docs(changelog): fold cloak polish (RST/ICMP/SS, L2 responder) into 1.2.1

Broaden cloak mangler to RST/ICMP (CI, T4/T6 A=O, IE.CD, SS=S) and L2 responder
injection so T2/T3 replies coexist with RST mangling. windows→Win10 (95%),
windows_server→Server 2012/2016 (94%).

.gitignore

@@ -84,3 +84,7 @@ testfail
 
 # Internal design/dev notes — not for publication
 /development/
+decnet.tar
+
+# cloak base-image build context: decnet subtree synced in at deploy time
+decnet/templates/_shared/cloak/decnet/

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,46 @@ All notable changes to DECNET are documented here.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [1.2.1] - 2026-06-20
+
+OS fingerprint **cloak** — make a decky read as its claimed OS under *active*
+fingerprinting (`nmap -O`), not just passively. sysctl profiles only reach global
+packet fields; the cloak owns the SYN-ACK *shape* and stack *behaviours* sysctl
+can't reach. Verified live against real `nmap -O`: a `windows` decky reads as
+**Windows 10 (95%)** and a `windows_server` decky as **Windows Server 2012/2016
+(94%)** — up from a Linux 2.6 classification — with client handshakes intact.
+
+### Added
+- `decnet.cloak` — egress TCP/IP masquerading library, run inside the decky base
+  container (`python -m decnet.cloak`, `CAP_NET_ADMIN`/`CAP_NET_RAW`):
+  - **NFQUEUE mangler** — rewrites the egress packet shape sysctl cannot set
+    per-container: SYN-ACK (TCP option order, window, IP-ID; preserves the
+    kernel's live timestamp; recomputes `dataofs`/checksums), RST (IP-ID + a
+    nonzero ack on bare RSTs → nmap `CI`, `T4`/`T6` `A=O`), and ICMP echo-reply
+    (`code=0` → `IE.CD=Z`). One shared IP-ID counter across all three reads as a
+    shared sequence (`SS=S`).
+  - **T2/T3 probe-response synthesizer** — answers the nmap probes Linux drops
+    but Windows replies to (null-flags / SYN+FIN+PSH+URG to an open port).
+    Injects at L2 (reflecting the probe's MACs) so its replies bypass the OUTPUT
+    chain and coexist with the mangler's RST rule.
+  - Profiles live in `os_fingerprint.OS_MANGLE`, keyed by the same `nmap_os`
+    slug; pure packet-shaping logic is unit-tested offline (scapy/netfilterqueue
+    lazy-imported, Linux-only).
+- `windows_server` nmap_os family — Windows Server stack deltas (ECN negotiated
+  `CC=Y`, randomized IP-ID `TI=RD`); the `windows-server` and `domain-controller`
+  archetypes now use it (workstation stays `windows`).
+- Cloak base image (`templates/_shared/cloak/Dockerfile`, `FROM` the per-decky
+  distro) and `deployer._sync_cloak_sources`, which ships the light `decnet`
+  subtree into the build context. Base containers stay netns-safe — the cloak runs
+  best-effort behind `exec sleep infinity`, so a cloak crash never tears down the
+  decky or the netns its service containers share.
+
+### Fixed
+- **OS fingerprint timestamps bug**: the `windows` sysctl profile disabled TCP
+  timestamps, fingerprinting as an ancient stack. Modern Windows 10/11 run
+  timestamps **on** (`nmap SEQ.TS=A`) — corrected, and the single
+  highest-weighted field in the nmap match.
+
 ## [1.2.0] - 2026-06-18
 
 Prefork worker consolidation — share the import floor across *separate* processes
@@ -26,6 +66,17 @@ workers the in-process supervisor can't co-host.
   CoW-shared). ttp barely moved: its bulk is the privately-parsed ATT&CK bundle,
   which it alone consumes — so master-warming it was confirmed pointless and
   dropped. Lesson: prefork pays for base-floor-bound workers, not state-bound ones.
+- **(Pro) Scan-based topology creation** — the MazeNET *New Topology* wizard
+  gains a third option alongside Blank and Seed-based: import an Nmap XML scan
+  and mirror its live hosts and services as decoys. Parses entirely in-browser
+  (native `DOMParser`, no new dependency), resolves discovered service
+  names/ports to DECNET services against the live catalog, groups hosts one LAN
+  per /24, and builds the topology through the existing CRUD APIs (blank → LANs
+  → deckies → edges) — no new backend. Hosts with no recognizable service
+  (e.g. `nmap -sn`) default to a bare SSH decoy. The XML parser is hardened
+  against XXE/SSRF and entity-expansion DoS, and scan values render as inert
+  text (no XSS). Professional-tier; tree-shaken out of the community build
+  (`decnet/pro` `v1.2.0`).
 
 ### Changed
 - MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise bundle pinned 19.0 → **19.1**. The bundle and its

decnet/archetypes.py

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ ARCHETYPES: dict[str, Archetype] = {
         description="Windows domain member: SMB, RDP, and LDAP directory",
         services=["smb", "rdp", "ldap"],
         preferred_distros=["debian", "ubuntu22"],
-        nmap_os="windows",
+        nmap_os="windows_server",
     ),
     "domain-controller": Archetype(
         slug="domain-controller",
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ ARCHETYPES: dict[str, Archetype] = {
         description="Active Directory DC: LDAP, SMB, RDP, LLMNR",
         services=["ldap", "smb", "rdp", "llmnr"],
         preferred_distros=["debian", "ubuntu22"],
-        nmap_os="windows",
+        nmap_os="windows_server",
     ),
     "linux-server": Archetype(
         slug="linux-server",

decnet/bus/factory.py

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import os
 from typing import Any, cast
 
 from decnet.bus.base import BaseBus
+from decnet.paths import resolve_runtime_path
 
 
 def get_bus(**kwargs: Any) -> BaseBus:
@@ -58,14 +59,12 @@ def _default_socket_path() -> str:
     ``RuntimeDirectory=decnet`` sets it up with the right perms; the home
     fallback keeps dev boxes usable without systemd.
     """
-    explicit = os.environ.get("DECNET_BUS_SOCKET")
+    return resolve_runtime_path(
-    if explicit:
+        "bus.sock",
-        return explicit
+        env_var="DECNET_BUS_SOCKET",
-
+        runtime_dir="/run/decnet",
-    runtime_dir = "/run/decnet"
+        user_fallback="~/.decnet/bus.sock",
-    if os.path.isdir(runtime_dir) and os.access(runtime_dir, os.W_OK):
+    )
-        return f"{runtime_dir}/bus.sock"
-    return os.path.expanduser("~/.decnet/bus.sock")
 
 
 def _maybe_wrap_telemetry(bus: BaseBus) -> BaseBus:

decnet/cloak/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+"""
+DECNET cloak — egress TCP/IP fingerprint masquerading for deckies.
+
+sysctls (decnet/os_fingerprint.py) own GLOBAL packet fields. The cloak owns the
+SYN-ACK *shape* and stack *behaviours* sysctl can't reach, so a decky reads as
+its claimed nmap_os under active fingerprinting (nmap -O):
+
+  - mangler   : NFQUEUE rewrite of egress SYN-ACK (window, TCP option order,
+                IP-ID generation) to match the MangleProfile for the slug.
+  - responder : raw-socket synthesis of replies to probes the Linux kernel
+                drops but the target OS answers (nmap T2/T3).
+
+Both run INSIDE the decky's network namespace (CAP_NET_ADMIN), launched by the
+base container — never a sidecar (that would double container count per decky).
+Driven by os_fingerprint.get_os_mangle(nmap_os); a slug with no profile is a
+no-op (the real Linux stack already approximates it).
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from decnet.cloak.mangler import build_synack_options, next_ipid
+from decnet.cloak.responder import ProbeKind, build_reply_fields, classify_probe
+
+__all__ = [
+    "build_synack_options",
+    "next_ipid",
+    "classify_probe",
+    "build_reply_fields",
+    "ProbeKind",
+]

