glm-5.2 8611935f1a feat(core): implement core types (ProtocolHandler, Connection, Capabilities)
Implements the foundational types in alknet-core/src/types.rs per the
core-types architecture (ADRs 002, 007, 014, 022):

- ProtocolHandler trait (alpn + async handle) with HandlerError
- Connection wrapping quinn/iroh via internal enum dispatch (feature-gated);
  write-once identity via OnceLock, IdentityAlreadySet on second set
- SendStream/RecvStream concrete wrappers implementing AsyncWrite/AsyncRead
- BiStream convenience trait
- StreamError with canonical From<StreamError> for HandlerError
- Capabilities: non-serializable, Zeroize + ZeroizeOnDrop, immutable builder
  API (new/with_api_key/with_http_token/get) backed by a Secret<String> wrapper
- Minimal Identity and AuthContext in auth.rs as the foundation the auth task
  extends

13 unit tests cover Capabilities (build/get/clone/zeroize/redaction) and
Connection::set_identity (once succeeds, twice errors). Verified across
feature combos (default, no-default, iroh-only): build, clippy -D warnings,
test, fmt --check all clean.

(task: core/core-types)
2026-06-23 13:49:12 +00:00

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 The previous implementation has been archived and a greenfield rebuild is in progress.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

Reference implementation (previous architecture) is preserved at /workspace/@alkdev/alknet-main/.

License

Licensed under either of

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.

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