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Just use the existing magic wormhole protocol. It works and has been deployed for a long time.
by ddtaylor 5mo ago
Just use the existing magic wormhole protocol. It works and has been deployed for a long time.
- ho_schi 5mo agoNo. It is using a central “well known server” and requires internet. Test: * Does it work in an airplane? * Does it work in a submarine? * Does it work in the mountains, when a thunderstorm is approach and you need to share the GPX? Basically my Garmin Edge and iPhone can do this. Magic-Wormhole fails in all test cases. Implementation shall be able to negoiate a connection locally (e.g. Bluetooth) and upgrade to peer-to-peer WiFi if need (Garmin doesn’t need that part, GPX are usually smaller than 1024 KB).
- ddtaylor 5mo agoModifications can be made to do that minimal peer exchange over BT. They may already exist, but I haven't used that part yet. It seems like a lot of extra work to reinvent the wheel and get the security wrong instead of extending a well established protocol with many other tools built on top of it.