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> Spork is all about creating forward and reverse proxies between traditional sockets and p2p sockets. > Sockets are identified by a public key and connect usi
by KennyBlanken 5y ago
> Spork is all about creating forward and reverse proxies between traditional sockets and p2p sockets.
> Sockets are identified by a public key and connect using a Distributed Hash Table (DHT). Connections are end-to-end encrypted using the NOISE framework.
Okay, sounds like pretty neat. Is anyone aware of whether Spork is undergoing any sort of formal review?
NOISE appears to be popular and well-reviewed, but Spork uses noise-peer, a two-contributor project. Spork itself is one-contributor.
So...neat sounding, but I'm not using it for anything remotely sensitive until it sees more eyeballs. Hopefully a bunch of HNers can help with that.
- dandanua 5y ago> Spork is a part of the Atek Cloud mission to self-host our lives. We're channeling the deep magics of the Hypercore Protocol. Atek and Spork were built by the same people behind Beaker Browser The guys behind Hypercore Protocol and Beaker Browser are building a lot of interesting p2p tools. I suggest starting here [1] if you want to understand their stack deeper. [1] https://hypercore-protocol.org/ https://hypercore-protocol.org/
- KennyBlanken 5y agoMy understanding of the stack is irrelevant - there's no way in hell I will ever be qualified to evaluate it. I want to see respected, trusted members of the cryptography community say at least that noise-peer implements NOISE in a secure, proper manner and that spork doesn't weaken or improperly use NOISE. With just two people working on noise-peer and one person working on spork, I don't trust it further than I can throw it. Very cool stuff though. Wish the project well and will be excited to see where it goes.