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Show HN: Kliento, simpler machine authentication without API keys or JWTs(veraid.net)
1 points by gnarea 1y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: VeraId, a decentralised, user-friendly, offline authentication protocol(veraid.net)
2 points by gnarea 2y ago|0 comments
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by gnarea 2y ago
Haha, I love your name too! :D
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by gnarea 2y ago
Thanks! No ETA yet as the focus is on running small pilots so we can gather feedback before we gradually promote it more broadly.
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by gnarea 2y ago
Thanks for the kind words! Indeed, iOS is going to be a challenge for the reasons you mentioned. The fact that we won't be able to have a standalone app like Awala on Android[1], which serves local apps, means we won't be able to
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by gnarea 2y ago
Hello! I had to reply to your comment here because your reply was briefly flagged: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41697810
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by gnarea 2y ago
That's the goal indeed! What we have right now is version 1, but there's still a lot of room for improvement.
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by gnarea 2y ago
Thank you so much!
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by gnarea 2y ago
Haha, that's one of my long-term ~plans~ dreams. :) NASA and the rest of the space industry have done a fantastic job with the Bundle Protocol (BP) and other related tech[1], but I think they will need something like Awala running on t
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by gnarea 2y ago
I have! https://github.com/AwalaApp/specs/issues/44 However, at the sneakernet level, and at least today, I think the only region where it'd be useful would be North Korea, if this is ever used there. In
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by gnarea 2y ago
> These practical problems make the project less feasible: I agree! But... > 1. Making end applications implement your protocol (eg Facebook) makes it way harder to scale, simply because the enshittified big tech apps are unlikely to
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by gnarea 2y ago
Hey folks, I couldn't post a reply to a message from shubhamkrm because someone flagged it. Honestly, I don't see how the comment would've violated the HN guidelines. They disagreed with me, but did so respectfully. I suspect
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by gnarea 2y ago
Hello! Author of Awala here. Not sure about that. We're trying to solve very different problems. Scuttlebut and SSB-powered apps like Manyverse focus on social media and decentralisation, which is more about "broadcasting" an
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by gnarea 2y ago
> how would this work in jurastictions that are likely to jail you for transporting information across borders Great question! This is, by far, my biggest worry. Especially in North Korea if we ever launch there. This is actually going t
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by gnarea 2y ago
Hello! Author of Awala here. > They simplified the explanation a bit too much in some places and lost details in the process. Please let me know if there's anything else that we could improve, besides the questions raised to the com
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by gnarea 2y ago
Hiya! Author of Awala here. We're revamping the website right now so it's great to get this kind of feedback! I'll answer your questions in the meantime. You raise good questions. I originally tried to keep it simple and wrot
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by gnarea 2y ago
> This is more of an anti-censorship thing. Most useful in areas where somebody turns off the Internet for political reasons. Yup, that's exactly the only use case I'm targeting (I'm the author of Awala) > A really reli
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by gnarea 2y ago
When the Internet is available, that specific component in your quote (the Internet gateway), does _generally_ behave like a proxy. The interesting thing is what happens when the Internet is unavailable. Check this out: https://a
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by gnarea 2y ago
Author of Awala here! You have no idea how much my friends tease me with that! :)
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The DDoS Report: The complete guide to DDoS attacks for developers and operators(ddos.report)
2 points by gnarea 2y ago|1 comments
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by gnarea 2y ago
Hey folks, I'm leading a project that needs protection from DDoS attacks, but I found that everything that we developers and operators need to know to mitigate such attacks is scattered over marketing websites and technical reports, wh
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by gnarea 3y ago
Thank you so much for the feedback and the kind words! Based on my limited/high-level understanding of the SMSWB and TxtNet projects, your assessment sounds about right to me. Re: UX for Awala-compatible apps, I totally agree it's
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by gnarea 3y ago
This is pretty cool, but I wonder if you came across SMS Without Borders[1] and, if so, how your solution is different/better? On this note, just as an FYI, I'm leading the Awala project[2], which is a new computer network where c
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by gnarea 3y ago
> But I'm more interested in what happens for Mars missions when the round trip time is going to be measured in minutes. Same here. This is going to come across as a shameless plug, but implementing DTN tech is actually my full-time
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by gnarea 3y ago
> > Delay/Disruption Tolerant Networking > How interesting. (Surprised this didn't come up in IoT domain.) The term may not be commonly used there, but like everything in tech, people often try to solve the same problems
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by gnarea 6y ago
Hi Urza, (Apologies for the late reply. I'm new around here and I didn't remember that HN won't send me an email notifications for replies to my comments.) Before getting into Relaynet, let's consider how Internet apps w
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by gnarea 6y ago
> There is no plausible solution for multitude of reasons listed in other comments. > What I suggest, perhaps as last ditch effort, is look in the opposite direction: attacking the remaining Beltelecom and mobile layer2/3 connect
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by gnarea 6y ago
Hey Urza. There's a page and a corresponding video for each type of stakeholder: end users, service providers and couriers (who step in to restore connectivity with a secure sneakernet). Those are quite high-level on purpose. If you&#x
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by gnarea 6y ago
But Loon requires the authorisation of the local government.
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by gnarea 6y ago
Agreed 100%. That's precisely how Relaynet works (hence the name): https://relaynet.network/

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