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--- global [2024-07-02 08:37] – [2.2 If you want to connect your local Chaos network] victor
+++ global [2025-11-04 08:29] (current) – [2. Registering] victor
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 ===== - Routing =====
+A [[https://github.com/bictorv/chaosnet-bridge|Chaosnet bridge]] runs on (the IP, IPv6, and Chaos) host MX12.Victor.SE, accessible by [[protocol#tls|TLS]] on port 42042, or using [[protocol#ip_standard|IP protocol 16]] (over IPv4 or IPv6), as Chaos host 3040. Another bridge is running on Chaos.Swenson.ORG (also accessible as Router.Chaosnet.NET), accessible by TLS on port 42042. For convenience, ''Router.Chaosnet.NET'' has both the IPs of MX12.Victor.SE and Chaos.Swenson.ORG.
-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.
+Both bridges
+  * route packets between connected networks,
+  * send and process Chaosnet routing (RUT) packets to connected networks (and CHUDP hosts), and
+  * respond to the contact names STATUS, TIME, UPTIME and DUMP-ROUTING-TABLE, [[https://github.com/bictorv/chaosnet-bridge/blob/master/doc/CONTACTS.md|among others]].
-The MX12 bridge
+See [[protocol#application_layer|here]] (or [[https://chaosnet.net/amber.html|MIT AI Memo 628]]) for more details about the protocols.
-  * routes packets between connected networks,
-  * sends and processes Chaosnet routing (RUT) packets to connected networks (and CHUDP hosts), and
-  * responds to the contact names STATUS, TIME, UPTIME and DUMP-ROUTING-TABLE, [[https://github.com/bictorv/chaosnet-bridge/blob/master/CONTACTS.md|among others]].
-See [[protocol#application_layer|here]] (or [[https://lm-3.github.io/amber.html|MIT AI Memo 628]]) for more details about the protocols.
 ===== - 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/doc/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:** 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>**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/doc/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) ==