decnet/cloak/__main__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+"""
+Cloak entrypoint — run inside the decky base container (CAP_NET_ADMIN).
+
+    python -m decnet.cloak
+
+Config via env (set by the composer when nmap_os has a mangle profile):
+    DECNET_NMAP_OS    nmap_os slug (e.g. "windows", "windows_server")
+    DECNET_OPEN_PORTS comma-separated TCP ports the decky serves (for T2/T3)
+    DECKY_IP          this decky's IP (BPF scope for the responder)
+
+Starts the mangler and responder, each in its own thread. A slug with no mangle
+profile exits 0 immediately — harmless to launch unconditionally.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+import threading
+
+from decnet.cloak import mangler, responder
+from decnet.logging import get_logger
+from decnet.os_fingerprint import get_os_mangle
+
+log = get_logger("cloak")
+
+
+def _open_ports() -> frozenset[int]:
+    raw = os.environ.get("DECNET_OPEN_PORTS", "")
+    return frozenset(int(p) for p in raw.split(",") if p.strip().isdigit())
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    nmap_os = os.environ.get("DECNET_NMAP_OS", "linux")
+    if get_os_mangle(nmap_os) is None:
+        log.info("cloak: no mangle profile for %r — exiting", nmap_os)
+        return 0
+
+    # Responder runs in a daemon thread; the mangler runs in the MAIN thread so
+    # its SIGTERM/SIGINT iptables-teardown handlers can be installed (signal only
+    # works in the main thread).
+    threading.Thread(
+        target=responder.run, args=(nmap_os, _open_ports()),
+        name="cloak-responder", daemon=True,
+    ).start()
+    log.info("cloak: started for nmap_os=%r", nmap_os)
+    mangler.run(nmap_os)
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    raise SystemExit(main())

decnet/cloak/mangler.py

@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+"""
+Egress mangler — rewrites the TCP/IP shape & behaviours sysctl can't reach.
+
+Touches only the fingerprint-relevant egress packets:
+  - SYN-ACK : window, TCP option order, IP-ID (nmap OPS/WIN/TI)
+  - RST     : IP-ID + a nonzero ack on bare RSTs (nmap CI, T4/T6 A=O)
+  - ICMP echo-reply : code=0 + IP-ID (nmap IE.CD, II)
+A single shared IP-ID counter across all three reads as a shared sequence (SS=S).
+
+Split so the packet-shaping logic is pure and unit-testable without scapy, root,
+or a live NFQUEUE:
+
+  - build_synack_options() / next_ipid() / _rst_needs_ack() : pure, tested offline.
+  - _rewrite()                            : mutates a scapy packet (lazy import).
+  - run()                                 : the NFQUEUE loop (needs CAP_NET_ADMIN).
+
+scapy/netfilterqueue are imported lazily inside the runtime functions, mirroring
+decnet/prober/tcpfp.py, so importing this module is cheap and side-effect-free.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+import signal
+import subprocess  # nosec B404 — fixed-arg iptables, no shell
+import sys
+import threading
+from typing import Any
+
+from decnet.logging import get_logger
+from decnet.os_fingerprint import MangleProfile, get_os_mangle
+
+log = get_logger("cloak.mangler")
+
+_QUEUE = 0
+# Only the fingerprint-relevant egress packets are queued (never bulk data):
+#   SYN-bearing  → SYN-ACK (OPS/WIN/options/TI)
+#   RST-bearing  → T4-T7 RST shape (CI IP-ID, T4/T6 ack)
+#   ICMP echo-reply → IE.CD code + II IP-ID
+# --queue-bypass: a dead handler never blackholes the decky.
+def _nfq_rule(match: list[str]) -> list[str]:
+    return ["OUTPUT", *match, "-j", "NFQUEUE", "--queue-num", str(_QUEUE), "--queue-bypass"]
+
+
+_RULES = [
+    _nfq_rule(["-p", "tcp", "--tcp-flags", "SYN", "SYN"]),
+    _nfq_rule(["-p", "tcp", "--tcp-flags", "RST", "RST"]),
+    _nfq_rule(["-p", "icmp", "--icmp-type", "echo-reply"]),
+]
+
+
+def _rst_needs_ack(flags: int) -> bool:
+    """A bare RST (RST set, ACK clear) — the T4/T6 case. Windows fills a nonzero
+    ack (nmap A=O); Linux leaves it 0 (A=Z). R+ACK RSTs (T5/T7) already match."""
+    return bool(flags & 0x04) and not (flags & 0x10)
+
+
+def next_ipid(prev: int, mode: str) -> int:
+    """Next IP-ID for *mode*: 'incr' (TI=I), 'random' (TI=RD), 'keep' (unchanged).
+
+    'keep' returns -1 as a sentinel meaning "do not touch the kernel's value".
+    """
+    if mode == "incr":
+        return (prev + 1) & 0xFFFF
+    if mode == "random":
+        # Not for security — only to read as randomized to nmap (TI=RD).
+        return int.from_bytes(os.urandom(2), "big") or 1
+    return -1
+
+
+def build_synack_options(
+    orig_options: list[tuple[str, Any]], profile: MangleProfile
+) -> list[tuple[str, Any]]:
+    """Build the SYN-ACK TCP option list for *profile*, preserving the kernel's
+    live Timestamp value (so nmap's SEQ.TS increment-rate test still passes).
+
+    *orig_options* is a scapy-style ``[(name, value), ...]`` list.
+    """
+    ts = next((v for n, v in orig_options if n == "Timestamp"), None)
+    out: list[tuple[str, Any]] = []
+    for code in profile.option_order:
+        if code == "MSS":
+            out.append(("MSS", profile.mss))
+        elif code == "WScale":
+            out.append(("WScale", profile.wscale))
+        elif code == "SAckOK":
+            out.append(("SAckOK", b""))
+        elif code == "NOP":
+            out.append(("NOP", None))
+        elif code == "TS":
+            if ts is not None:          # only if sysctl kept timestamps on
+                out.append(("Timestamp", ts))
+    return out
+
+
+def _is_synack(flags: int) -> bool:
+    return bool(flags & 0x02) and bool(flags & 0x10)  # SYN & ACK
+
+
+def _iptables(action: str) -> None:
+    for rule in _RULES:
+        subprocess.run(["iptables", action, *rule], check=True)  # nosec B603 B607
+
+
+def run(nmap_os: str) -> int:
+    """Install the NFQUEUE rules and rewrite egress SYN-ACK / RST / ICMP for *nmap_os*."""
+    profile = get_os_mangle(nmap_os)
+    if profile is None:
+        log.info("cloak.mangler: no profile for %r — nothing to do", nmap_os)
+        return 0
+
+    from netfilterqueue import NetfilterQueue  # type: ignore
+    from scapy.all import ICMP, IP, TCP  # type: ignore
+
+    # ONE shared IP-ID counter across SYN-ACK / RST / ICMP — keeps TCP and ICMP
+    # IDs close, which is what nmap reads as a shared sequence (SS=S, Windows).
+    ipid = [0x0400]
+
+    def _bump_ipid(p: Any) -> None:
+        nid = next_ipid(ipid[0], profile.ipid)
+        if nid >= 0:
+            ipid[0] = nid
+            p[IP].id = nid
+
+    def _rewrite(pkt: Any) -> None:
+        try:
+            p = IP(pkt.get_payload())
+            touched = False
+            tcp_synack = False
+            if p.haslayer(TCP):
+                f = int(p[TCP].flags)
+                if _is_synack(f):
+                    p[TCP].window = profile.window
+                    p[TCP].options = build_synack_options(p[TCP].options, profile)
+                    _bump_ipid(p)
+                    touched = tcp_synack = True
+                elif f & 0x04:  # RST (T4-T7)
+                    _bump_ipid(p)
+                    if _rst_needs_ack(f):
+                        p[TCP].ack = (int(p[TCP].seq) + 1) & 0xFFFFFFFF  # A=O
+                    touched = True
+                if touched:
+                    del p[TCP].chksum
+                    if tcp_synack:  # options length changed → recompute offset
+                        del p[TCP].dataofs
+            elif p.haslayer(ICMP) and int(p[ICMP].type) == 0:  # echo-reply
+                p[ICMP].code = 0          # IE.CD=Z (Windows); Linux echoes the code
+                _bump_ipid(p)
+                del p[ICMP].chksum
+                touched = True
+            if touched:
+                del p[IP].chksum, p[IP].len
+                pkt.set_payload(bytes(p))
+        except Exception:  # nosec B110 — never drop a packet on a rewrite bug
+            log.exception("cloak.mangler: rewrite failed; passing packet through")
+        pkt.accept()
+
+    _iptables("-A")
+    nfq = NetfilterQueue()
+    nfq.bind(_QUEUE, _rewrite)
+
+    def _cleanup(*_: Any) -> None:
+        try:
+            _iptables("-D")
+        finally:
+            sys.exit(0)
+
+    # signal.signal() only works in the main thread; the `finally` below still
+    # removes the rule on a normal exit, and on container stop the netns (and
+    # its iptables rules) are torn down regardless.
+    if threading.current_thread() is threading.main_thread():
+        signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, _cleanup)
+        signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, _cleanup)
+    log.info("cloak.mangler: rewriting SYN-ACK/RST/ICMP -> %s (window=%#x ipid=%s)",
+             nmap_os, profile.window, profile.ipid)
+    try:
+        nfq.run()
+    finally:
+        _iptables("-D")
+    return 0

