IQNets: opportunistic ad hoc private back haul dark links

On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 04:58:43PM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote:

On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 09:06:24AM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote:

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On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 04:46:44PM -0300, Punk - Stasi 2.0 wrote:

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On Thu, 24 Oct 2019 22:49:48 +1100 Zenaan Harkness wrote:

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Classes of nodes (from a node's perspective):

- direct friend nodes with a meat space asserted trust level, which may be anywhere on the trust axis - both above and below zero

you can have the option to mark nodes as 'trusted' or 'friends' but I don't think the network can or should be built assuming that there are 'trusted' nodes. So, no not a 'friend to friend' network.

Ack.

You don't have to hop via friends, either initially, or at all.

Config.

That said, a primary vector of GPA assumed capacity today, is at the very least statistical traffic flow analysis of packets in and out of your node (mobile phone, ADSL modem, satellite dish, wifi hotspot).

If you happen to be physically near to one or more friends or associates, and you each use 'modern' mobile phones, and are running IQNets, there are possible advantages to using this "ad hoc wifi mesh net" as a "backhaul darknet link(s)".

(Setting aside compromised hardware, which we assume is ubiquitous) having a backhaul which is "off grid" or "off govnet" is a packet mixing opportunity which we should not miss...

Of course, classifying local ad hoc wifi nodes as "friend" or "unknown" may not add much; but then again it might, depending on your personal (and therefore very unique) threat and usage model.

"There's gold in them thar chaff hills matey."

There might be a better name for this concept of "opportunistic ad hoc private back haul dark links", but as we improve our concept naming, the opportunities for benefits becomes easier to id at first glance... BLOPAH - Back-haul Links, Opportunistic, Private, Ad Hoc DLOPAH - Dark Links, Opportunistic, Private, Ad Hoc ("private" as in "off govnet, not via ISP or telco")