Reverse engineer the current Assimilation protocol and create a README or other document describing it

[Alan-R]

Of course, reverse engineering open source software with some existing documents isn’t as hard as most reverse engineering wink.

The top level document for this activity is in the project wiki. It draws from two previous articles written long ago:

• RNNIGN protocol blog article
• Wire format document - on TypePad

Although these are not enough, they provide great fodder for how it works in some aspects.
They lack on explaining how startup and shutdown occur.

[Alan-R]

Making good progress. Most of the sections of the document have been completed at least to a first draft stage.
The section that remains is to complete the state diagram for managing connections, and a page on packet retransmission.
The state diagram section can only be drawn from the code, as the older documents don't cover that aspect.
This is pretty critical stuff, as a lot of practical experience is embodied in that state machine.

[Alan-R]

Added a page on packet retransmission.

[Alan-R]

I believe that this documentation is "good enough for the intended purpose". The only thing really lacking is the action table in the FSA. When writing the new code, the C code should be referenced, not the documentation.

[Alan-R]

Waiting for a review from @borgified or @Greg-2600 or @lclaudio.