decnet/cloak/responder.py

@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+"""
+Probe-response synthesizer — answers the nmap probes the Linux kernel drops.
+
+nmap's T2 (null-flags) and T3 (SYN+FIN+PSH+URG) to an OPEN port get no reply
+from Linux (R=N), but Windows replies RST+ACK. We sniff the probe and inject the
+target-OS-shaped reply ourselves; the kernel stays silent, so nothing races us.
+
+Pure classification/reply logic is separated from the scapy sniff/send loop so it
+is unit-testable without root or a live capture.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import enum
+import os
+from typing import Any
+
+from decnet.logging import get_logger
+from decnet.os_fingerprint import get_os_mangle
+
+log = get_logger("cloak.responder")
+
+_NULL = 0x00
+_T3 = 0x2B  # SYN+FIN+PSH+URG
+
+
+class ProbeKind(enum.Enum):
+    T2 = "T2"
+    T3 = "T3"
+
+
+def classify_probe(flags: int, dport: int, open_ports: frozenset[int]) -> ProbeKind | None:
+    """Identify an nmap T2/T3 probe by flag combo + open destination port.
+
+    Returns None for anything else (legit traffic, probes to closed ports, and
+    T1/T4-T7 which the real stack already answers).
+    """
+    if dport not in open_ports:
+        return None
+    if flags == _NULL:
+        return ProbeKind.T2
+    if flags == _T3:
+        return ProbeKind.T3
+    return None
+
+
+def build_reply_fields(probe_seq: int, kind: ProbeKind) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Windows T2/T3 reply fields: seq 0, RST+ACK, window 0, DF=1.
+
+    ack differs by probe (nmap): T2 A=S (ack == probe seq); T3 A=O (other — we
+    use probe seq + 1 so it reads as 'other', never zero or the probe seq).
+    """
+    ack = probe_seq if kind is ProbeKind.T2 else (probe_seq + 1) & 0xFFFFFFFF
+    return {"seq": 0, "ack": ack, "flags": "RA", "window": 0, "df": True}
+
+
+def run(nmap_os: str, open_ports: frozenset[int], decky_ip: str | None = None) -> int:
+    """Sniff for T2/T3 probes to *open_ports* and inject Windows-shaped replies."""
+    profile = get_os_mangle(nmap_os)
+    if profile is None or not profile.respond_t2t3:
+        log.info("cloak.responder: nothing to do for %r", nmap_os)
+        return 0
+
+    from scapy.all import IP, TCP, Ether, sendp, sniff  # type: ignore
+
+    ip = decky_ip or os.environ.get("DECKY_IP", "")
+    ipid = [0x0800]
+
+    def _on(pkt: Any) -> None:
+        if not pkt.haslayer(TCP) or not pkt.haslayer(Ether):
+            return
+        kind = classify_probe(int(pkt[TCP].flags), int(pkt[TCP].dport), open_ports)
+        if kind is None:
+            return
+        f = build_reply_fields(int(pkt[TCP].seq), kind)
+        ipid[0] = (ipid[0] + 1) & 0xFFFF
+        # Inject at L2 (reflecting the probe's MACs) so the reply BYPASSES the
+        # OUTPUT chain — otherwise the mangler's RST rule would re-process and
+        # drop our own RST. The reply is already in final Windows shape.
+        reply = (
+            Ether(src=pkt[Ether].dst, dst=pkt[Ether].src)
+            / IP(src=pkt[IP].dst, dst=pkt[IP].src, id=ipid[0], flags="DF", ttl=128)
+            / TCP(sport=int(pkt[TCP].dport), dport=int(pkt[TCP].sport),
+                  seq=f["seq"], ack=f["ack"], flags=f["flags"], window=f["window"])
+        )
+        sendp(reply, iface=pkt.sniffed_on, verbose=0)
+
+    bpf = f"tcp and dst host {ip}" if ip else "tcp"
+    log.info("cloak.responder: answering T2/T3 on %d ports (filter=%r)",
+             len(open_ports), bpf)
+    sniff(filter=bpf, prn=_on, store=0)
+    return 0

decnet/composer.py

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import yaml
 
 from decnet.config import DecnetConfig
 from decnet.network import MACVLAN_NETWORK_NAME
-from decnet.os_fingerprint import get_os_sysctls
+from decnet.os_fingerprint import get_os_mangle, get_os_sysctls
 from decnet.services.registry import get_service
 
 _DOCKER_LOGGING = {
@@ -32,6 +32,26 @@ _DOCKER_LOGGING = {
     },
 }
 
+# Build context for the cloak base image (decnet subtree synced in by
+# deployer._sync_cloak_sources before build).
+_CLOAK_CONTEXT = Path(__file__).parent / "templates" / "_shared" / "cloak"
+
+# Netns-safe: run the cloak best-effort in the background, but keep `sleep
+# infinity` as PID 1 in the foreground so a cloak crash never tears down the
+# base container (and with it the netns every service container shares).
+_CLOAK_COMMAND = ["sh", "-c", "python3 -m decnet.cloak & exec sleep infinity"]
+
+
+def _decky_open_tcp_ports(services: list[str]) -> list[int]:
+    """Sorted, de-duped TCP ports a decky's services listen on (for the cloak
+    responder's T2/T3 classification — DECNET_OPEN_PORTS)."""
+    ports: set[int] = set()
+    for svc_name in services:
+        svc = get_service(svc_name)
+        if svc is not None:
+            ports.update(svc.ports)
+    return sorted(ports)
+
 
 def generate_compose(config: DecnetConfig) -> dict:
     """Build and return the full docker-compose data structure."""
@@ -60,6 +80,25 @@ def generate_compose(config: DecnetConfig) -> dict:
         base["sysctls"] = get_os_sysctls(decky.nmap_os)
         base["cap_add"] = ["NET_ADMIN"]
 
