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Cjdns – An encrypted IPv6 overlay network using public-key cryptography

story by udev4096 · 2025-06-23 · 0 comments

…back. I wish cjdns[0] had succeeded already but oh well, now I hope the Tailscale guys will! [0]: https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns/

comment by codethief · 2025-04-08 · in Tailscale has raised $160M

…with other nodes reachable over Ethernet (no IP needed), including WiFi (see the first paragraph of https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns/blob/master/doc/Whitepape... ). Unfortunately, its approach to routing turned out to not scale in…

comment by progval · 2024-11-16 · in Yggdrasil Network

…would unambiguously assign themselves addresses through some hash function. Was it this one -> https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns/ ? Anyway, I fully agree with you. Assigning meaningless (and therefore collision-prone and spoofable)…

comment by codethief · 2023-12-08 · in Choose your own IP

Also see, cjdns ( https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns ) (adding to the list of similar projects)

comment by gabeio · 2023-10-17 · in Qaul – Internet independent wireless mesh communication app

…perspective, there are far better solutions than tailscale. Have a look at full mesh VPNs like: https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns https://github.com/yggdrasil-network/yggdrasil-go https://github.com/gsliepen/tinc…

comment by 5e92cb50239222b · 2022-12-14 · in Golink: A private shortlink service for tailnets

…[1]: https://github.com/matrix-org/pinecone [2]: https://yggdrasil-network.github.io/ [3]: https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns/ [4]: https://www.pokt.network/ [5]: https://piped.kavin.rocks/watch?v=-xgRUAA_p5E

comment by 3np · 2022-07-13 · in Ask HN: What's exciting in networking?

…"donate" bandwidth to and make money off of it. There is one: https://pkt.cash/ from the maker of https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns And there is https://sia.tech/ (Network too but mostly about storage)

comment by nix23 · 2022-02-11 · in Ask HN: What should I do with my unused 1Gig internet?

Reminds me of cjdns https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns

comment by ki9 · 2022-01-09 · in Make the internet yours again with an instant mesh network

I was really excited for a moment, because I thought this was cjdns https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns .

comment by dmos62 · 2021-07-16 · in Remote code execution in cdnjs of Cloudflare

…using public-key cryptography for address allocation and a distributed hash table for routing. https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns

comment by Jiocus · 2021-06-29 · in Wiretrustee: WireGuard-Based Mesh Network

…the world by enabling anyone to become an ISP." [0] A key component of the PKT Network is cjdns ( https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns ). [0]: https://pkt.cash/PKT_Network_v1.0_2021.02.01.pdf

comment by noch · 2021-05-02 · in What is Chia cryptocurrency and why is it bad news for hard drives?

…or content sense? Not so sure. https://yggdrasil-network.github.io/ https://gnunet.org/en/ https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns/ https://beakerbrowser.com/ https://hypercore-protocol.org/

comment by MayeulC · 2020-11-17 · in Firefox 83 introduces HTTPS-Only Mode

Also by this author: https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns cjdns was one of the early adopters of NaCl https://nacl.cr.yp.to https://ianix.com/pub/curve25519-deployment.html

comment by 1vuio0pswjnm7 · 2020-08-30 · in So you want to roll your own crypto?

…but introduces new ones (or introduces different models that are not already widely deployed) - [0] https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns/ - [1] https://scuttlebutt.nz/

comment by capableweb · 2020-01-19 · in Why build this blog, or anything, on IPFS?

…for some time and is getting close, more detail at [3]. 0. https://yggdrasil-network.github.io/ 1. https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns 2. https://safenetwork.org/ 3. https://primer.safenetwork.org/

comment by fl0under · 2020-01-18 · in Ask HN: What OSS projects exist for a distributed internet?

…some bugs, though (like the horizon issue limiting the usability of convoluted or large networks: https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns/blob/master/doc/bugs/hori... ) but it's enough that people using the network don't really need to fix…

comment by wizzwizz4 · 2019-12-13 · in AT&T drops out of FCC speed-test program so it can hide bad results

…, some installation guides can be found at https://projectmeshnet.org/docs/ (which mostly links to https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns#how-to-install-cjdns ) and generic, somewhat complete documentation is https://docs.meshwith.me/ . cjdns…

comment by wizzwizz4 · 2019-12-13 · in AT&T drops out of FCC speed-test program so it can hide bad results

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Cjdns: End to End Encrypted Network

story by tomrod · 2019-12-01 · 0 comments

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Cjdns

story by xwvvvvwx · 2019-12-01 · 0 comments

…pushed to master in August, but they've been doing work since then on at least one other branch. https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns/tree/crashey Software should mature and when it does, development should slow down. I don't use cjdns…

comment by codetrotter · 2019-11-01 · in Lack of cdnjs activity

…6, which is very frustrating. I'd love to see HN crowd paying more attention to such projects. [1] https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns/

comment by ZoomZoomZoom · 2019-11-01 · in Lack of cdnjs activity

…And there are numerous groups doing that, e.g. https://yggdrasil-network.github.io/ and https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns .

comment by cure · 2019-06-13 · in The world in which IPv6 was a good design (2017)

…a little unnerving to me for code I'm trusting with my network security: All kinds of "oops" edits: https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns/commit/3abe50b8e744f72696... https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns/commit/feabb1970fbaecf65c...…

comment by drewp · 2019-03-09 · in Vita: simple and fast VPN gateway

…a few seconds for the routing tables to update if you change locations. https://hyperboria.net/ https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns/

comment by xj9 · 2019-01-11 · in Re-decentralizing the Web, for good this time

…hasn't been an issue, but you are better off if you know the destination's pubkey beforehand. [1]: https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns [2]: https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns/blob/master/doc/faq/doppl...

