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docs: refresh tutorials, how-to, design, reference, and examples for v0.4.0
Pre-cut documentation pass for the 0.4.0 release, verified against current source. Corrections: - fipsctl: stale 'show identities'/'show node' -> 'show status' (host-a-service, run-as-unprivileged-user) - mesh address derivation: first 16 bytes of SHA-256(pubkey) with the leading byte set to 0xfd, not a fixed fd97: prefix (reach-mesh-services, ipv6-adapter-walkthrough) - gateway control socket mode 0660 -> 0770 (troubleshoot-gateway) - Tor example: add advertised_port: 8443 so the published port matches the prose (enable-nostr-discovery) - bloom mesh-size estimate rewritten to the OR-union-of-peer-filters algorithm; plus mtu deep-link, gateway pool wording, and a NAT failure-mode line - examples: delete orphaned nostr-rs-relay config, accept inbound to the local 8443 TCP listener, fix fd::/8 -> fd00::/8 typos, dotless wireguard alias Additions: - new Nym mixnet transport section (fips-transport-layer) and the architecture transport list - new LAN/mDNS discovery section (fips-nostr-discovery) - reference docs: Nym transport, LAN discovery, and new control/stats surfaces; drop ble from the connect transport list |
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0fcf0f6f8f |
gateway: change dns.listen default to [::1]:5353
The gateway is designed for systems already serving DHCP and DNS to a LAN segment (canonically an OpenWrt AP). On those systems port 53 is already taken by the existing resolver, so the prior `[::]:53` default conflicted with the gateway's intended deployment target out of the box. The OpenWrt ipk previously overrode this in its packaged config as a workaround; matching the source default to what the canonical deployment actually wants makes the override redundant and removes a foot-gun for fresh manual Linux-host installs. The redundant `dns.listen` line in `packaging/openwrt-ipk/files/etc/fips/fips.yaml` is dropped along with this change. Operators on a host without a pre-existing resolver on port 53 can opt back into the wildcard bind by setting `dns.listen: "[::]:53"` explicitly. The new default binds IPv6 loopback only — Linux IPv6 sockets bound to explicit `::1` do not accept v4-mapped traffic, so forwarders that reach the gateway over IPv4 loopback need to be pointed at an explicit IPv4 listen address instead. Touches the gateway config struct and its default-value test, the commented-out gateway example in the Debian common fips.yaml, the OpenWrt ipk config (override removed), the gateway reference / how-to / design / tutorial / troubleshoot docs, and a CHANGELOG entry under [Unreleased] -> Changed. |
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5abf9a9325 |
docs: four-section /docs/ restructure with new-user content, accuracy pass, and gateway feature-set rewrite
Restructures /docs/ by reader purpose (tutorials, how-to, reference, design), adds the new-user-progression and operator-recipe content the prior layout lacked, runs an accuracy pass against current source across the pre-existing design docs, and rewrites the gateway feature-set documentation end-to-end around its actual operational profile (a niche feature designed for systems already serving DHCP/DNS to a LAN, with two independent halves — outbound LAN→mesh, inbound mesh→LAN — sharing one nftables table, one binary, and one control socket). Top-level README and getting-started rewritten around two equally-weighted deployment modes (overlay on existing IP networks; ground-up over non-IP transports). ## Additions - 11 new tutorials in docs/tutorials/: an 8-step new-user progression from single-daemon test-mesh peering through to a ground-up two-device mesh, an IPv6-adapter side-trip walkthrough, an Advanced Tutorials index, and a hand-held OpenWrt walk-through for fips-gateway deployment that exercises both halves of the feature. - 12 new how-tos in docs/how-to/: firewall activation, Nostr discovery (resolve / advertise / open across five scenarios), Tor onion (directory + control_port modes), UDP buffer tuning, unprivileged-user setup, persistent identity, host aliases, Bluetooth LE peering, MTU diagnostics, manual Linux-host gateway deployment (covers both halves), gateway troubleshooting (organised by half), and a section index. - 9 new reference docs in docs/reference/: configuration, wire formats, control-socket protocol, four CLI references (fips, fipsctl, fipstop, fips-gateway), security posture matrix, and Nostr events catalog. Configuration and wire-formats are renamed-and-extended from prior design/ versions; the other seven are net-new. - 6 new design docs: fips-concepts, fips-architecture, and fips-prior-work split out of the deleted fips-intro.md; consolidated fips-mmp and fips-mtu aggregations; and a new generic port-advertisement-and-nat-traversal doc (Nostr-signaled port advertisement plus UDP NAT-traversal protocol, FIPS as an example implementation, suitable for eventual NIP submission). - Top-level docs/getting-started.md walking through the binary-installer-only Install story. - packaging/common/hosts pre-populated with the eight public test-mesh nodes so shortnames resolve out