+        # sysctls reach only global packet fields. nmap_os families with an
+        # egress mangle profile (windows*) additionally run the cloak in the
+        # base container to rewrite SYN-ACK shape + synthesize T2/T3 replies, so
+        # they read as the claimed OS under active fingerprinting (nmap -O).
+        if get_os_mangle(decky.nmap_os) is not None:
+            base.pop("image", None)
+            base["build"] = {
+                "context": str(_CLOAK_CONTEXT),
+                "args": {"BASE_IMAGE": decky.build_base},
+            }
+            base["command"] = _CLOAK_COMMAND
+            base["cap_add"] = ["NET_ADMIN", "NET_RAW"]  # NET_RAW: responder send/sniff
+            ports = _decky_open_tcp_ports(decky.services)
+            base["environment"] = {
+                "DECNET_NMAP_OS": decky.nmap_os,
+                "DECNET_OPEN_PORTS": ",".join(str(p) for p in ports),
+                "DECKY_IP": decky.ip,
+            }
+
         services[base_key] = base
 
         # --- Service containers: share base network namespace ---

decnet/engine/deployer.py

@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ Deploy, teardown, and status via Docker SDK + subprocess docker compose.
 
 import asyncio
 import json
+import os
 import shutil
 import subprocess  # nosec B404
+import tempfile
 import time
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import cast
@@ -63,6 +65,20 @@ _CANONICAL_NTLMSSP = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "templates" / "_shared" / "n
 _NTLMSSP_SERVICES = {"smb", "rdp"}
 _CANONICAL_CADDY_MODULES_DIR = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "templates" / "_caddy_modules"
 _CADDY_SERVICES = {"http", "https"}
+# Cloak base image: the decnet package root + the 8 light files shipped into the
+# cloak build context so `python -m decnet.cloak` runs in the base container.
+_DECNET_SRC = Path(__file__).parent.parent
+_CANONICAL_CLOAK_DIR = _DECNET_SRC / "templates" / "_shared" / "cloak"
+_CLOAK_SHIP_FILES = (
+    "__init__.py",
+    "config_ini.py",
+    "logging/__init__.py",
+    "os_fingerprint.py",
+    "cloak/__init__.py",
+    "cloak/__main__.py",
+    "cloak/mangler.py",
+    "cloak/responder.py",
+)
 
 
 def _sync_logging_helper(config: DecnetConfig) -> None:
@@ -85,6 +101,26 @@ def _sync_logging_helper(config: DecnetConfig) -> None:
                     shutil.copy2(src, dest)
 
 
+def _sync_cloak_sources(config: DecnetConfig) -> None:
+    """Ship the light decnet subtree into the cloak base-image build context.
+
+    Only when at least one decky has an egress mangle profile (windows*). Copies
+    the 8 files in _CLOAK_SHIP_FILES into <cloak ctx>/decnet/ preserving package
+    structure so the image's `python -m decnet.cloak` resolves. The dest tree is
+    gitignored. Mirrors the _sync_*_sources copy-if-changed idiom.
+    """
+    from decnet.os_fingerprint import get_os_mangle
+    if not any(get_os_mangle(d.nmap_os) is not None for d in config.deckies):
+        return
+    dest_root = _CANONICAL_CLOAK_DIR / "decnet"
+    for rel in _CLOAK_SHIP_FILES:
+        src = _DECNET_SRC / rel
+        dest = dest_root / rel
+        dest.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        if not dest.exists() or dest.read_bytes() != src.read_bytes():
+            shutil.copy2(src, dest)
+
+
 def _sync_auth_helper_sources(config: DecnetConfig) -> None:
     """Copy auth-helper.c into SSH/Telnet build contexts as auth-helper/.
 
@@ -677,6 +713,7 @@ def deploy(config: DecnetConfig, dry_run: bool = False, no_cache: bool = False,
     _sync_auth_helper_sources(config)
     _sync_ntlmssp_sources(config)
     _sync_caddy_modules(config)
+    _sync_cloak_sources(config)
 
     compose_path = write_compose(config, COMPOSE_FILE)
     console.print(f"[bold cyan]Compose file written[/] → {compose_path}")
@@ -833,7 +870,16 @@ def _teardown_order(lans: list[dict]) -> list[str]:
 
 
 def _topology_compose_path(topology_id: str) -> Path:
-    return Path(f"decnet-topology-{topology_id[:8]}-compose.yml")
+    # Anchor to a stable absolute dir so write and teardown agree
+    # regardless of process CWD — a CWD-relative path littered the
+    # install tree and let teardown's unlink() miss orphaned files.
+    base = Path(os.environ.get("DECNET_RUN_DIR", "/var/lib/decnet/topologies"))
+    try:
+        base.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    except OSError:
+        base = Path(tempfile.gettempdir()) / "decnet-topologies"
+        base.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    return base / f"decnet-topology-{topology_id[:8]}-compose.yml"
 
 
 def _topology_compose_project(topology_id: str) -> str:

decnet/os_fingerprint.py

@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ Windows (64240) from the kernel's default tcp_rmem settings.
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+
 OS_SYSCTLS: dict[str, dict[str, str]] = {
     "linux": {
         "net.ipv4.ip_default_ttl": "64",
@@ -49,9 +51,12 @@ OS_SYSCTLS: dict[str, dict[str, str]] = {
         "net.ipv4.icmp_ratemask": "6168",
     },
     "windows": {
+        # Windows 10/11 workstation. NOTE: modern Windows runs TCP timestamps
+        # ON (nmap SEQ.TS=A) — an earlier value of 0 here fingerprinted as an
+        # ancient Windows/Linux stack. ECN off → nmap ECN.CC=N (workstation).
         "net.ipv4.ip_default_ttl": "128",
         "net.ipv4.tcp_syn_retries": "2",
-        "net.ipv4.tcp_timestamps": "0",
+        "net.ipv4.tcp_timestamps": "1",
         "net.ipv4.tcp_window_scaling": "1",
         "net.ipv4.tcp_sack": "1",
         "net.ipv4.tcp_ecn": "0",
@@ -60,6 +65,22 @@ OS_SYSCTLS: dict[str, dict[str, str]] = {
         "net.ipv4.icmp_ratelimit": "0",
         "net.ipv4.icmp_ratemask": "0",
     },
+    "windows_server": {
+        # Windows Server 2016/2019. Same NT stack as the workstation; the only
+        # stack-visible deltas nmap reads are ECN negotiated (CC=Y → tcp_ecn=1)
+        # and randomized IP-ID (SEQ.TI=RD, applied by the cloak mangler, not a
+        # sysctl). Everything else == "windows".
+        "net.ipv4.ip_default_ttl": "128",
+        "net.ipv4.tcp_syn_retries": "2",
+        "net.ipv4.tcp_timestamps": "1",
+        "net.ipv4.tcp_window_scaling": "1",
+        "net.ipv4.tcp_sack": "1",
+        "net.ipv4.tcp_ecn": "1",
+        "net.ipv4.ip_no_pmtu_disc": "0",
+        "net.ipv4.tcp_fin_timeout": "30",
+        "net.ipv4.icmp_ratelimit": "0",
+        "net.ipv4.icmp_ratemask": "0",
+    },
     "bsd": {
         "net.ipv4.ip_default_ttl": "64",
         "net.ipv4.tcp_syn_retries": "6",
@@ -112,3 +133,47 @@ def all_os_families() -> list[str]:
     """Return all registered nmap OS family slugs."""
     return list(OS_SYSCTLS.keys())
 
