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+/*
+ * BSC NAT Message filtering
+ *
+ * (C) 2010 by Holger Hans Peter Freyther <zecke@selfish.org>
+ * (C) 2010 by on-waves.com
+ *
+ * All Rights Reserved
+ *
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ */
+
+
+#include <openbsc/debug.h>
+#include <openbsc/gsm_data.h>
+#include <openbsc/bsc_nat.h>
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+/* test messages for ipa */
+static u_int8_t ipa_id[] = {
+	0x00, 0x01, 0xfe, 0x06,
+};
+
+/* SCCP messages are below */
+static u_int8_t gsm_reset[] = {
+	0x00, 0x12, 0xfd,
+	0x09, 0x00, 0x03, 0x05, 0x07, 0x02, 0x42, 0xfe,
+	0x02, 0x42, 0xfe, 0x06, 0x00, 0x04, 0x30, 0x04,
+	0x01, 0x20,
+};
+
+static const u_int8_t gsm_reset_ack[] = {
+	0x00, 0x13, 0xfd,
+	0x09, 0x00, 0x03, 0x07, 0x0b, 0x04, 0x43, 0x01,
+	0x00, 0xfe, 0x04, 0x43, 0x5c, 0x00, 0xfe, 0x03,
+	0x00, 0x01, 0x31,
+};
+
+static const u_int8_t gsm_paging[] = {
+	0x00, 0x20, 0xfd,
+	0x09, 0x00, 0x03, 0x07, 0x0b, 0x04, 0x43, 0x01,
+	0x00, 0xfe, 0x04, 0x43, 0x5c, 0x00, 0xfe, 0x10,
+	0x00, 0x0e, 0x52, 0x08, 0x08, 0x29, 0x47, 0x10,
+	0x02, 0x01, 0x31, 0x97, 0x61, 0x1a, 0x01, 0x06,
+};
+
+/* BSC -> MSC connection open */
+static const u_int8_t bssmap_cr[] = {
+	0x00, 0x2c, 0xfd,
+	0x01, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x02, 0x02, 0x04, 0x02,
+	0x42, 0xfe, 0x0f, 0x1f, 0x00, 0x1d, 0x57, 0x05,
+	0x08, 0x00, 0x72, 0xf4, 0x80, 0x20, 0x12, 0xc3,
+	0x50, 0x17, 0x10, 0x05, 0x24, 0x11, 0x03, 0x33,
+	0x19, 0xa2, 0x08, 0x29, 0x47, 0x10, 0x02, 0x01,
+	0x31, 0x97, 0x61, 0x00
+};
+
+/* MSC -> BSC connection confirm */
+static const u_int8_t bssmap_cc[] = {
+	0x00, 0x0a, 0xfd,
+	0x02, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x00, 0x00, 0x03, 0x02, 0x01, 0x00,
+};
+
+/* MSC -> BSC released */
+static const u_int8_t bssmap_released[] = {
+	0x00, 0x0e, 0xfd,
+	0x04, 0x00, 0x00, 0x03, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x00, 0x01, 0x0f,
+	0x02, 0x23, 0x42, 0x00,
+};
+
+/* BSC -> MSC released */
+static const u_int8_t bssmap_release_complete[] = {
+	0x00, 0x07, 0xfd,
+	0x05, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x00, 0x00, 0x03
+};
+
+struct filter_result {
+	const u_int8_t *data;
+	const u_int16_t length;
+	const int result;
+};
+
+static const struct filter_result results[] = {
+	{
+		.data = ipa_id,
+		.length = ARRAY_SIZE(ipa_id),
+		.result = FILTER_TO_MSC,
+	},
+	{
+		.data = gsm_reset,
+		.length = ARRAY_SIZE(gsm_reset),
+		.result = FILTER_TO_MSC,
+	},
+	{
+		.data = gsm_reset_ack,
+		.length = ARRAY_SIZE(gsm_reset_ack),
+		.result = FILTER_TO_BSC,
+	},
+	{
+		.data = gsm_paging,
+		.length = ARRAY_SIZE(gsm_paging),
+		.result = FILTER_NONE,
+	},
+	{
+		.data = bssmap_cr,
+		.length = ARRAY_SIZE(bssmap_cr),
+		.result = FILTER_NONE,
+	},
+	{
+		.data = bssmap_cc,
+		.length = ARRAY_SIZE(bssmap_cc),
+		.result = FILTER_NONE,
+	},
+	{
+		.data = bssmap_released,
+		.length = ARRAY_SIZE(bssmap_released),
+		.result = FILTER_NONE,
+	},
+	{
+		.data = bssmap_release_complete,
+		.length = ARRAY_SIZE(bssmap_release_complete),
+		.result = FILTER_NONE,
+	},
+};
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	int i;
+
+
+	/* start testinh with proper messages */
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(results); ++i) {
+		int result;
+		struct bsc_nat_parsed *parsed;
+		struct msgb *msg = msgb_alloc(4096, "test-message");
+
+		fprintf(stderr, "Going to test item: %d\n", i);
+		memcpy(msg->data, results[i].data, results[i].length);
+		msg->l2h = msgb_put(msg, results[i].length);
+
+		parsed = bsc_nat_parse(msg);
+		if (!parsed) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "FAIL: Failed to parse the message\n");
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		result = bsc_nat_filter_ipa(msg, parsed);
+		if (result != results[i].result) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "FAIL: Not the expected result got: %d wanted: %d\n",
+				result, results[i].result);
+		}
+
+		msgb_free(msg);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}