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The TLS setup in alknet-core is welded to quinn: build_rustls_server_config produces a rustls::ServerConfig, then build_quinn_server_config_from_rustls consumes it into quinn::ServerConfig — the rustls config is moved, not shareable. ACME is worse: the AcmeState task is spawned inside the quinn endpoint, so a TCP+TLS listener would need a second ACME state machine (two orders for the same domain, two cert caches, Let's Encrypt rate-limit risk). alknet-tls extracts the TLS setup into a shareable TlsServerConfig: - TlsServerConfig::new(identity, alpns) builds the rustls::ServerConfig once (including the ACME state machine if ACME) - for_quinn() clones it for quinn (QuicServerConfig::try_from) - for_tcp_tls() clones it for tokio-rustls (TlsAcceptor::from) - rustls_config() borrows it for any other consumer - One cert, one ACME state machine, N transports TlsIdentity and Ed25519SecretKey stay in core (config types). fingerprint.rs stays in core (shared by server endpoint + client FingerprintPinVerifier in alknet-call — OQ-59 tracks whether it should move; likely stays because moving would force alknet-call to depend on alknet-tls, pulling TLS infra into client-only deployments). iroh shares the key, not the rustls config — iroh has its own TLS built into the Endpoint (takes iroh::SecretKey, not rustls::ServerConfig). alknet-tls has no for_iroh() method; the assembly layer passes Ed25519SecretKey to iroh directly. Feature gates: quinn / tcp / acme as independent opt-ins. rustls always present. tokio-rustls only when tcp. quinn only when quinn. rustls-acme only when acme. Files: - crates/tls/README.md: crate spec (TlsServerConfig API, what moves/ stays, feature gates, deps, behavior-preservation invariants) - decisions/082-alknet-tls-extraction.md: the ADR (Proposed) - questions/059-fingerprint-module-location.md: OQ-59 (should fingerprint.rs stay in core or move to alknet-tls? open, two-way, likely stays) - open-questions.md: OQ-59 added to alknet-core table - README.md: tls doc table row + ADR-082 row added Review (architecture-reviewer): 3 critical (missing build_quinn_server_config_from_rustls in README table, missing futures dep, two TlsServerConfig code blocks disagreed on feature gates), 7 warnings (behavior-preservation invariants: max_early_data_size, aws_lc_rs provider, verifier scheme list, acme-tls/1 ALPN; rustls-pki-types dep; fingerprint.rs rustls-usage imprecision; ADR missing acme-tls/1), 4 suggestions. All criticals and warnings addressed.
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.