+
+# ─── Egress mangle profiles (cloak) ──────────────────────────────────────────
+#
+# sysctls above reach only GLOBAL fields (TTL, timestamps on/off, ECN). The
+# SYN-ACK *shape* nmap also scores — exact window, TCP option order, IP-ID
+# generation — cannot be set per-container by sysctl. The cloak mangler
+# (decnet/cloak) rewrites those on egress, driven by these profiles, keyed by
+# the SAME nmap_os slug. A slug ABSENT here needs no mangling (its real Linux
+# stack already approximates the target, e.g. "linux"/"bsd").
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class MangleProfile:
+    """How the cloak rewrites a decky's egress to match an nmap_os family."""
+
+    window: int                    # TCP advertised window on SYN-ACK
+    mss: int                       # MSS option value
+    wscale: int                    # window-scale shift
+    # Ordered TCP option layout to emit on SYN-ACK. "TS" is kept only if the
+    # kernel emitted a Timestamp (sysctl tcp_timestamps=1) so its live,
+    # incrementing value survives the rewrite (nmap SEQ.TS rate test).
+    option_order: tuple[str, ...]
+    ipid: str                      # "incr" (TI=I) | "random" (TI=RD) | "keep"
+    respond_t2t3: bool             # synthesize Windows T2/T3 replies
+
+
+_WIN_OPTS = ("MSS", "NOP", "WScale", "SAckOK", "TS")
+
+OS_MANGLE: dict[str, MangleProfile] = {
+    "windows": MangleProfile(
+        window=0x2000, mss=1460, wscale=8,
+        option_order=_WIN_OPTS, ipid="incr", respond_t2t3=True,
+    ),
+    "windows_server": MangleProfile(
+        window=0x2000, mss=1460, wscale=8,
+        option_order=_WIN_OPTS, ipid="random", respond_t2t3=True,
+    ),
+}
+
+
+def get_os_mangle(nmap_os: str) -> MangleProfile | None:
+    """Return the cloak mangle profile for *nmap_os*, or None if it needs none."""
+    return OS_MANGLE.get(nmap_os)
+

decnet/paths.py

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+"""Shared runtime filesystem path resolution.
+
+DECNET writes runtime state under a system dir provisioned by ``decnet
+init`` / systemd (``/var/lib/decnet`` for state, ``/run/decnet`` for
+sockets). On dev boxes without systemd, or in CI, that dir may be absent
+or read-only, so callers fall back to a per-user location.
+
+:func:`resolve_runtime_path` centralises the writable-dir probe that the
+vectorstore and bus backends previously copy-pasted verbatim.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+
+
+def resolve_runtime_path(
+    filename: str,
+    *,
+    env_var: str,
+    runtime_dir: str,
+    user_fallback: str,
+) -> str:
+    """Resolve a runtime file path. Creates nothing.
+
+    Precedence:
+      1. ``$env_var`` if set (used verbatim).
+      2. ``runtime_dir/filename`` if ``runtime_dir`` exists and is writable.
+      3. ``user_fallback`` (``~`` expanded).
+
+    ``runtime_dir`` is *probed*, never created: it is meant to be
+    provisioned with the right ownership and perms by init/systemd, so
+    creating it here with whatever perms the current process happens to
+    have would be worse than falling back to the user path.
+    """
+    explicit = os.environ.get(env_var)
+    if explicit:
+        return explicit
+    if os.path.isdir(runtime_dir) and os.access(runtime_dir, os.W_OK):
+        return os.path.join(runtime_dir, filename)
+    return os.path.expanduser(user_fallback)

decnet/templates/_shared/cloak/Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Cloak base image — the IP-holder/netns container for deckies whose nmap_os has
+# an egress mangle profile (windows, windows_server). Runs `python -m decnet.cloak`
+# (SYN-ACK mangler + T2/T3 responder) alongside holding the MACVLAN IP.
+#
+# FROM the per-decky distro so the base still varies by distro (BASE_IMAGE arg,
+# set by the composer from decky.build_base — same pattern as service images).
+# The decnet/ subtree is synced into this context by deployer._sync_cloak_sources
+# before build (8 light, stdlib-only files; scapy/netfilterqueue are pip'd here).
+ARG BASE_IMAGE=debian:bookworm-slim
+FROM ${BASE_IMAGE}
+
+# Runtime: iptables (NFQUEUE rules), python3, libpcap (scapy BPF sniff in the
+# responder). Build-only: gcc + headers for the netfilterqueue C extension,
+# purged after the wheel is built to keep the image lean.
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+        python3 python3-pip iptables libpcap0.8 \
+        libnetfilter-queue1 libnfnetlink0 \
+        gcc python3-dev libnetfilter-queue-dev libnfnetlink-dev \
+    && pip3 install --no-cache-dir --break-system-packages \
+        "scapy>=2.6.1" "netfilterqueue>=1.1.0" \
+    && apt-get purge -y gcc python3-dev libnetfilter-queue-dev libnfnetlink-dev \
+    && apt-get autoremove -y \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Synced 8-file decnet subtree (decnet/__init__, config_ini, logging/, os_fingerprint,
+# cloak/). PYTHONPATH=/opt makes `python3 -m decnet.cloak` importable.
+COPY decnet/ /opt/decnet/
+ENV PYTHONPATH=/opt
+
+# The compose `command` drives runtime (netns-safe supervisor: cloak in background,
+# sleep infinity in foreground so a cloak crash never tears down the netns holder).
+CMD ["sleep", "infinity"]

decnet/vectorstore/factory.py

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import logging
 import os
 from typing import Any
 
+from decnet.paths import resolve_runtime_path
 from decnet.vectorstore.base import BaseVectorStore
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -65,10 +66,9 @@ def get_vectorstore(**kwargs: Any) -> BaseVectorStore:
 
 
 def _default_db_path() -> str:
-    explicit = os.environ.get("DECNET_VECTORSTORE_PATH")
+    return resolve_runtime_path(
-    if explicit:
+        "vectors.sqlite",
-        return explicit
+        env_var="DECNET_VECTORSTORE_PATH",
-    runtime_dir = "/var/lib/decnet"
+        runtime_dir="/var/lib/decnet",
-    if os.path.isdir(runtime_dir) and os.access(runtime_dir, os.W_OK):
+        user_fallback="~/.decnet/vectors.sqlite",
-        return f"{runtime_dir}/vectors.sqlite"
+    )
-    return os.path.expanduser("~/.decnet/vectors.sqlite")

decnet_web/src/components/TopologyList/CreateTopologyWizard.tsx

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
 import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
-import { X, Server, Cpu, FileText, Sparkles, Check } from '../../icons';
+import { X, Server, Cpu, FileText, Sparkles, Check, Crosshair } from '../../icons';
+import { ScanImport } from '@pro';
 import api from '../../utils/api';
 import { useEscapeKey } from '../../hooks/useEscapeKey';
 import { useFocusTrap } from '../../hooks/useFocusTrap';
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ interface TopologySummary {
   status_changed_at: string | null;
 }
 
-type Kind = 'blank' | 'seeded';
+type Kind = 'blank' | 'seeded' | 'scan';
 
 interface Props {
   open: boolean;
@@ -103,15 +104,19 @@ const CreateTopologyWizard: React.FC<Props> = ({ open, onClose, onCreated }) =>
     [targetId, hosts],
   );
 
-  const canNext = step === 0 ? !!targetId : !!kind && name.trim().length > 0;
+  const isAgent = !!targetId && targetId !== LOCAL_CARD_ID;
-
-  const handleCreate = async () => {
-    if (!targetId || !kind) return;
-    setSubmitting(true);
-    setErr(null);
-    const isAgent = targetId !== LOCAL_CARD_ID;
   const targetHostUuid = isAgent ? targetId : null;
   const mode = isAgent ? 'agent' : 'unihost';
+
+  // Scan import owns its own name/preview/create sub-flow inside the pro panel,
+  // so the wizard's name gate and CREATE button don't apply to it.
+  const canNext =
+    step === 0 ? !!targetId : kind === 'scan' || (!!kind && name.trim().length > 0);
+
+  const handleCreate = async () => {
+    if (!targetId || !kind || kind === 'scan') return;
+    setSubmitting(true);
+    setErr(null);
     try {
       if (kind === 'blank') {
         const { data } = await api.post<TopologySummary>('/topologies/blank', {
@@ -234,6 +239,22 @@ const CreateTopologyWizard: React.FC<Props> = ({ open, onClose, onCreated }) =>
           Runs the MazeNET generator with depth/branching/deckies parameters. Seed is optional — omit for a fresh roll.
         </div>
       </div>
+      {ScanImport && (
+        <div
+          onClick={() => setKind('scan')}
+          className={`ctw-card ${kind === 'scan' ? 'selected' : ''}`}
+        >
+          <div className="ctw-card-head">
+            <Crosshair size={16} className="ctw-violet" />
+            <span className="ctw-card-name">SCAN-BASED</span>
+          </div>
+          <div className="ctw-card-sub">mirror an Nmap scan</div>
+          <div className="ctw-card-desc">
+            Import an Nmap XML scan and mirror the discovered hosts and services
+            as decoys. Review and pick targets before deploying.
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      )}
     </>
   );
 
