README.md

Hyper-Yggdrasil

Allow two Yggdrasil nodes to connect via hyperdht.

• Yggdrasil is a research project trying to find a scalable and egalitarian network routing scheme.
• Hyper-Yggdrasil tries to add hole punching to the mix by connecting nodes via Hyperswarm DHT.

This proof of concept works the following way:

01 | Yggdrasil instance no. 1
02 |   🡲 tcp://localhost-1
03 |     🡲 NodeJS: `net` ⇿ `hyperdht`
04 |       🡲 INTERNET
05 |         🡰 NodeJS: `hyperdht` ⇿ `net`
06 |           🡰 tcp://localhost-2
07 |             🡰 Yggdrasil instance no. 2

Screencast

It shows:

1. Two NodeJS scripts are connected via HyperDHT. They also open a local TCP ports.
2. Yggdrasil is started connected to the local HyperDHT server/client via TCP.
3. IPv6 pings are sent via Yggdrasil.
4. Encrypted traffic is observed, pings succeed.

Related

• Yggdrasil Network main page: https://yggdrasil-network.github.io/
• Yggdrasil Matrix channel: https://matrix.to/#/#yggdrasil:matrix.org
• A ChromeOS/Linux setup convenience script: https://github.com/perguth/yggdrasil-chromeos
• A public node to play around with: https://ygg.thingylabs.io/
• The two main clients:
  • Yggstack (netstack client): https://github.com/yggdrasil-network/yggstack
  • Yggdrasil (server daemon): https://github.com/yggdrasil-network/yggdrasil-go
  • Yggdrasil-JS (wip): https://github.com/Saiv46/yggdrasil-js
• Public peer list: https://github.com/yggdrasil-network/public-peers

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👋 Idea kicked off at Hackergarten Stuttgart (#Hackergarten).