Learn FIPS

The problem with centralized networks, and how a self-organizing mesh changes the picture.

Your keypair is your address. Generate one and watch the derivation pipeline.

Four layers, each doing one job. Click through them to see how they fit together.

WiFi, Ethernet, UDP, Tor, serial. Same protocol, same mesh.

How the mesh self-organizes, builds coordinates, and routes packets.

Two layers of encryption: hop-by-hop and end-to-end. Watch a packet traverse the mesh.

From cold start to steady state. The full lifecycle of a FIPS connection.

Coordinate warmup, the three error signals, and how the mesh heals around broken paths.

The byte-level layout of a FIPS packet, layer by layer. Toggle fields and watch the overhead change.

MMP, link cost, and how per-link RTT and loss push traffic onto better parents.

The four adversary classes FIPS is designed against, and what each one can actually read off the wire.

The IPv6 adapter, the fips-gateway NAT sidecar, and how unmodified SSH or curl end up speaking to a mesh peer.

Install a node, join the public test mesh, and send your first packet across it.

Find the people building FIPS, file useful bug reports, and help the protocol grow.