glm-5.2
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Three tasks implementing ADR-027: 1. core/rawkey-decouple-from-iroh: TlsIdentity::RawKey now uses Ed25519SecretKey (alknet-core-owned wrapper over ed25519_dalek) instead of iroh::SecretKey. RawKeyCertResolver and Ed25519SigningKey un-gated from #[cfg(all(quinn, iroh))] to #[cfg(quinn)] only. Quinn-only builds (default) now support RFC 7250 raw-key identity. iroh transport converts via iroh::SecretKey::from_bytes. 2. core/endpoint-request-client-cert: replaced with_no_client_auth() with AcceptAnyCertVerifier — a custom ClientCertVerifier that requests client certs but doesn't require them or verify against a CA. alknet's identity model is fingerprint-based (the authorized_fingerprints set is the trust anchor), not PKI-based. Peer certs are extracted at the TLS layer for fingerprinting; peers without certs connect normally. 3. core/acme-integration: TlsIdentity::Acme variant (domains, cache_dir, directory, contact) + AcmeDirectory enum. TlsSetup two-phase construction: synchronous for X509/RawKey/SelfSigned, async for Acme (spawns AcmeState event loop, builds ServerConfig with ResolvesServerCertAcme). acme-tls/1 ALPN added when ACME is active; dispatch_quinn guard closes challenge connections gracefully (challenge is TLS-layer-handled). acme feature gate keeps rustls-acme out of non-ACME builds. Workspace: build/test/clippy green across all 3 feature configs (quinn-only, quinn+iroh, quinn+acme, all-features). 331 tests, 0 failures, 0 warnings.
Alknet
Status: Pre-alpha — This project is undergoing a major architectural pivot to an ALPN-as-service model. The previous implementation has been archived and a greenfield rebuild is in progress.
A self-hostable networking toolkit built on QUIC+TLS with ALPN-based protocol dispatch. Each protocol handler (SSH, SFTP, Git, HTTP, DNS, messaging, call protocol) registers an ALPN string on a shared endpoint. The ALPN negotiation during the TLS/QUIC handshake routes connections to the correct handler before any application bytes are read.
Core Insight
A service IS an ALPN. One endpoint, one port, many protocols — dispatched by the TLS handshake, not by application-level peeking or separate listeners.
Crates
| Crate | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|
alknet-vault |
stable | Local key vault: BIP39/SLIP-0010/AES-GCM key derivation and encryption |
alknet-core |
planned | ProtocolHandler trait, ALPN router, auth/identity, config |
alknet-ssh |
planned | SSH handler (russh), SOCKS5, port forwarding |
alknet-call |
planned | JSON-RPC call protocol (EventEnvelope framing) |
alknet-fs |
planned | Content-addressed file storage (iroh-blobs backend) |
alknet-sftp |
planned | SFTP handler (russh-sftp protocol core) |
alknet-git |
planned | Git smart protocol handler (gix) |
alknet-http |
planned | HTTP handler (axum, REST API, MCP) |
alknet-dns |
planned | DNS handler (hickory-proto, pkarr) |
alknet-msg |
planned | E2E encrypted messaging, mixnet support |
alknet |
planned | CLI binary (assembles and registers handlers) |
Documentation
- ALPN-as-service architecture — pivot proposal
- Cleanup plan — greenfield transition plan
- SDD process — spec-driven development process
- Research references — iroh, russh, russh-sftp deep dives
Reference implementation (previous architecture) is preserved at /workspace/@alkdev/alknet-main/.
License
Licensed under either of
- Apache License, Version 2.0 (LICENSE-APACHE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
- MIT license (LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
at your option.
Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in this work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.