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Option 2 (force relay-only via clear_ip_transports + addr_filter(relay_only) + proxy_url) validated end-to-end: a relay-only proxied iroh client connects through an HTTP CONNECT proxy to a local relay; selected path is relay, no direct IP path established, 45-byte echo completes (5/5 runs clean). Option 1 (SOCKS5 UDP ASSOCIATE over iroh's direct path, the quinn-PoC analogue) is not feasible without forking iroh: iroh exposes no socket-injection hook for the IP/direct transport (noq_endpoint is pub(crate), IpTransport binds its own netwatch::UdpSocket), and the only public injection surface (unstable-custom-transports CustomTransport) operates on a separate CustomAddr address space that iroh's hole-punching does not route through. Correction to OQ-67 premises: iroh's proxy_url covers the relay WebSocket (HTTP CONNECT) only, not pkarr/DoH. Recommendation: Option 2 as default, Option 1 deferred unless a direct-path-privacy use case justifies a fork. PoC at /workspace/iroh-proxy-poc.
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 The previous implementation has been archived and a greenfield rebuild is in progress.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.