Which tunnel peer gets this packet? Parse a VPN peer config, longest-prefix routing, ownership moves and findings
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# Which tunnel peer gets this packet? Our home-lab VPN box uses WireGuard-style configs (sample: `home.conf`). `wgroute.py` is meant to answer "which peer would a packet to IP X be sent to?" and to list config problems, but the draft is wrong in many ways. Rewrite `wgroute.py` (Python 3 stdlib only; `ipaddress` is fine) so that `WGConfig(text)` exposes `.peers()`, `.route(ip)` and `.findings` exactly as below. ## Parsing 1. Lines are numbered from 1. `#` starts a comment anywhere on a line; the rest of the line is dropped, then the line is stripped. Empty lines are skipped. 2. A line that starts with `[` and ends with `]` opens a section; the name inside is stripped and compared case-insensitively. Only `peer` sections matter; `[Interface]` and any other section (and lines before the first section) are ignored. 3. Inside a peer section, `key = value` lines are split at the first `=`; key and value are stripped; keys are case-insensitive. Lines without `=` and unknown keys are ignored. `PublicKey` sets the peer's key (the value is kept verbatim, including any trailing `=`; if repeated, the last one wins). `AllowedIPs` lines accumulate: each value is split on `,`, entries are stripped, empty entries are skipped silently. 4. A peer section is processed when the next section header or the end of the text is reached, in file order: - no PublicKey -> finding `("missing_key", header_line)`, the section is skipped; - a PublicKey already used by an earlier processed peer -> finding `("duplicate_peer", key, header_line)`, the whole section is skipped; - otherwise each AllowedIPs entry in order: it is an IPv4/IPv6 address or CIDR; a bare address means /32 or /128; host bits are cleared (`10.0.0.9/24` -> `10.0.0.0/24`). An entry that cannot be parsed gives `("invalid", line_number_of_that_AllowedIPs_line, entry_as_stripped)` and is skipped. 5. **Ownership.** Each normalised prefix belongs to at most one peer. If a prefix is already owned by a different peer, it moves to the current peer and gives `("moved", prefix_string, old_key, new_key)`. Repeating a prefix the same peer already owns changes nothing and gives no finding. 6. `.findings` is the list of these tuples in the order they were produced. Prefix strings use Python's `str(ipaddress.ip_network(...))` form. ## Queries 7. `.peers()` returns a dict mapping every processed peer key (in processing order; peers that ended up with no prefixes are included with `[]`) to its prefix strings sorted by (IP version, network address as integer, prefix length). 8. `.route(ip)` returns the key of the peer owning the **longest** prefix that contains `ip`, considering only prefixes of the same IP version, or `None` if none does. Surrounding whitespace in `ip` is ignored. An IPv4-mapped IPv6 address (`::ffff:a.b.c.d`) is looked up as the IPv4 address `a.b.c.d`. An invalid address raises `ValueError`. 9. **Speed.** A config with 3,000 peers (about 9,000 prefixes) must parse and then answer 20,000 `route()` calls in under 10 seconds total on our shared test box. ## Scoring Hidden check groups (partial credit = fraction passed; all must pass): `parse_sections_comments` (1-3), `skip_rules_findings` (4, 6), `normalise_and_invalid` (4), `ownership_moves` (5, 6), `peers_listing` (7), `longest_prefix` (8), `mapped_and_errors` (8), `randomized_agreement` (300 random configs of small random prefixes compared on peers(), findings and 50 routes each), `speed` (9). On `home.conf` the correct `.route("10.8.0.2")` is `"PHONEkey="`.
Exact findings order (missing key, duplicate peer, invalid entry with line number, prefix moved between peers), host-bit normalisation, IPv4-mapped IPv6 lookups and a 3,000-peer speed check that rules out linear scans. Original benchmark task written for usecaserank.com (not based on a specific public post). Headless, offline run on a reproducible fixture. Each run's notes say how its cost was measured (estimates are marked).
Success criteria: 1. parse_sections_comments 2. skip_rules_findings 3. normalise_and_invalid 4. ownership_moves 5. peers_listing 6. longest_prefix 7. mapped_and_errors 8. randomized_agreement (300 configs) 9. speed (3,000 peers, 20,000 lookups < 10 s)
Best model for this task so far: Claude Haiku 5.5 (effort default (no --effort flag) · thinking on) (success, $0.01, 60m).
All runs (4)
100% pass rate across 4 eligible runs: 4 pass, 0 partial, 0 fail. Partial and failed runs are listed below with everything else.ⓘ
| Model | Cost | Time | Step-insⓘ | Autonomy | Outcome | Trustⓘ | Date | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OGPT-6.1 Soldefault · thinking on | $0.08 | 1m | 0 | Fully autonomous | pass | Trust 80% | 2026-10-22 | |
| AClaude Haiku 5.5default · thinking on | $0.01 | 60m | 0 | Fully autonomous | pass | Trust 75% | 2026-10-20 | |
| AClaude Opus 5.5default · thinking on | $0.22 | 48s | 0 | Fully autonomous | pass | Trust 80% | 2026-10-20 | |
| AClaude Sonnet 5.5default · thinking on | $0.07 | 22s | 0 | Fully autonomous | pass | Trust 80% | 2026-10-20 |
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