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Re:Mycoria is an open and secure overlay network that connec... by dhaavi on Thursday May 08, 2025 @03:19AM (#43923902)
Geographical: No enforcement, but if you choose the wrong country, packets will have issues reaching you, because routing is "bucketed" into layers of regions. Routers only hold the bext x routes to each bucket.

Transport is custom in order to support source routing, but I use the WireGuard library for setting up the interface and such.

(I have experience with cryptography in network protocols from Safing/SPN - the cryptography of which was audited without fault. Also, I am _very_ cautious and keep to standards as close as possible.)

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Re:Mycoria is an open and secure overlay network that connec... by evbogue on Thursday May 08, 2025 @12:02PM (#43927504)
Maybe there's a way to offset this risk by testing the speed of connections?

How does peer discovery work? Where do the region buckets live?

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Re:Mycoria is an open and secure overlay network that connec... by dhaavi on Monday May 12, 2025 @03:32AM (#43960480)
Latency is considered in routing.

Every router announces itself on the network. Routers can optionally publish their IANA IP addresses.

Buckets live on the routers themselves.

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Re:Mycoria is an open and secure overlay network that connec... by irq-1 on Thursday May 08, 2025 @02:21PM (#43929481)
Cities with significant internet POPs would be better than countries. 1. You control the list of locations (so Singapore not Brunei.) 2. People can easily choose from a list of cities. 3. Latency tests could make it a non-issue. 4. Local connections in semi-isolated areas (think antarctic or islands in the south pacific) can be identified by people with a config.
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Re:Mycoria is an open and secure overlay network that connec... by dhaavi on Monday May 12, 2025 @03:31AM (#43960475)
Interesting idea - thanks! Will think about this more.
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