AnyGram

Datagram forwarding behind NAT

Anygram uses STUN to get the mapped address, IRC to signal peers.

Install

npm -g install anygram@latest

CLI

Server

anygram -n [serverNick] -m server -P [serverPort]

Client

anygram -n [clientNick] -m client -s [serverNick] -p [clientPort] -P 
[serverPort]

The commands above will forward packets to 127.0.0.1:clientPort@client to 127.0.0.1:serverPort@server. For more options, see anygram --help

To run the commands forever, consider using forever

API

var anygram = require('anygram')(config);

The config options is also listed in anygram --help

In AnyGram, all sockets are UDP sockets.

anygram.punch(socket)

Returns a promise of socket. socket.rinfo may change if the remote NAT is symmetric. The punching process usually succeeds if not both NATs are symmetric.

socket is a UDP socket plus two attributes linfo and rinfo, obtained by calling anygram.stun

The rinfo.punchTime attribute also indicates when to start punching. This option is to make sure both sides start punching at the same time in spite of the (sometimes huge) IRC time lag.

anygram.stun(stunServer)

Returns a promise of socket. socket.linfo will include the mapped port, address and the NAT type.

stunServer is the hostname of a stun server listening at 3478

anygram.irc(config)

Returns an IRC client.

The config should specify the name and pass(if any) of your IRC account. The IRC server's host and port are optional. The client will send PING packets at the keepalive interval.

anygram.connect(irc, to, rinfo)

Returns a promise of socket.

irc is the IRC client

to is the name of the peer you are connecting to

rinfo(optional) is specified if you already got peer's rinfo

anygram.createServer(irc, onconn, onerr)

Start listening on the irc client for incoming connections

onconn is called when connected with a peer successfully

onerr is called on error

anygram.send(socket, msg, lport, rport)

Sends msg with 4 bytes header (lport and rport)

anygram.onrecv(socket, cb)

Parses received messages to cb(msg, lport, rport)

Notice that the rport@remote will become lport@local and vice versa.

Credits

• commander
• node-stun
• slate-irc