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Author SHA1 Message Date
Johnathan Corgan
bda327b5f5 Raise the bloom antipoison FPR cap default to 0.20
The inbound FilterAnnounce cap at 0.10 rejects aggregates that are
legitimately near their operating ceiling, before the network reaches
the fixed-filter capacity limit. Raise the default to 0.20, which
corresponds to fill 0.7248 at k=5, about 2,114 entries on the 1 KB
filter (Swamidass-Baldi).

Also remove the duplicate default definitions in BloomConfig. Each
default was written twice, once in impl Default and once in the serde
default function, with nothing enforcing that they agree, so a config
file that omits the key took a different path from one that sets it.
impl Default now delegates to the serde default functions, leaving a
single source of truth.
2026-07-19 17:18:49 +00:00
Johnathan Corgan
d3cf1d6f25 Land v0.4.0 pre-release source content: docs, changelog, packaging
Bring the source tree to its finished v0.4.0 content state ahead of the
release candidate. Documentation, changelog, release notes, and
packaging metadata only; no code or version-string changes.

CHANGELOG.md: backfill the operator-visible changes that landed since
v0.3.0 (the show_metrics scraper query and fipsctl stats metrics, the
discovery dedup-cache-full counter, the off-rx_loop control read
surface and its new daemon-resolved fields, the fipstop TUI overhaul,
the TCP inbound cap now honoring max_connections, host-map hot-reload,
log-noise demotions, and the net bug fixes), topic-grouped rather than
replayed per commit; intra-cycle fixes folded into their feature
entries; the duplicate Unreleased Fixed section merged into one.

Release notes: author docs/releases/release-notes-v0.4.0.md to the
operator-upgrade bar and mirror it byte-for-byte into the root
RELEASE-NOTES.md. Attribute each feature to its author in Contributors
(Nym transport and the mixnet demo to @oleksky, opt-in mDNS LAN
discovery to @mmalmi).

README.md: add the Nym transport to the support matrix (Linux, macOS,
Windows; OpenWrt pending verification), the multi-transport bullet, and
the "What works today" list; fold mDNS LAN discovery into the existing
Nostr-discovery bullets; refresh the status narrative to v0.4.0 over a
global, public test mesh.

packaging/common/fips.yaml: add commented Nym transport and mDNS LAN
discovery example stanzas with verified field names and defaults.

Cargo.toml: add homepage, keywords, and categories crate metadata.

docs/reference: update the cli-fips version example to the released
form; document the new control-socket output fields and the typed
RejectReason families in control-socket.md; sync cli-fipstop.md with the
overhauled TUI keybindings.
2026-06-14 17:23:44 +00:00
Johnathan Corgan
507086e39d 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
2026-06-14 15:14:05 +00:00
Johnathan Corgan
f3eb5bf4c2 bloom: raise max_inbound_fpr antipoison cap from 0.05 to 0.10
The inbound FilterAnnounce FPR cap rejects filters whose false-positive
rate (fill^k) exceeds the configured maximum. On the fixed 1 KB / k=5
filter, 0.05 corresponds to fill 0.549 (~1,300 reachable entries), and
the busiest nodes' aggregates were beginning to hit that ceiling as the
mesh grew. Raise the default to 0.10 (fill 0.631, ~1,630 entries) to
restore headroom toward the fixed-filter capacity limit. A saturated or
poisoned filter is ~100% FPR and remains rejected, so the antipoison
gate is not materially weakened.

Updates the config default, the config-reference and bloom-filter
design docs, and the changelog.
2026-06-09 11:32:58 +00:00
Johnathan Corgan
77fdd52fe0 docs: reviewer feedback pass on Nostr-discovery surface
Walk through reviewer feedback on the Nostr-discovery docs and
land 18 items.

Bulk patterns:

- `external_addr` / `public: true` semantics consistently
  misdescribed. The advert path is gated on `cfg.is_public()`;
  inside that branch the daemon picks an address by precedence
  (`external_addr`, non-wildcard `bind_addr`, STUN). The docs
  treated `public: true` and `external_addr` as alternatives when
  they are stacked: `public: true` is the master switch and
  `external_addr` populates the address inside it. Reconciled
  across `enable-nostr-discovery.md` and `advertise-your-node.md`:
  add `public: true` to the `external_addr` examples; replace
  "STUN as a logging cross-check" with "STUN is skipped entirely";
  fix "neither flag is needed" for direct public bind (both flags
  still required); make the publish-tutorial Step 3 conditional
  on the chosen Step 2 path (STUN runs only on the `public: true`
  path); rewrite the troubleshooting "wrong public IP advertised"
  bullet with two coherent fixes.

- `udp:nat` overpromised as a symmetric-NAT solution. Symmetric
  NAT on either side typically defeats the punch. Reframe
  `udp:nat` as best-effort hole-punching for nodes without a
  directly reachable UDP endpoint in the how-to, the publish
  tutorial (intro, callout, section heading rewrite from "If
  you're behind symmetric NAT" to "If your direct UDP advert
  isn't reachable"), the consume tutorial's "What's next"
  pointer, and `tutorials/README.md`. Promote reachability over
  named NAT classes: STUN can confirm the public IP but not that
  the listener-port mapping is open.

- YAML "silently ignores unknown keys" is wrong. Config parser
  rejects unknown fields via `serde(deny_unknown_fields)` on the
  per-section structs; misspelled fields refuse the daemon's
  start with a parse-error line in the journal. Fixed in the
  publish tutorial's troubleshooting and the open-discovery
  tutorial's `policy` typo bullet.

