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