of the box on every fresh install. ## Changes - 23 wire-format diagrams relocated to reference/diagrams/ alongside the wire-formats move. - 4 design diagrams corrected against source code (fips-protocol-stack, fips-identity-derivation, fips-coordinate-discovery, fips-routing-decision). - 10 pre-existing design docs reconciled with current source. Numeric corrections: stale link-MMP report bounds (now [1s, 5s] with 200 ms cold-start floor); UDP default MTU (now 1280, IPv6 minimum); node_addr formula (SHA-256(pubkey)[..16]); Noise patterns (IK at link, XK at session); peer-ACL semantics (strict allowlist requires ALL in peers.deny); daemon DNS upstream ([::1]:5354); on-the-wire bloom-filter size (1,071 bytes); obsolete Cargo-feature references (PR #79 dropped them) removed. - Transport framing tightened across the docs: TCP is for UDP-filtered networks (not NAT traversal); Tor is a deployment mode (not failover); WebSocket dropped (not a shipped FIPS transport); WiFi promoted to Implemented via Ethernet in infrastructure mode; classic-Bluetooth row removed (BLE is the only Bluetooth-mode transport). - docs/design/fips-gateway.md rewritten end-to-end to lead with the niche-feature framing and the two-halves structure. Title moved from "FIPS Outbound LAN Gateway" to "FIPS Gateway"; architecture section describes the common machinery (the fips-gateway service, the nftables table, the control socket) before splitting into separate "Outbound Half" and "Inbound Half" sections of equal weight; security considerations split per-half; no Future Work section (speculative directions live in the project tracker, not in protocol design docs). Inbound port forwarding is a first-class half rather than a buried "Implemented Extensions" subsection. - Gateway terminology unified across all gateway docs as a separate Linux service running alongside the fips daemon (its own systemd unit / OpenWrt init script). Container- pattern terms (sidecar) are reserved for the Docker/Kubernetes sidecar deployment examples — the testing/sidecar/ tree, examples/k8s-sidecar/, examples/sidecar-nostr-relay/, examples/wireguard-sidecar-macos/, and the related CHANGELOG / top-level README entries — where the term carries its standard container meaning. - Net-new design body content: rekey section in fips-mesh-layer (Noise IK msg1/msg2 over the established link, K-bit cutover, drain window, smaller-NodeAddr-wins tie-breaker on dual-init); Mesh Size Estimation and Antipoison FPR Cap sections in fips-bloom-filters; Mesh-Interface Query Filter subsection in fips-ipv6-adapter; failure-suppression knobs and clock- skew tolerance in fips-nostr-discovery; loop-rejection and mid-chain ancestor swap added to spanning-tree propagation / stability rules; Priority Chain in fips-mesh-operation renumbered to match the routing-decision diagram. - Top-level README: dropped the stale nostr-discovery cargo-feature parenthetical. docs/README.md and the four section READMEs (tutorials, how-to, reference, design) refreshed for the new structure; index rows reflect both halves of the gateway feature and the new fips-gateway CLI reference. - Cargo.toml [package.metadata.deb] assets path updated for the fips-security.md move; .gitignore /reference/ rule anchored to repo root so docs/reference/ is trackable. - packaging/openwrt-ipk/files/etc/fips/fips.yaml configuration-doc URL updated to the new docs/reference/configuration.md location. ## Deletions - docs/design/fips-intro.md (split into the three new intro design docs). - docs/design/document-relationships.svg (orphan, no longer referenced). - docs/proposals/ tree removed; the only proposal it contained (the Nostr UDP hole-punch protocol) was rewritten as the new generic design/port-advertisement-and-nat-traversal.md. |
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Implement outbound LAN gateway
Add fips-gateway binary: a separate daemon that allows unmodified LAN hosts to reach FIPS mesh destinations via DNS-allocated virtual IPs and kernel nftables NAT. Gateway DNS resolver: forwarding proxy on [::]:53 that intercepts .fips queries, forwards to daemon resolver (localhost:5354), allocates virtual IPs from pool, returns AAAA records. Always sends AAAA upstream regardless of client query type, returns proper NODATA for non-AAAA. Virtual IP pool: fd01::/112 pool with state machine lifecycle (Allocated → Active → Draining → Free), TTL-based reclamation, conntrack integration for session tracking. NAT manager: nftables DNAT/SNAT rules via rustables netlink API, per-mapping rule lifecycle, fips0 masquerade for LAN client source address rewriting. Network setup: local pool route, proxy NDP for virtual IPs on LAN interface, IPv6 forwarding validation. Control socket at /run/fips/gateway.sock with show_gateway and show_mappings queries. fipstop Gateway tab with pool summary gauge and mappings table. Gateway config section in fips.yaml with pool CIDR, LAN interface, DNS upstream, TTL, and grace period settings. Design doc at docs/design/fips-gateway.md. Integration test (testing/static/scripts/gateway-test.sh): three containers verifying DNS resolution, end-to-end HTTP, NAT state, TTL expiration, SERVFAIL fallback, and clean shutdown. |