connect request

This header is used to send a connect request to a target peer. The sender uses this header to ask the receiver whether he is ready to establish a connection.

header format (flag=7)

source	flag	ttl	endNode	nextNode	sourcePeerId	targetPeerId	timeout

• • | is the delimiter which is inserted between each value
• • source contains the address of the node which has created the message (e.g. 0131)
• • flag contains the integer value 7
• • ttl count of remaining hops before the message will be discarded
  • start value = 5
  • each sending node decreases the value by one
  • if the value is zero the node, which has received the message, still processes the message but does not forward it
  • endNode contains the destination address
  • sourcePeerId alias of peer which has sent the connect request
  • targetPeerId alias of the destination peer
  • timeout request timeout in seconds