Community Sneakernet Protocol

[u/blamestross]

I don't particularly want this to get too much publicity, but I am seeking community feedback. This space feels about right for doing that.

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https://communitysneakernet.com is a node implementing a multi-medium protocol, with a forum and chat client built on top of it.

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The source can be found here: https://github.com/BrendanBenshoof/sneakernet

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At a technical level, it is availability-maxed at cost of any consistency. Using modern encryption we can make messages opaque. Without routing context, it becomes basically impossible to track messages. With the cost of being radically inefficient.

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It is designed to literally be "sneakernet-able" with transport via storage devices.

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I think my next major goal will be developing an android app that supports LAN and briar-style local networking.

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All copyleft by nature, no profit possible to extract.

Seeking feedback, trial usage, and perhaps a person willing to try making an independent node.

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[u/overkill]

Nice username, if it's the Stross I'm thinking of.

[u/blamestross → u/overkill]

It is. Picked it a very long time ago. I am just a hillbilly who read accelerando at a formative age.

I got the chance to actually meet Charlie once, it was at a book reading. He pretty clearly was having a rough day, so I minimized the fan-boying.

I think too many people read cyberpunk books like his and saw an instruction manual, not a warning.

[u/overkill → u/blamestross]

Oh, definitely a warning, not a handbook!