glm-5.2
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Grounded in the actual error-producing call sites (endpoint.rs server side, call_client.rs client side) and the dependency-crate sources read from the cargo cache (rustls 0.23.41, rustls-pemfile 2.2.0, rcgen 0.13.2, quinn-proto 0.11.15, rustls-acme 0.12.1). Decision: single #[non_exhaustive] enum, one variant per failure category, owned by alknet-tls (not re-exported from core). Six variants: CertLoad(io::Error), SelfSigned(rcgen::Error), Rustls(rustls::Error), VerifierBuild(VerifierBuilderError), QuinnWrap(NoInitialCipherSuite) [quinn-gated], AcmeConfig(String). Three findings drove single-enum over thin wrapper: (1) for_quinn() fails with NoInitialCipherSuite, not rustls::Error — a rustls::Error wrapper cannot represent the for_quinn() failure; (2) rustls_pemfile::Error is not a std::error::Error (no Display, no Error impl) so #[from] would not compile — pemfile BufRead APIs return io::Error; (3) WebPkiServerVerifier::build() returns VerifierBuilderError, not rustls::Error — a thin wrapper cannot represent empty-CA-root-store as a first-class failure. Deliberately NOT variants: ACME EventError/OrderError (stream events, logged not returned from new); unknown-raw-key fail-closed (handshake- time rejection at dial time, not a config-construction error — corrects OQ-63's original framing); provider init (infallible); resolver construction (infallible).
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 The previous implementation has been archived and a greenfield rebuild is in progress.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.
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