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  - Transport considerations for UDP, TCP, Tor

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# FIPS Design Documents
Protocol design specifications and analysis for the Federated Interoperable Peering System.
## Protocol Design
| Document | Description |
| ------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [fips-design.md](fips-design.md) | Core protocol specification: goals, architecture, identity, addressing, spanning tree |
| [fips-routing.md](fips-routing.md) | Routing architecture: Bloom filters, discovery protocol, session establishment |
| [fips-wire-protocol.md](fips-wire-protocol.md) | Wire protocol: format, session indices, roaming, replay protection, DoS defense |
| [fips-transports.md](fips-transports.md) | Transport protocol characteristics: UDP, Ethernet, Tor, radio, and other link types |
| [spanning-tree-dynamics.md](spanning-tree-dynamics.md) | Detailed study of spanning tree gossip protocol behavior and convergence |
## Implementation
| Document | Description |
| ---------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [fips-architecture.md](fips-architecture.md) | Software architecture: entities, state machines, transport abstractions, configuration |
| [fips-architecture-review.md](fips-architecture-review.md) | Architecture review issues and resolution status |
| [fips-tun-driver.md](fips-tun-driver.md) | TUN interface driver: reader/writer threads, ICMPv6, packet flow |
| [fips-state-machines.md](fips-state-machines.md) | Phase-based state machine pattern: peer lifecycle, transitions, timeout handling |
| [fips-session-protocol.md](fips-session-protocol.md) | Session protocol: traffic flow, crypto sessions, terminology |