Mechanical fixes:

- Repoint stale anchors. `getting-started.md` and
  `configuration.md` linked to `#installation` / `#inspect` on
  the README; the README has no such headings. Repoint to
  `#quick-start` and `cli-fipsctl.md`. Two stale anchors in the
  publish tutorial pointing at non-existent sub-scenarios in the
  how-to (`#sub-scenario-2c-...`,
  `#sub-scenario-2b-tor-onion-node`) repointed to the correct
  anchors.

- Drop the `fipsctl show status` claim from the open-discovery
  troubleshooting bullet (`show_status` doesn't include
  `discovery.nostr.policy`). Replace with daemon startup logs.

- Fix the `advertise: false` parenthetical in the consume-only
  tutorial (`default_advertise()` returns `true`; we set `false`
  explicitly for the consume-only path).

- Drop the "supplies a relay list" overstatement in two
  activation paragraphs (the how-to and the design doc). Default
  relay / STUN-server lists ship in the config; both are
  optional overrides.

- Add the missing `transports.udp.public` entry to the
  open-discovery tutorial's prerequisites checklist. Tutorial
  users coming out of advertise-your-node could be on either the
  direct-UDP (`public: true`) or `udp:nat` (`public: false`)
  path; list both.

Files: docs/getting-started.md, docs/reference/configuration.md,
docs/how-to/enable-nostr-discovery.md, docs/tutorials/README.md,
docs/tutorials/advertise-your-node.md,
docs/tutorials/resolve-peers-via-nostr.md,
docs/tutorials/open-discovery.md,
docs/design/fips-nostr-discovery.md.
2026-05-10 21:56:09 +00:00
Johnathan Corgan
53ad528f7d fipstop: add "Listening on fips0" panel to Node tab
Surfaces local services reachable from the mesh, paired with their
current `inet fips` baseline filter classification. Lands to the
right of the existing TUN section in the Traffic block.

A new daemon control query `show_listening_sockets` returns IPv6
listeners bound to either `::` (wildcard) or the node's fd00::/8
address, each classified as Accept / Drop / Unknown / NoFirewall
against the running inbound chain. fipstop renders the result as a
table beside the Traffic counters: Accept rows in default White,
Drop / Unknown in DarkGray, a yellow banner above the table when
`fips-firewall.service` is inactive, and a trailing `*` on
wildcard binds to remind the operator the bind is not
fips0-specific.

Daemon side:

- `src/control/listening.rs` walks `/proc/net/tcp6` and
  `/proc/net/udp6` via the procfs crate (LISTEN state for TCP,
  wildcard remote for UDP), filters to fips0-reachable binds, and
  resolves inodes to PID / comm via `/proc/<pid>/fd`.

- `src/control/firewall_state.rs` shells out to
  `nft -j list table inet fips` and walks the inbound chain.
  Recognises canonical accepts (`tcp/udp dport N accept`,
  `dport { ... } accept`, `dport A-B accept`), the iifname-scoping
  line, conntrack and icmpv6 lines (skipped). Any rule with
  unrecognised matchers (saddr filters, jumps, daddr filters) or
  non-terminal verdicts forces Unknown classification for the
  ports it references. Eleven unit tests cover the classification
  logic; the listening enumerator carries a /proc-parsing test of
  its own.

- `show_listening_sockets` emits
  `{fips0_addr, firewall_active, sockets[]}` with per-row
  `{proto, local_addr, port, pid, process, filter, wildcard_bind}`.

fipstop side:

- `src/bin/fipstop/ui/dashboard.rs` splits the Traffic block into
  a 50/50 horizontal layout; the existing TUN + Forwarded panel
  occupies the left half.

- `src/bin/fipstop/ui/listening.rs` renders the right half.

- `main.rs` fetches the new query each tick when the Node tab is
  active. Errors are non-fatal: an old daemon without the query
  leaves the payload at None and the panel renders "loading...".

`Cargo.toml` gains `procfs = "0.18"` on the Linux target. IPv4
listeners are not enumerated — fips0 is IPv6-only.

Folded in: revert the default-socket lookup from writability-probe
back to existence-based selection. The previous tempfile-probe on
`/run/fips` silently steered fipstop / fipsctl onto an XDG path
the daemon never bound for any user in the `fips` group whose
shell session had not yet picked up the supplementary group (no
re-login after `usermod -aG`). `XDG_RUNTIME_DIR` is set on every
modern systemd-managed user session, so this hit the common case.
The kernel checks actual group membership at `connect(2)`, so a
user who genuinely cannot connect now gets a clear `EACCES`
rather than a silent path mismatch. Drops the now-unused
`is_writable_dir` helper. `XDG_RUNTIME_DIR` existence validation
is preserved.

Documentation:

- `docs/reference/cli-fipstop.md` — Node-tab row updated, new
  "Listening on fips0 panel" section.
- `docs/reference/control-socket.md` — `show_listening_sockets`
  added to the read-only queries table.
- `docs/how-to/enable-mesh-firewall.md` — new "Verify with
  fipstop" section.
- `docs/tutorials/host-a-service.md` — fipstop callouts at
  Steps 3, 5, 6 + Troubleshooting bullet + wildcard-bind reminder
  under "What you've learned".
- `CHANGELOG.md` — new bullet under `Added / Operator Tooling`,
  resolver `Fixed` entry rewritten to describe the
  existence-based final shape.
2026-05-08 21:36:42 +00:00
Johnathan Corgan
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.
2026-05-08 14:02:05 +00:00
Johnathan Corgan
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.
2026-05-08 03:02:12 +00:00