@@ -285,8 +306,9 @@ const CreateTopologyWizard: React.FC<Props> = ({ open, onClose, onCreated }) =>
               <div className="ctw-label">
                 Target: <span className="ctw-violet">{targetLabel}</span> · pick a starting point.
               </div>
-              <div className="ctw-grid-2">{step1Cards}</div>
+              <div className={ScanImport ? 'ctw-grid-3' : 'ctw-grid-2'}>{step1Cards}</div>
 
+              {kind !== 'scan' && (
                 <div className="ctw-field">
                   <label>NAME</label>
                   <input
@@ -298,6 +320,11 @@ const CreateTopologyWizard: React.FC<Props> = ({ open, onClose, onCreated }) =>
                     maxLength={64}
                   />
                 </div>
+              )}
+
+              {kind === 'scan' && ScanImport && (
+                <ScanImport mode={mode} targetHostUuid={targetHostUuid} onCreated={onCreated} />
+              )}
 
               {kind === 'seeded' && (
                 <div className="ctw-grid-2">
@@ -371,7 +398,7 @@ const CreateTopologyWizard: React.FC<Props> = ({ open, onClose, onCreated }) =>
                 NEXT →
               </button>
             )}
-            {step === 1 && (
+            {step === 1 && kind !== 'scan' && (
               <button className="ctw-btn" disabled={!canNext || submitting} onClick={handleCreate}>
                 {submitting ? 'CREATING…' : 'CREATE'}
               </button>

decnet_web/src/pro/pro.test.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
-import { proRoutes } from '@pro';
+import { proRoutes, ScanImport } from '@pro';
 
 // In the community build, `@pro` resolves to the stub: no Professional pages,
 // so App's route map and Layout's nav group both tree-shake to nothing.
@@ -7,4 +7,10 @@ describe('pro tier — community build', () => {
   it('ships no pro routes', () => {
     expect(proRoutes).toEqual([]);
   });
+
+  // null tree-shakes the wizard's third "SCAN-BASED" card out of the community
+  // bundle — the scan→topology importer is Professional-only.
+  it('ships no scan importer', () => {
+    expect(ScanImport).toBeNull();
+  });
 });

decnet_web/src/pro/stub.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 // sets VITE_DECNET_PRO=1 with decnet/pro/web/ present, in which case Vite
 // aliases `@pro` to the real registry. proRoutes being empty lets the router
 // and nav tree-shake the pro surface out of the community bundle.
-import type { ProRoute } from './types';
+import type { ProRoute, ProScanImport } from './types';
 
 export const proRoutes: ProRoute[] = [];
+
+// No scan-based topology creation in the community build — the wizard's third
+// card tree-shakes out when this is null.
+export const ScanImport: ProScanImport = null;

decnet_web/src/pro/types.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
 // Contract for Professional-tier UI pages. The pro build aliases `@pro` to the
 // real registry in decnet/pro/web/; the community build resolves it to ./stub.
-import type { ReactElement, ReactNode } from 'react';
+import type { ComponentType, ReactElement, ReactNode } from 'react';
 
 export interface ProRoute {
   /** Router path, e.g. "/pro/intel". Convention: prefix pro routes with /pro. */
@@ -13,3 +13,35 @@ export interface ProRoute {
   /** Page element rendered at `path`. May be a lazy component (App wraps Suspense). */
   element: ReactElement;
 }
+
+/** Created-topology summary handed back to the wizard. Mirrors the wizard's own
+ *  TopologySummary (and GET /topologies rows) structurally so the wizard's
+ *  onCreated handler is assignable without a cross-tree type import. */
+export interface ProTopologySummary {
+  id: string;
+  name: string;
+  mode: string;
+  target_host_uuid: string | null;
+  status: string;
+  version: number;
+  needs_resync?: boolean;
+  created_at: string;
+  status_changed_at: string | null;
+}
+
+/** Props the CreateTopologyWizard passes to the pro scan-import panel. The pro
+ *  build owns the entire scan→topology flow (file pick, parse, preview, create)
+ *  and signals completion through `onCreated`; the community build never sees
+ *  this surface. Kept structural — the pro tree implements the shape without
+ *  importing it, mirroring how `ProRoute` crosses the trust boundary. */
+export interface ProScanImportProps {
+  /** "unihost" | "agent" — chosen in the wizard's TARGET step. */
+  mode: string;
+  /** Agent host UUID, or null for local. */
+  targetHostUuid: string | null;
+  /** Fires with the created topology summary; the wizard closes and navigates. */
+  onCreated: (row: ProTopologySummary) => void;
+}
+
+/** `null` in the community build (no scan import); a component in the pro build. */
+export type ProScanImport = ComponentType<ProScanImportProps> | null;

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "decnet"
-version = "1.2.0"
+version = "1.2.1"
 description = "Deception network: deploy honeypot deckies that appear as real LAN hosts"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [{ name = "Samuel Paschuan", email = "samuel.paschuan@xmartlab.com" }]
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ dependencies = [
     # `alembic upgrade head` at boot for managed DBs (see db/migrate.py).
     "alembic>=1.13",
     "scapy>=2.6.1",
+    # cloak egress mangler (NFQUEUE); Linux-only, lazy-imported so absence on
+    # dev/CI/non-Linux is tolerated (decnet.cloak only needs it at run()).
+    "netfilterqueue>=1.1.0 ; sys_platform == 'linux'",
     "orjson>=3.10",
     "cryptography>=48.0.1",
     "python-multipart>=0.0.31",

