KEkeepamovin·Mar 29, 2024Submission
Overlay networks based on WebRTC
186 points · Open discussionpojntfx
weron
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pojntfx / weron
weron
Overlay networks based on WebRTC.
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Overlay networks based on WebRTC.
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| May 2022 | 2022-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 6 | 1 | 5 |
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| Jul 2022 | 2022-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 2022 | 2022-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2022 | 2022-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2022 | 2022-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Apr 2023 | 2023-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Aug 2023 | 2023-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2023 | 2023-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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What Hacker News says
7 sourcesI'm sorry to hear that! Do you have some recommendations on how to change the docs? I've added a small TL;DR here: https://github.com/pojntfx/weron#usage
In Show HN: Weron – A Peer-to-Peer VPN Based on WebRTC Written in Gon2n is neat! It is super simple to self-host the signaler in STUN/TURN in the case of weron as well: https://github.com/pojntfx/weron#1-start-a-signaling-server-... and `coturn` is even vendored through the Debian repos nowadays.
In Show HN: Weron – A Peer-to-Peer VPN Based on WebRTC Written in GoIt is more or less zero config! Since its P2P there is no VPN server per se, and connecting to a overlay network is a platform-independent one-liner: https://github.com/pojntfx/weron#usage. The signaling server is also distributed as a Docker image if you want to host it yourself: https://github.com/pojntfx/weron#1-start-a-signaling-server-...
In Show HN: Weron – A Peer-to-Peer VPN Based on WebRTC Written in GoYou can use every part of it as a library! See https://github.com/pojntfx/weron#8-write-your-own-protocol-w... and https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/pojntfx/weron ^^
In Show HN: Weron – A Peer-to-Peer VPN Based on WebRTC Written in GoYou could totally do that! See https://github.com/pojntfx/weron#8-write-your-own-protocol-w..., but I agree with saurik - if DTLS is secure enough for your usecase, that would just add overhead ...
In Show HN: Weron – A Peer-to-Peer VPN Based on WebRTC Written in GoShow HN: Weron – A Peer-to-Peer VPN Based on WebRTC Written in Go
Hey HN! I just released weron, a P2P VPN that uses WebRTC for transport which I've been working on for the last couple of months. It can create both layer 2/Ethernet and layer 3/IP overlay networks, and the underlying transport layer can be easily embedded to write your own P2P apps with Go. Compared to for example Tailscale, WireGuard and ZeroTier, its much harder to block on a network level and also significantly easier to set up, while not sacrifing much performance.
I'd love to get your feedback :)
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