET6`
Network Firewall	Today's unfiltered surface, planned stateful rules, Registry persistence and counters
Time Sync, Network Status and Winsock	`ifconfig`, `ping` and kernel clock discipline today, planned NTP, tools and `ws2_32.dll`
Web Browser	Planned HTML, CSS and layout engine on the system image and font code
SSH, FTP and SMB Clients	Monocypher already in the kernel, planned FTP, SSH, SFTP and SMB shares
Email Protocols	Planned MIME parser, SMTP, POP3, IMAP and accounts
PDF Viewer Engine	Planned PDF parser and renderer on stb zlib, image and font decoders
Remote Syslog Forwarding	Planned RFC 5424 forwarding of the kernel log over UDP