Environment Setup

• Set up development environment

Core Elements and Features

• Create an emulator: the overall flow
• IP address assignment
• BGP peering and connecting to real world
• Node customization: install software, add startup command, etc.
• Compilation: generate emulation files (docker files)
• Internal routing: IBGP and OSPF setup
• Generating docker images for different platforms: support AMD and ARM platforms
• Adding custom containers
• IP anycast
• Let outside machines join emulation
• Visualization: visualize the emulated Internet

Components

• Component and binding: the design philosophy
• DNS Infrastructure
• Public Key Infrastructure (PKI): Set up a PKI inside the emulator.
• DHCP server: Set up DHCP server on a network
• Botnet
• Darknet (Tor)
• The Hosts file (add IP-hostname mappings): add ip-hostname mappings to the /etc/hosts file
• IPFS (InterPlanetary File System): set up IPFS file system in the emulator.
• IPFS Kubo