the jof

I’m sorry to those who make use of my open wifi. It will be down for a couple of days while I work on designing and testing a new network implementation. Once it’s done it should have some cool new features:

1. Routable IPv4 addresses assigned using DHCP (just like a regular dynamic IP most places nowadays)
2. Routable IPv6 addresses assigned using RA (a standards-based stateless autoconfiguration protocol for IPv6, well-supported)
3. Using DHCP option 81 to have a DNS subdomain point to your current address (so let’s say you tell the DHCP server your name is ‘banana’, an A record will be added for banana.wifi.thejof.com pointing to your new IP)

Some features I would like to add in the future:

1. DHCPv6. This would make implementing the DHCP-DNS setup as described above possible for IPv6 as well
2. Dynamic firewall configuration. I’m thinking of a web portal to configure how the client IP is firewalled.
3. Some privacy controls and tools. Maybe having a local tor and/or privoxy server for users to use. Depending on if I can secure it’s use, maybe a pool of IPs from which users can pick a new random address.

Lately I’ve been playing around with a 3×3 Rubik’s Cube. It’s fun to have something to poke at while waiting for the muni.

I think that I’m at about imtermediate level. I’ve got the basics down, and now I’m just trying out some quicker algorithms. Best time so far - 2:25