W1 (call/protocol/abort-cascade-wiring): wire AbortCascade into CallAdapter handle_stream for EVENT_ABORTED. Cascades with AbortPolicy::AbortDependents, aborts root, no descendant frames on wire (ADR-016 Decision 2). Two integration tests added. W2 (core/endpoint-client-fingerprint): extract TLS client cert fingerprint in dispatch_quinn (SHA256:<hex> of leaf cert DER via peer_identity) and dispatch_iroh (ed25519:<hex> of peer NodeId). Fingerprint format documented in auth.md. Server config change (with_no_client_auth → request-but-don't-require) deferred to new follow-up task core/endpoint-request-client-cert. W3 (vault/mnemonic-debug-redaction): replace Mnemonic derive(Debug) with manual redacting impl (phrase: "[REDACTED]"). Seed confirmed no Debug impl. Redaction test added. W4 (core/auth-apikey-resources): Option B — drop entry.resources from spec. External identities (token/fingerprint) grant scopes only; resource-scoped ACLs are composition-internal (ADR-015/022). auth.md corrected + limitation documented. Two tests confirm empty resources. review-post-impl-fixes: all 4 verified, workspace green (326 tests, 0 failures, 0 clippy warnings). Review #004 status → resolved. Graph: 34 tasks, 12 gens.
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 The previous implementation has been archived and a greenfield rebuild is in progress.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.