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ADR-083: AlknetEndpoint becomes a pure accept-loop runner with a public dispatch method. Transport construction moves out of the endpoint — the assembly layer reads StaticConfig, builds transports from TlsServerConfig(s), and hands pre-built quinn/iroh endpoints to the endpoint via with_quinn/with_iroh. TCP+TLS dispatch is first-class (same dispatch path as quinn/iroh); ADR-010 Amendment 1's duplicated-dispatch workaround is retired. StaticConfig stays in core as the assembly-layer config; the endpoint takes only drain_timeout. The acme-tls/1 guard moves from dispatch_quinn to the shared dispatch method — ACME TLS-ALPN-01 challenges arrive over TCP (CAs validate via TCP to port 443, not QUIC), so the guard's quinn-specific location was a latent bug once TCP+TLS exists. The guard is transport-agnostic; the rationale (no handler, silent close) is unchanged. ADR-027 §5 amended. OQ-60: where build_iroh_endpoint lives (assembly layer / alknet-tls helper / transport module). build_quinn_server_config_from_rustls is decided — it moves to alknet-tls as for_quinn() per ADR-082; only build_iroh_endpoint is genuinely undecided. OQ-61: multi-owner shutdown coordination. Boundary committed (endpoint owns dispatched handlers; assembly layer owns spawned accept loops); mechanism open. ADR-082 amended: drops the Arc<TlsServerConfig> endpoint signature (superseded by ADR-083); keeps its scope as the alknet-tls crate's TlsServerConfig + accessors. Review: zero critical issues, five warnings fixed (build_iroh_endpoint destination contradiction, undeclared shutdown_sender, missing ADR-027 amendment marker, underspecified dispatch no-match behavior, stale door-type timing clause).
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 The previous implementation has been archived and a greenfield rebuild is in progress.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.