comment by xj9 · 2018-07-02 · in How a Hacker Proved Cops Used a Stingray to Find Him

Any idea how this compares to CJDNS? That sounds similar. https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns

comment by josephg · 2018-02-07 · in Tinc VPN: Secure Private Network Between Hosts

…of CJDNS. Maybe you heard of Freifunk[4] in Germany, with over 40k access points so far. [1] https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.A.T.M.A.N . [3] http://hyperboria.net/ [4]…

comment by mnzaki · 2018-01-12 · in Harvard Study Shows Why Big Telecom Is Terrified of Community-Run Broadband

…the future. Now if we can only figure out how to not get squashed down by the powers that be. [1] https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns [2] https://hyperboria.net/ [3] p2p social network https://scuttlebutt.nz

comment by mnzaki · 2018-01-12 · in Harvard Study Shows Why Big Telecom Is Terrified of Community-Run Broadband

…of the simple concept explained therein are probably not ideal (maybe even wrong). As for cjdns, https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns/blob/master/doc/notes/cry... From only a cursory review, I see cjdns as a network where one does not need a…

comment by feelin_googley · 2017-12-13 · in Extended Validation is Broken

…come to pass, I'd recommend trying out CJDNS and/or B.A.T.M.A.N and documenting your experiences: https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns/blob/master/README.md https://www.open-mesh.org/projects/open-mesh/wiki

comment by ZenoArrow · 2017-11-23 · in Ajit Pai and the FCC want it to be legal for Comcast to block BitTorrent

…of cjdns[1] being used to implement this idea. Dos anybody know how ZeroTier compares to it? [1] https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns

comment by sanqui · 2017-11-22 · in Net Neutrality will die, so let’s take the profit out of killing it

…DeLisle's NameServer ? Doesn't really make much sense but I don't see how bad a thing it is. [0]: https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns#2-find-a-friend [1]: https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns/blob/master/doc/configure...

comment by roblabla · 2017-10-29 · in Orchid: a new surveillance-free layer on top of the existing Internet

https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns/blob/master/doc/Whitepape...

comment by eleitl · 2017-10-29 · in Orchid: a new surveillance-free layer on top of the existing Internet

Check out cjdns for a less stupid, less blockchain BS take on fixing the internet. https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns

comment by ddevault · 2017-10-29 · in Orchid: a new surveillance-free layer on top of the existing Internet

…that require no centralized IP registrars. I hope this blows your mind as much as it blew mine: https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns

comment by kyledrake · 2017-09-29 · in RFC 8205 – BGPsec Protocol Specification

…puzzle, AFAICS, is a technology for cheaply deploying telecommunication backbone links. >1 https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns/blob/master/doc/Whitepape... >2 https://github.com/raiden-network/raiden/blob/master/README.... DISCLAIMER: I am…

comment by CryptoPunk · 2017-08-27 · in China's New Wave of Internet Censorship: Name Verification for Online Commenting

https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns

comment by thescriptkiddie · 2017-08-11 · in The world in which IPv6 was a good design

https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns/blob/master/doc/Whitepape...

comment by tomfitz · 2017-06-23 · in Mozilla and NSF offer $2M prize to decentralize the web

…will automagically become available on another network, once those networks are linked. cjdns: https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns

comment by tomfitz · 2017-06-23 · in Mozilla and NSF offer $2M prize to decentralize the web

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Cjdns – encrypted IPv6 mesh net over physical wires, wireless, or IP

story by Sir_Cmpwn · 2017-05-24 · 0 comments

…management = economies of scale in sysadminning, would still be valuable in a cjdns darknet.) See https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns , https://hyperboria.net/ , and https://www.reddit.com/r/darknetplan/

comment by geofft · 2017-04-09 · in MathJax CDN shutting down on April 30, 2017

…as a private, distributed VPN. It automatically assigns an unforgeable IPv6 address to each node: https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns

comment by wizeman · 2017-02-14 · in Meshbird – Distributed private networking

There is CJDNS ( https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns/blob/master/doc/Whitepape... ) which has distributed routing table and addressing based on public keys.

comment by zielmicha · 2017-02-06 · in The end of the level playing field

Are you thinking of cjdns? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cjdns https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns

comment by c22 · 2016-10-10 · in A decentralized web would give power back to the people online

…I try to route around ICANN with things like https://www.opennicproject.org/ and things like https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns

comment by zerognowl · 2016-10-02 · in Can you explain the ICANN transfer?

…world a better, and more accessible, space for all. We just need to put it to real world use. [0] - https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns

comment by gravypod · 2016-09-06 · in AT&T refuses to offer low-income discounts for sub-3Mbps Internet

https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns/blob/master/doc/faq/secur...

comment by tyrellj · 2016-08-10 · in Cjdns: a secure non-anonymous P2P network

…over any hardware interface you like. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unique_local_address [1] https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns/tree/master/tunnel [2] https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns/blob/master/doc/configure...

comment by thescriptkiddie · 2016-08-09 · in Cjdns: a secure non-anonymous P2P network

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Cjdns: a secure non-anonymous P2P network

story by crasm · 2016-08-09 · 34 comments