glm-5.2
098fd8b9b9
Break down the three initial crates (alknet-vault, alknet-core, alknet-call) into dependency-ordered task files for implementation agents. Structure: - tasks/vault/ (10 tasks) — drift fixes from ADR-025/026 refactor, review, spec sync. Vault is independent and can run fully in parallel with core/call. - tasks/core/ (6 tasks) — crate init, core types, config, auth, endpoint, review. Core is foundational; call depends on it. - tasks/call/ (12 tasks) — split into registry/ and protocol/ topic subdirs reflecting the two subsystems. CallAdapter is the merge point. Key decisions: - Drifts 3+9+10 grouped as one task (key-versioning-rotation) — the complete ADR-021 rotation feature that doesn't compile in pieces - Reviews injected at end of each crate phase (vault, core, call) - Vault spec-sync task removes the drift table and bumps doc status to stable - ACME deferred in core/endpoint (noted as TODO; X509 manual certs for now) - OperationEnv kept as a trait (load-bearing for ADR-024 layering) Validated: 28 tasks, no cycles, 11 generations of parallel work. Critical path runs through call (11 tasks). Vault completes by generation 4. 6 high-risk tasks identified (21%): irpc-removal, endpoint, operation-context, operation-env, call-adapter, abort-cascade.
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 The previous implementation has been archived and a greenfield rebuild is in progress.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)
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