[guardian-dev] Connecting to nearby peers without user interaction

[Paul Gardner-Stephen]

Hello all,

Just a heads up that we have finally been able to start working on merging
the GilgaMesh functionality into Serval.  This should within a month or two
result in the ability to send and receive encrypted, authenticated MeshMS
messages between nearby handsets using the Bluetooth name hack. More news
as we make progress.

Paul.

On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 6:07 AM, Michael Rogers <michael at briarproject.org>
wrote:

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> On 13/02/15 16:33, Nathan of Guardian wrote:
> >> In both cases, the Bluetooth MAC address is published in a DNS
> >> TXT record via Wi-Fi Direct service discovery. Reverse
> >> engineering the rest of the FireChat protocol is left as an
> >> exercise for the reader. ;-)
> >
> > I had a change to speak with the Rangzen team recently
> > (denovogroup.org/main/rangzen-project/) and they are doing the
> > exact same thing.
>
> Cool! Maybe we should put together some docs on how to do this.
>
> > Would it make sense to publish more than the Bluetooth MAC in
> > there? What about public keys, onions or other decentralized
> > identity and routing information?
>
> I think it depends on the use case. If you want to reconnect to the
> same peers via Tor when they're no longer in range, maybe it makes
> sense to publish an onion address here. If you want to build a trust
> system where you prefer to connect to recognised/reputable peers,
> maybe it makes sense to publish identity information here. But my
> instinct is KISS - publish only the information needed for making a
> connection, then handle all the other stuff after you connect.
>
> Cheers,
> Michael
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