Centralized deployment, decentralized delivery.
Stroeme is both a library and two programs written in Rust to allow for centralized deployment of files and decentralized delivery of said files.
Stroeme networks have one server called Broker and many other servers called Distributors. The Broker initially offers files for download, along with a list of all downloadable files, its public key and signatures for both the file list itself and all the files. A volunteering Distributor can register with the Broker and be enlisted in the Broker's list of Distributors. A client wanting to download files can then ask the Broker for a list of some random Distributors, the file list (+ signature) and the Broker's public key. The client can then download the file (+ the Broker's signature) from one of the supplied Distributors.
If you want to run a Broker, run the following command:
cargo run --bin brokerPlease make sure to adjust the configuration in StroemeBroker.toml accordingly. There must either be an ed25519 keypair or RSA keypair in PKCS#8 PEM format at the specified locations.
If you want to run a Broker, run the following command:
cargo run --bin distributorPlease make sure to adjust the configuration in StroemeDistributor.toml accordingly. You must enter your URL as well as the Broker's URL.
All of this is very work in progress, there's basically no documentation and the signing/verifying mechanism has not been audited by a security professional. Use at your own risk.
This to-do list is not exhaustive and is randomly sorted.
- Broker
- Detect file changes/additions/removals
- Detect malicious or very slow Distributors and stop recommending them to clients
- Documentation
- Proper logging
- Distributor
- Periodically check whether there are changes in the Broker's file list and sync accordingly
- Better error handling
- Fix the issue where file verifications don't work 10% or so of the time
- Documentation
- Proper logging
- Library
- Lots of documentation