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--- global [2024-06-05 07:40] – [5. Subnets in use] victor
+++ global [2025-02-25 09:24] (current) – [2. Registering] victor
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 This describes the global, interconnected, Chaosnet. If you just want to set up a local Chaosnet, please see [[local|here for instructions]].
+To see what hosts are up on the global Chaosnet, see [[http://up.dfupdate.se/cha/hostat.html|here]]. To see who is logged in on Chaosnet hosts, see [[http://up.dfupdate.se/cha/finger.html|here]].
 ===== - Routing =====
+<note important>Since February 25, 2025, the main "hub" of the Global Chaosnet is ''chaos.swenson.org'' (Chaos host 3162) rather than MX12.Victor.se (due to network logistics, hopefully temporary).</note>
 A [[https://github.com/bictorv/chaosnet-bridge|Chaosnet bridge]] runs on (the IP, IPv6, and Chaos) host MX12.Victor.SE (also under the alias Router.Chaosnet.NET), accessible by [[protocol#udp|UDP]] or [[protocol#tls|TLS]] on port 42042, or using [[protocol#ip_standard|IP protocol 16]] (over IPv4 or IPv6), as Chaos host 3040.
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 ===== - Registering =====
-To connect to the "global" Chaosnet, you need to register a compatible Chaosnet address. To connect using Chaos-over-UDP, you need a stable IP address and a compatible Chaosnet address, and if you connect directly to MX12 using CHUDP, I need to open the firewall there. To connect using Chaos-over-TLS, you do not need a stable IP address, but you do need a certificate issued by my Certificate Authority (see [[https://github.com/bictorv/chaosnet-bridge/blob/master/TLS.md|here]] for instructions).
+To connect to the "global" Chaosnet, you need to register a compatible Chaosnet address. **In the normal case, you should connect using Chaos-over-TLS.**
+  * To connect using Chaos-over-UDP, you need a stable IP address and a compatible Chaosnet address, and if you connect directly to MX12 using CHUDP, I need to open the firewall there.
+  * To connect using Chaos-over-TLS, you do not need a stable IP address, but you do need a certificate issued by my Certificate Authority (see [[https://github.com/bictorv/chaosnet-bridge/blob/master/TLS.md|here]] for instructions).
+I strongly recommend that you join the chaosnet-hackers[at]its.victor.se mailing list.
 ==== - If you want to connect a single host ====
-A single host can be connected if it can use a non-local link layer, i.e. Chaos-over-{ TLS, UDP, IP, IPv6 }. To connect a host which only uses Ethernet or unix sockets, you need to set up a local network and a cbridge (see next section).
+A single host can be connected if it can use a non-local link layer, i.e. Chaos-over-{ TLS, UDP, IP, IPv6 }. To connect a host which only uses Ethernet or unix sockets, you need to set up a local network and a cbridge (see next section). Unless there are very special circumstances, you should use Chaos-over-TLS.
 To get a compatible Chaosnet address, send an email to bjorn@victor.se and tell me
   * the name of the host, including its domain (but do not just invent domains - see below),
   * what kind of host it is (ITS? Lambda/Explorer/Symbolics Lisp machine? cbridge?), and
-  * on what IP it is (IPv4 or IPv6). (If you don't have a stable address, you need to use TLS).
+  * on what IP it is (IPv4 or IPv6), if it is stable. (If you don't have a stable address, you need to use TLS).
 You should (most likely) have an address on subnet 6 (range 3001-3377). (Ideally, run a cbridge and put your local hosts on a subnet behind it - see configuration examples below.)
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   * their Chaosnet addresses on your subnet.
+<note>**Note:** all hosts on your local Chaos network should be registered in the DNS (excepting those on private non-routed networks, see below). So when you add hosts later, send the DNS info to Björn.</note>
 ==== - Dynamic Chaosnet address allocation ====
 I'm thinking about this. The old WHO-AM-I and TI-WHO-AM-I protocols are not quite sufficient, and full-blown DHCP is a bit overkill.
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 ===== - Configuration examples =====
-For configuration examples, please see also [[https://github.com/bictorv/chaosnet-bridge/blob/master/EXAMPLES.md|here]].
+For configuration examples, please see [[https://github.com/bictorv/chaosnet-bridge/blob/master/EXAMPLES.md|here]].
 ===== - Subnets in use =====
-The following subnets (in octal) are used/registered or special. See also {{hstnet.51.txt|AI:SYSHST;HSTNET >}} for historical use.
+The following subnets (in octal) are used/registered or special. For historical use, see {{hstnet.51.txt|AI:SYSHST;HSTNET >}}.
 To generate host tables in various form (when you can't use DNS), try [[https://github.com/Chaosnet/config-files-from-dns|this tool]]. On the Chaosnet, you can also use the [[protocol#host_lookup_stream|HOSTAB]] server at HOSTAB.Chaosnet.NET.
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 == #7: Victor network (hosts 3401-3777) ==
 Special: Default subnet for LMI machines; 3412 used by LMI machines for "Amnesia" (hosts that don't know their address).
-BVs home network, over Ethernet, IP, and Unix sockets.
+BVs home network, over Ethernet, IP, UDP, and Unix sockets.
 == #10: Bogodyne Metatechnics LLC (hosts 4001-4377) ==
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 == #14: N3UC network (hosts 6001-6377) ==
 Michael Wyrick's network.
+== #15: 9grid network (hosts 6401-6777) ==
+John Floren's network.
 == #16: GEWT network ==
 Used by SJ.GEWT.NET (a long time ago now).
+== #27: Victor network too ==
+A second subnet for BV.
 == #37: Sanyalnet (hosts 17401-17777) ==
 Sanyal Supratim's network.
+== #54: Z54 network (hosts 26001-26377) ==
+Mete Balci's network.
 == #376: Private non-routed network (hosts 177001-177377) ==