Resolves the four gap-analysis decisions (DC-1..4) blocking the alknet-call client/adapter surface specced in ADR-017: - ADR-028 (new): locks the one-way door for DC-1 — CallClient registry is default-deny (remote_safe: bool on HandlerRegistration, default false across all provenance); share-global is an explicit trusted-peer opt-in; filtering is a dispatch-time read over the single Layer-0 registry, not a copy. - client-and-adapters.md (new spec): operationally fills the gap ADR-017 left to implementation — CallClient, from_call, from_jsonschema, OperationAdapter trait, adapter location map, no-env-vars invariant, exchange-of-operations pattern. Keeps call-protocol.md and operation-registry.md under the 700-line split threshold. - ADR-017 amended: records DC-2/3/4 v1 defaults (auto-on-reconnect, error-on-collision, Result error type) and points DC-1 at ADR-028. - OQ-25..28 (new): two-way-door remainders (remote_safe shape, AdapterError variants, re-import trigger, namespace collision) with v1 defaults recorded. - Index/cross-ref updates across READMEs and the two existing call specs. Tasks: 6 task files under tasks/call/ decomposing the completion work along the gap-analysis priority order — remote-safe-marking (one-way door, first) → call-client (phase-risk) → from-call → operation-adapter-trait → from-jsonschema (parallel with call-client) → review-completion. Graph validated with taskgraph; parallelism designed in (from-jsonschema runs concurrent with call-client/from-call once the trait lands).
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 The previous implementation has been archived and a greenfield rebuild is in progress.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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