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scrambler
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jameskeane / scrambler

scrambler

scrambler is an ipsec protected network fabric for containers, designed for Kubernetes

2Distinct people
3Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
4GitHub stars
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What it is

scrambler is an ipsec protected network fabric for containers, designed for Kubernetes

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Where it is used

No documented product use has been verified yet.

What people are saying

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:56:07 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

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Observed mentions: 2019-04-30 03:04:14 UTC to 2019-04-30 14:18:39 UTC.

0122019-04-30 03:00:00 UTC to 2019-04-30 04:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 commentsApr 30, 03:002019-04-30 04:00:00 UTC to 2019-04-30 05:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2019-04-30 05:00:00 UTC to 2019-04-30 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2019-04-30 06:00:00 UTC to 2019-04-30 07:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2019-04-30 07:00:00 UTC to 2019-04-30 08:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2019-04-30 08:00:00 UTC to 2019-04-30 09:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsApr 30, 08:002019-04-30 09:00:00 UTC to 2019-04-30 10:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2019-04-30 10:00:00 UTC to 2019-04-30 11:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2019-04-30 11:00:00 UTC to 2019-04-30 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2019-04-30 12:00:00 UTC to 2019-04-30 13:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2019-04-30 13:00:00 UTC to 2019-04-30 14:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2019-04-30 14:00:00 UTC to 2019-04-30 15:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsApr 30, 14:00

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What Hacker News says

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James, we respectfully disagree. I think it's helpful if you (or anyone reading this) compare two projects side by side. This is the project you have submitted: https://github.com/jameskeane/scrambler It is a prototype of IPSec CNI plugin using Bash. We are happy you are promoting your project online and as we've discussed during the interview, you could use it as you wish as it's your work. This is the project that we have created at Gravitational: https://github.com/gravitational/wormhole It is using Go, Wireguard and is designed for production use under Apache 2 license. I understand that similarities in the problem statement may have led you to believe that we could re-use the project idea, I'm assuring that you that we have not. There are many OSS CNI plugins in the market solving the similar problem in a similar fashion (e.g. flanne
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l with IPSec backend). As a matter of fact that's the main reason we have picked this as a problem statement - to make it easier for candidates to look around for prior work. For example, this is a submission of the engineer we've hired based on their similar execution of the assignment from April 2018: https://github.com/webvictim/k8s-ipsec-cni James, I wish you the best and hope that my response clarifies some confusion around this. Sasha, CTO and co-founder at Gravitational
In Gravitational Wormhole: WireGuard for Kubernetes
Do you feel bad about using your 'hiring process' as a means of free labour? i.e. Reading kubeadm config, reusing system certs, and automating the configuration of a VPN overlay system: https://github.com/jameskeane/scrambler -- FYI to readers, the above project was completed as part of a 'take-home assignment' that I was explicitly told was not a project being worked on. The feedback I received indicated that this approach was not considered previously, and may indicate (also your commit dates) that this entire project may have been fabricated after my submission. Here's the feedback from Gravitational around Oct 2018 (before this project was 'started'): > * I do think re-using the kubernetes certs for IPSec is a compelling solution for the IPSec secrets > * I like the re-use of the kubernetes keys/certs for ipsec as it avoids use of the
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PSK At least it was released as OSS, but seriously you should be ashamed of yourselves.
In Gravitational Wormhole: WireGuard for Kubernetes

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