tests/cloak/test_cloak.py

@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+"""
+Tests for the cloak mangler/responder PURE logic — option layout, IP-ID policy,
+probe classification, reply fields. No scapy, root, or live NFQUEUE involved
+(the runtime loops are exercised only on real deckies, not in CI).
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import pytest
+
+from decnet.cloak import (
+    ProbeKind,
+    build_reply_fields,
+    build_synack_options,
+    classify_probe,
+    next_ipid,
+)
+from decnet.cloak.mangler import _is_synack, _rst_needs_ack
+from decnet.os_fingerprint import OS_MANGLE, MangleProfile, get_os_mangle
+
+WIN = OS_MANGLE["windows"]
+SRV = OS_MANGLE["windows_server"]
+
+
+# ── profile wiring ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+def test_get_os_mangle_known():
+    assert isinstance(get_os_mangle("windows"), MangleProfile)
+    assert get_os_mangle("windows_server").ipid == "random"
+
+
+def test_get_os_mangle_none_for_linux():
+    assert get_os_mangle("linux") is None
+    assert get_os_mangle("nonexistent") is None
+
+
+def test_windows_workstation_ipid_is_incr():
+    # Win10 workstation = incremental IP-ID (nmap TI=I); server = randomized (RD).
+    assert WIN.ipid == "incr"
+    assert SRV.ipid == "random"
+
+
+# ── SYN-ACK option building ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+def test_options_layout_with_timestamp_preserved():
+    orig = [("MSS", 1460), ("SAckOK", b""), ("Timestamp", (111, 222)),
+            ("NOP", None), ("WScale", 7)]
+    out = build_synack_options(orig, WIN)
+    names = [n for n, _ in out]
+    assert names == ["MSS", "NOP", "WScale", "SAckOK", "Timestamp"]
+    # the kernel's live timestamp value must survive (SEQ.TS rate test)
+    assert ("Timestamp", (111, 222)) in out
+    # our chosen mss/wscale override whatever the kernel emitted
+    assert ("MSS", WIN.mss) in out
+    assert ("WScale", WIN.wscale) in out
+
+
+def test_options_drop_timestamp_when_kernel_had_none():
+    """If timestamps are off (no kernel TS option), emit none — never a fake one."""
+    orig = [("MSS", 1460), ("SAckOK", b""), ("NOP", None), ("WScale", 7)]
+    out = build_synack_options(orig, WIN)
+    assert all(n != "Timestamp" for n, _ in out)
+
+
+def test_options_length_is_4byte_aligned():
+    """Sanity: the windows option layout encodes to a multiple of 4 bytes."""
+    from scapy.all import TCP  # type: ignore  # noqa
+    pytest.importorskip("scapy")
+    orig = [("MSS", 1460), ("Timestamp", (1, 2))]
+    out = build_synack_options(orig, WIN)
+    raw = bytes(TCP(options=out))[20:]  # options after the 20-byte base header
+    assert len(raw) % 4 == 0
+
+
+# ── IP-ID policy ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+def test_next_ipid_incr_wraps():
+    assert next_ipid(5, "incr") == 6
+    assert next_ipid(0xFFFF, "incr") == 0
+
+
+def test_next_ipid_random_in_range_nonzero():
+    for _ in range(50):
+        v = next_ipid(0, "random")
+        assert 1 <= v <= 0xFFFF
+
+
+def test_next_ipid_keep_sentinel():
+    assert next_ipid(123, "keep") == -1
+
+
+# ── SYN-ACK detection ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("flags,expected", [
+    (0x12, True),    # SYN+ACK
+    (0x52, True),    # SYN+ACK+ECE (ECN SYN-ACK)
+    (0x02, False),   # bare SYN
+    (0x10, False),   # bare ACK
+])
+def test_is_synack(flags, expected):
+    assert _is_synack(flags) is expected
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("flags,expected", [
+    (0x04, True),    # bare RST (T4/T6 ACK-probe response) → fill ack (A=O)
+    (0x14, False),   # RST+ACK (T5/T7) → already A=S+, leave
+    (0x12, False),   # SYN+ACK
+])
+def test_rst_needs_ack(flags, expected):
+    assert _rst_needs_ack(flags) is expected
+
+
+# ── probe classification ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+OPEN = frozenset({22, 80, 443})
+
+
+def test_classify_t2_null_flags_open_port():
+    assert classify_probe(0x00, 80, OPEN) is ProbeKind.T2
+
+
+def test_classify_t3_synfinpshurg_open_port():
+    assert classify_probe(0x2B, 80, OPEN) is ProbeKind.T3
+
+
+def test_classify_ignores_closed_port():
+    assert classify_probe(0x00, 9999, OPEN) is None
+
+
+def test_classify_ignores_normal_traffic():
+    assert classify_probe(0x02, 80, OPEN) is None   # SYN — real stack handles
+    assert classify_probe(0x10, 80, OPEN) is None   # ACK
+
+
+# ── reply field shaping ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+def test_reply_fields_t2_ack_equals_probe_seq():
+    # T2: A=S (ack == probe seq)
+    f = build_reply_fields(0xDEAD, ProbeKind.T2)
+    assert f == {"seq": 0, "ack": 0xDEAD, "flags": "RA", "window": 0, "df": True}
+
+
+def test_reply_fields_t3_ack_is_other():
+    # T3: A=O (other — not zero, not the probe seq)
+    f = build_reply_fields(0xDEAD, ProbeKind.T3)
+    assert f["ack"] not in (0, 0xDEAD)
+    assert f["seq"] == 0 and f["flags"] == "RA"

tests/cloak/test_compose_wiring.py

@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+"""
+Tests for wiring the cloak into the deploy path:
+  - composer.py: windows* base containers get build+command+caps+env; non-mangled
+    bases stay byte-for-byte unchanged.
+  - composer._decky_open_tcp_ports: service-port enumeration.
+  - deployer._sync_cloak_sources: ships the decnet subtree only when needed.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import pytest
+
+from decnet.composer import _CLOAK_COMMAND, _decky_open_tcp_ports, generate_compose
+from decnet.config import DeckyConfig, DecnetConfig
+
+
+def _decky(nmap_os: str = "linux", services: list[str] | None = None) -> DeckyConfig:
+    return DeckyConfig(
+        name="decky-01",
+        ip="10.0.0.10",
+        services=services or ["ssh"],
+        distro="debian",
+        base_image="debian:bookworm-slim",
+        build_base="debian:bookworm-slim",
+        hostname="test-host",
+        nmap_os=nmap_os,
+    )
+
+
+def _config(decky: DeckyConfig) -> DecnetConfig:
+    return DecnetConfig(
+        mode="unihost", interface="eth0", subnet="10.0.0.0/24",
+        gateway="10.0.0.1", deckies=[decky],
+    )
+
+
+def _base(nmap_os: str, services: list[str] | None = None) -> dict:
+    return generate_compose(_config(_decky(nmap_os, services)))["services"]["decky-01"]
+
+
+# ── port enumeration ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+def test_open_ports_union_sorted_deduped():
+    # smb=[445,139], rdp=[3389]
+    assert _decky_open_tcp_ports(["smb", "rdp"]) == [139, 445, 3389]
+
+
+def test_open_ports_single_and_multiport():
+    assert _decky_open_tcp_ports(["ssh"]) == [22]
+    assert _decky_open_tcp_ports(["imap"]) == [143, 993]  # multi-port service
+
+
+# ── non-mangled base is unchanged ───────────────────────────────────────────
+
+def test_linux_base_uses_stock_image_and_sleep():
+    base = _base("linux")
+    assert base["image"] == "debian:bookworm-slim"
+    assert base["command"] == ["sleep", "infinity"]
+    assert "build" not in base
+    assert "environment" not in base
+    assert base["cap_add"] == ["NET_ADMIN"]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("fam", ["embedded", "bsd", "cisco"])
+def test_other_families_not_cloaked(fam):
+    base = _base(fam)
+    assert "build" not in base
+    assert base["command"] == ["sleep", "infinity"]
+    assert "NET_RAW" not in base["cap_add"]
+
+
+# ── windows* base gets the cloak ────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("fam", ["windows", "windows_server"])
+def test_windows_base_is_built_cloak_image(fam):
+    base = _base(fam, services=["smb", "rdp"])
+    assert "image" not in base
+    assert base["build"]["args"]["BASE_IMAGE"] == "debian:bookworm-slim"
+    assert base["build"]["context"].endswith("templates/_shared/cloak")
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("fam", ["windows", "windows_server"])
+def test_windows_base_runs_cloak_netns_safe(fam):
+    base = _base(fam)
+    # supervisor keeps sleep infinity as PID1 so a cloak crash can't kill the netns
+    assert base["command"] == _CLOAK_COMMAND
+    assert "decnet.cloak" in base["command"][-1]
+    assert "sleep infinity" in base["command"][-1]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("fam", ["windows", "windows_server"])
+def test_windows_base_caps_include_net_raw(fam):
+    base = _base(fam)
+    assert "NET_ADMIN" in base["cap_add"]
+    assert "NET_RAW" in base["cap_add"]
+
+
+def test_windows_base_env_carries_profile_and_ports():
+    base = _base("windows_server", services=["smb", "rdp"])
+    env = base["environment"]
+    assert env["DECNET_NMAP_OS"] == "windows_server"
+    assert env["DECNET_OPEN_PORTS"] == "139,445,3389"
+    assert env["DECKY_IP"] == "10.0.0.10"
+
+
+def test_windows_base_still_has_sysctls():
+    base = _base("windows")
+    assert base["sysctls"]["net.ipv4.ip_default_ttl"] == "128"
+    assert base["sysctls"]["net.ipv4.tcp_timestamps"] == "1"
+
+
+# ── deployer sync gating ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+def test_sync_cloak_ships_subtree_only_when_needed(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    from decnet.engine import deployer
+
+    dest_root = tmp_path / "cloak"
+    monkeypatch.setattr(deployer, "_CANONICAL_CLOAK_DIR", dest_root)
+
+    # linux-only → no-op
+    deployer._sync_cloak_sources(_config(_decky("linux")))
+    assert not (dest_root / "decnet").exists()
+
+    # windows → ships the subtree, package structure preserved
+    deployer._sync_cloak_sources(_config(_decky("windows")))
+    shipped = dest_root / "decnet"
+    assert (shipped / "__init__.py").is_file()
+    assert (shipped / "os_fingerprint.py").is_file()
+    assert (shipped / "cloak" / "mangler.py").is_file()
+    assert (shipped / "logging" / "__init__.py").is_file()

