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# Roadmap
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The following are rough outlines of upcoming work on the roadmap, roughly in the
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order they will be implemented.
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## Main quest
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These items are listed more or less in the order they need to be completed, as
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they generally depend on the items previous to them.
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### Cross Compilation
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Currently the only supported OS/CPU is Linux/amd64. This can be expanded
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_theoretically_ quite easily, using nix's cross compilation tools. First target
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should be OSX/arm64, but windows would also be quite the get.
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### Testing
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Once bootstrap is generalized, we'll be able to write some automated tests.
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## Side quests
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These items aren't necessarily required by the main quest, and aren't dependent
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on any other items being completed. They are nice-to-haves that we do want to
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eventually complete, but aren't the main focus.
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### DNS resolver settings
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The daemon should update the resolver settings of the host, so that it
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automatically serves DNS queries, unless set to not do so in `daemon.yml`.
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### Install sub-command
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It would be great to have a `cryptic-net install` sub-command which would
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auto-detect the installed operating system and install the daemon automatically.
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### Web server + interface
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One idea is to have every `cryptic-net daemon` run a webserver as one of its
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sub-processes. This server could serve multiple functions:
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2023-04-24 19:31:59 +00:00
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- [Gateway service](./dev/gateway.md).
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- Local interface for the `cryptic-net daemon` process. For example, status and
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connectivity information for the local host could be provided via a simple web
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interface, which the user can open in their browser. This saves us the effort
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of needing to develop UIs for individual OSs. This could also make remotely
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debugging hosts easier for admins.
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### Mobile app
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To start with a simple mobile app which provided connectivity to the network
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would be great. Such a mobile app could be based on the existing
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[mobile_nebula](https://github.com/DefinedNet/mobile_nebula). The main changes
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needed would be:
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2022-11-02 13:34:40 +00:00
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- Allow importing a `bootstrap.yml` file, rather than requiring manual setup by
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users.
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- Set device's DNS settings. There is an [open
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PR](https://github.com/DefinedNet/mobile_nebula/pull/18) for android to do
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this upstream.
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- Rebranding and possibly submitting to Apple app store (bleh).
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2022-07-04 22:35:16 +00:00
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### Don't run as root
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It's currently a pretty hard requirement for `cryptic-net daemon` to run as
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root. This is due to:
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- nebula's network interface root to be started.
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- dnsmasq listening on port 53, generally a protected port.
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If we can't figure out how to get these things running from the start as
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non-privileged users, we at least need to get cryptic-net to drop priveleges
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from root after initial startup.
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2021-04-20 21:31:37 +00:00
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### Plugins
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It would not be difficult to spec out a plugin system using nix commands.
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Existing components could be rigged to use this plugin system, and we could then
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use the system to add future components which might prove useful. Once the
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project is public such a system would be much appreciated I think, as it would
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let other groups rig their binaries with all sorts of new functionality.
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