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This is a toy implementation of an encrypted IPv6 network, with many good ideas stolen from [cjdns](https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns), which was written to test a particular routing scheme that was cobbled together one random afternoon.
It's notably not a shortest path routing scheme, with the goal of scalable name-independent routing on dynamic networks with an internet-like topology.
It's named Yggdrasil after the world tree from Norse mythology, because that seemed like the obvious name given how it works.
For a longer, rambling version of this readme with more information, see: [doc](doc/README.md).
A very early incomplete draft of a [whitepaper](doc/Whitepaper.md) describing the protocol is also available.
More information is available at <https://yggdrasil-network.github.io/>.
This is a toy / proof-of-principle, and considered alpha quality by the developers. It's not expected to be feature complete, and future updates may not be backwards compatible, though it should warn you if it sees a connection attempt with a node running a newer version.
You're encouraged to play with it, but it is strongly advised not to use it for anything mission critical.
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This is enough to give unsupported devices on the LAN access to the yggdrasil network, with a few security and performance cautions outlined in the [doc](doc/README.md) file.
This is enough to give unsupported devices on the LAN access to the yggdrasil network. See the [configuration](https://yggdrasil-network.github.io/configuration.html) page for more info.
## How does it work?
I'd rather not try to explain in the readme, but it is described further in the [doc](doc/README.md) file or the very draft of a [whitepaper](doc/Whitepaper.md), so you can check there if you're interested.
I'd rather not try to explain in the readme, but it is described further on the [about](https://yggdrasil-network.github.io/about.html) page, so you can check there if you're interested.
Be warned that it's still not a very good explanation, but it at least gives a high-level overview and links to some relevant work by other people.
## Obligatory performance propaganda