tests/core/test_os_fingerprint.py

@@ -50,8 +50,20 @@ def test_linux_tcp_timestamps_is_1():
     assert get_os_sysctls("linux")["net.ipv4.tcp_timestamps"] == "1"
 
 
-def test_windows_tcp_timestamps_is_0():
+def test_windows_tcp_timestamps_is_1():
-    assert get_os_sysctls("windows")["net.ipv4.tcp_timestamps"] == "0"
+    # Modern Windows 10/11 runs TCP timestamps ON (nmap SEQ.TS=A). A prior
+    # value of 0 here fingerprinted as an ancient stack — see os_fingerprint.py.
+    assert get_os_sysctls("windows")["net.ipv4.tcp_timestamps"] == "1"
+
+
+def test_windows_server_tcp_timestamps_is_1():
+    assert get_os_sysctls("windows_server")["net.ipv4.tcp_timestamps"] == "1"
+
+
+def test_windows_server_tcp_ecn_is_1():
+    # Server negotiates ECN (nmap ECN.CC=Y); workstation does not (CC=N).
+    assert get_os_sysctls("windows_server")["net.ipv4.tcp_ecn"] == "1"
+    assert get_os_sysctls("windows")["net.ipv4.tcp_ecn"] == "0"
 
 
 def test_embedded_tcp_timestamps_is_0():
@@ -237,7 +249,7 @@ def test_all_os_families_non_empty():
     assert "embedded" in families
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("family", ["linux", "windows", "bsd", "embedded", "cisco"])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("family", ["linux", "windows", "windows_server", "bsd", "embedded", "cisco"])
 def test_all_os_profiles_have_required_sysctls(family: str):
     """Every OS profile must define the full canonical sysctl set."""
     from decnet.os_fingerprint import _REQUIRED_SYSCTLS
@@ -246,7 +258,7 @@ def test_all_os_profiles_have_required_sysctls(family: str):
     assert not missing, f"OS profile '{family}' is missing sysctls: {missing}"
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("family", ["linux", "windows", "bsd", "embedded", "cisco"])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("family", ["linux", "windows", "windows_server", "bsd", "embedded", "cisco"])
 def test_all_os_sysctl_values_are_strings(family: str):
     """Docker Compose requires sysctl values to be strings, never ints."""
     for _key, _val in get_os_sysctls(family).items():
@@ -267,9 +279,13 @@ def test_archetype_nmap_os_is_known(slug, arch):
     )
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("slug", ["windows-workstation", "windows-server", "domain-controller"])
+def test_windows_workstation_archetype_nmap_os():
-def test_windows_archetypes_have_windows_nmap_os(slug):
+    assert ARCHETYPES["windows-workstation"].nmap_os == "windows"
-    assert ARCHETYPES[slug].nmap_os == "windows"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("slug", ["windows-server", "domain-controller"])
+def test_windows_server_archetypes_use_server_nmap_os(slug):
+    assert ARCHETYPES[slug].nmap_os == "windows_server"
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("slug", ["printer", "iot-device", "industrial-control"])
@@ -403,11 +419,11 @@ def test_compose_linux_sysctls_include_timestamps():
     assert sysctls.get("net.ipv4.tcp_timestamps") == "1"
 
 
-def test_compose_windows_sysctls_no_timestamps():
+def test_compose_windows_sysctls_timestamps_on():
-    """Windows compose output must have tcp_timestamps disabled (= 0)."""
+    """Windows compose output must have tcp_timestamps ENABLED (= 1) — Win10/11."""
     compose = generate_compose(_make_config("windows"))
     sysctls = compose["services"]["decky-01"]["sysctls"]
-    assert sysctls.get("net.ipv4.tcp_timestamps") == "0"
+    assert sysctls.get("net.ipv4.tcp_timestamps") == "1"
 
 
 def test_compose_linux_sysctls_full_set():

tests/test_paths.py

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+"""Tests for the shared runtime-path probe."""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from decnet.paths import resolve_runtime_path
+
+
+def _resolve(tmp_path, env=None, runtime_dir=None):
+    return resolve_runtime_path(
+        "x.sock",
+        env_var="DECNET_TEST_PATH",
+        runtime_dir=str(runtime_dir if runtime_dir is not None else tmp_path),
+        user_fallback="~/.decnet/x.sock",
+    )
+
+
+def test_env_override_wins(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("DECNET_TEST_PATH", "/explicit/here.sock")
+    assert _resolve(tmp_path) == "/explicit/here.sock"
+
+
+def test_writable_runtime_dir(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.delenv("DECNET_TEST_PATH", raising=False)
+    assert _resolve(tmp_path) == str(tmp_path / "x.sock")
+
+
+def test_falls_back_when_runtime_dir_absent(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.delenv("DECNET_TEST_PATH", raising=False)
+    missing = tmp_path / "nope"  # does not exist → not a writable dir
+    result = _resolve(tmp_path, runtime_dir=missing)
+    assert result.endswith("/.decnet/x.sock")
+    assert "~" not in result  # tilde expanded

tests/topology/test_deploy.py

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ async def repo(tmp_path):
 
 @pytest.mark.anyio
 async def test_dry_run_writes_compose_and_preserves_pending(repo, tmp_path, monkeypatch):
-    monkeypatch.chdir(tmp_path)
+    monkeypatch.setenv("DECNET_RUN_DIR", str(tmp_path))
     plan = generate(_cfg())
     tid = await persist(repo, plan)
 
@@ -235,3 +235,22 @@ async def test_deploy_and_teardown_against_real_docker(repo, tmp_path, monkeypat
         p.unlink()
     # Sanity: Path roundtrip still resolvable
     assert isinstance(Path(str(p)), Path)
+
+
+def test_compose_path_is_absolute_and_cwd_independent(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    """Regression: a CWD-relative compose path littered the install dir and
+    let teardown's unlink() miss orphans. Path must be absolute and stable
+    across CWD changes so write and teardown always agree."""
+    monkeypatch.setenv("DECNET_RUN_DIR", str(tmp_path))
+    tid = "abcdef1234567890"
+
+    monkeypatch.chdir(tmp_path)
+    p1 = _topology_compose_path(tid)
+    sub = tmp_path / "elsewhere"
+    sub.mkdir()
+    monkeypatch.chdir(sub)
+    p2 = _topology_compose_path(tid)
+
+    assert p1.is_absolute()
+    assert p1 == p2, "compose path must not depend on process CWD"
+    assert p1.parent == tmp_path