Portknocking at LEDE. Avaliable?

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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Hello.
At openwrt I used knockd for port knocking. I've installed it from old BarrierBraker packages.
I've tried to do the same at LEDE 17.01.0, but got such error

root@OWRT:/tmp# opkg install /tmp/knockd_0.5-1_ar71xx.ipk
Unknown package 'knockd'.
Collected errors:
 * pkg_hash_fetch_best_installation_candidate: Packages for knockd found, but incompatible with the architectures configured
 * opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package knockd.

Is there any way to get working port knocking server at LEDE?
It is installed at tp-link TL-WR1043N v1.
Thank you.

P.S. Excuse me for poor english.

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Try fwknopd instead.
I've got it working ok on a wr842nv3 under lede 17.0.0
I am using luci-app-fwknopd.

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While I realize that the TL-WR1043ND v1 is a tad weak for it, I'd strongly suggest to use a real VPN solution (either OpenVPN, strongswan/ IPsec or wireguard) instead of portknocking.

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It is not convient to use vpn in some circumstances.
And fwknopd is not what I need at first look, because knockd could execute my script, unlike fwknopd which just opens port.

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As a solution for me - compiled knockd, took makefile from "attitude adjustment" openwrt and fresh sources.

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Ran into the same problem with needing knockd working on LEDE.

The 12.09 packages are getting way too old (0.5), so I created fresh package sources and prebuilts for knockd 0.7.
In case someone needs them, you can snatch them from:

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I'm sure even more people would be grateful if you sent a PR against openwrt packages.