Building Squatter

Build Squatter from the repository root integration workspace. The aggregate module build covers the Go provider, the selected Windows PE payload, and the source module targets that do not require a dedicated Wine runtime. Use Aspect commands so local and CI Bazel configuration is applied consistently.

Primary Build

aspect hovel-check modules
aspect build //:modules_build
aspect build //modules/squatter:build

Focused Targets

aspect build //modules/squatter/provider:squatter-provider
aspect build //modules/squatter/provider:squatter-generate
aspect build //modules/squatter/windows:squatter_x86_exe
aspect build //modules/squatter/windows/src:squatter_all
aspect build //modules/squatter/client/cmd/squatterctl:squatterctl

Windows Payload

modules/squatter/windows/src:squatter.exe is the payload product. It links with -nostdlib, enters through _sq_nocrt_entry, and uses the repo-local MinGW toolchain rules in modules/squatter/bazel. The public provider package selects the i686 PE as squatter.exe.

Payload TLS and wolfSSL

TCP-bind payload TLS is implemented by a pinned wolfSSL 5.9.2 static dependency, not Schannel, Secur32, Crypt32, CNG, or the Windows certificate store. The repository profile enables TLS 1.3 and the algorithms required by Hovel's portable X.509 bundles while supplying Squatter's no-CRT heap, time, entropy, and socket boundaries.

The wolfSSL portion is compiled against the Windows NT 4.0 API surface for both i686 and x86_64. That keeps TLS from raising the payload's Windows API floor. The complete payload still advertises Windows 7 as its tested provider floor until older Windows releases join the automated compatibility matrix.

wolfSSL is dual-licensed under GPLv3 or a commercial license. The static dependency is marked restricted in the build graph; distributors must satisfy GPLv3 or obtain an appropriate commercial wolfSSL license.

Package Artifacts

Module release packaging first stages native launchers and the payload under modules/examples/bin, then writes package archives, indexes, install sets, and checksums under dist/modules.

aspect hovel-release modules
aspect hovel-release modules