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An encrypted IPv6 network using public-key cryptography for address allocation and a distributed hash table for routing.

85 mentions on Hacker News by 74 people: 12 stories, 73 comments · first 2011-04-10 · latest 2025-06-23

Mentions per year 85 mentions · busiest year 2017 (15)
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  1. …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
  2. …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
  3. …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
  4. Also see, cjdns ( https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns ) (adding to the list of similar projects)
  5. …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
  6. …[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
  7. …"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)
  8. Reminds me of cjdns https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns
  9. I was really excited for a moment, because I thought this was cjdns https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns .
  10. …using public-key cryptography for address allocation and a distributed hash table for routing. https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns
  11. …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
  12. …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
  13. 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?
  14. …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?
  15. …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/
  16. …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…
  17. …, 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…
  18. …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
  19. …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
  20. …And there are numerous groups doing that, e.g. https://yggdrasil-network.github.io/ and https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns .
  21. …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
  22. …a few seconds for the routing tables to update if you change locations. https://hyperboria.net/ https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns/
  23. …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...
  24. Any idea how this compares to CJDNS? That sounds similar. https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns
  25. …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]…
  26. …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
  27. …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
  28. …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
  29. …of cjdns[1] being used to implement this idea. Dos anybody know how ZeroTier compares to it? [1] https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns
  30. …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...
  31. https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns/blob/master/doc/Whitepape...
  32. Check out cjdns for a less stupid, less blockchain BS take on fixing the internet. https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns
  33. …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
  34. …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…
  35. https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns
    comment by thescriptkiddie · 2017-08-11 · in The world in which IPv6 was a good design
  36. https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns/blob/master/doc/Whitepape...
  37. …will automagically become available on another network, once those networks are linked. cjdns: https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns
  38. …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/
  39. …as a private, distributed VPN. It automatically assigns an unforgeable IPv6 address to each node: https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns
  40. 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
  41. Are you thinking of cjdns? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cjdns https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns
  42. …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?
  43. …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
  44. https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns/blob/master/doc/faq/secur...
    comment by tyrellj · 2016-08-10 · in Cjdns: a secure non-anonymous P2P network
  45. …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
  46. It's worth noting that the author is the creator of cjdns: https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns It's a routing protocol (like IP) for mesh networks.
    comment by crasm · 2016-07-10 · in I have nothing to hide
  47. Related: * Namecoin https://namecoin.info/ * cjdns https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns
    comment by _9vpl · 2016-05-01 · in P2P DNS
  48. > project out there to redo the IP system in a decentralized fashion https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns
  49. …have to run the namecoin resolver on your local machine though. [1]: https://namecoin.info/ [2]: https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns
  50. …on the conceptual level. I'm really excited about Snow and CJDNS. ( https://github.com/zrm/snow , https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns )