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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Tobias Brunner
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Giuliano Grassi
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Ralf Sager
+ * Hochschule fuer Technik Rapperswil
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+ * Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
+ * option) any later version.  See <http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/gpl.txt>.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+ * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * for more details.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @defgroup tun_device tun_device
+ * @{ @ingroup networking
+ */
+
+#ifndef TUN_DEVICE_H_
+#define TUN_DEVICE_H_
+
+#include <library.h>
+#include <networking/host.h>
+
+typedef struct tun_device_t tun_device_t;
+
+/**
+ * Class to create TUN devices
+ *
+ * Creating such a device requires the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability.
+ *
+ * @note The implementation is currently very Linux specific
+ */
+struct tun_device_t {
+
+	/**
+	 * Read a packet from the TUN device
+	 *
+	 * @note This call blocks until a packet is available. It is a thread
+	 * cancellation point.
+	 *
+	 * @param packet		the packet read from the device
+	 * @return				TRUE if successful
+	 */
+	bool (*read_packet)(tun_device_t *this, chunk_t *packet);
+
+	/**
+	 * Write a packet to the TUN device
+	 *
+	 * @param packet		the packet to write to the TUN device
+	 * @return				TRUE if successful
+	 */
+	bool (*write_packet)(tun_device_t *this, chunk_t packet);
+
+	/**
+	 * Set the IP address of the device
+	 *
+	 * @param addr			the desired interface address
+	 * @param netmask		the netmask to use
+	 * @return				TRUE if operation successful
+	 */
+	bool (*set_address)(tun_device_t *this, host_t *addr, u_int8_t netmask);
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the IP address previously assigned to using set_address().
+	 *
+	 * @param netmask		pointer receiving the configured netmask, or NULL
+	 * @return				address previously set, NULL if none
+	 */
+	host_t* (*get_address)(tun_device_t *this, u_int8_t *netmask);
+
+	/**
+	 * Bring the TUN device up
+	 *
+	 * @return				TRUE if operation successful
+	 */
+	bool (*up)(tun_device_t *this);
+
+	/**
+	 * Set the MTU for this TUN device
+	 *
+	 * @param mtu			new MTU
+	 * @return				TRUE if operation successful
+	 */
+	bool (*set_mtu)(tun_device_t *this, int mtu);
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the current MTU for this TUN device
+	 *
+	 * @return				current MTU
+	 */
+	int (*get_mtu)(tun_device_t *this);
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the interface name of this device
+	 *
+	 * @return				interface name
+	 */
+	char *(*get_name)(tun_device_t *this);
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the underlying tun file descriptor.
+	 *
+	 * @return				file descriptor of this tun device
+	 */
+	int (*get_fd)(tun_device_t *this);
+
+	/**
+	 * Destroy a tun_device_t
+	 */
+	void (*destroy)(tun_device_t *this);
+
+};
+
+/**
+ * Create a TUN device using the given name template.
+ *
+ * @param name_tmpl			name template, defaults to "tun%d" if not given
+ * @return					TUN device
+ */
+tun_device_t *tun_device_create(const char *name_tmpl);
+
+#endif /** TUN_DEVICE_H_ @}*/