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[Telehash](http://telehash.org/) for secure P2P communication between
git-annex (assistant) repositories.
## telelhash implementation status
## telehash implementation status
* node.js version seems most complete
* node.js version seems almost complete
* C version currently lacks channel support and seems buggy (13 Jan 2014)
* No pure haskell implementation of telelhash v2. There was one of
* No pure haskell implementation of telehash v2. There was one of
telehash v1 (even that seems incomplete). I have pinged its author
to see if he anticipates updating it.
* Rapid development, situation may change in a month or 2.
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* XMPP pairing can also be used for telehash address discovery. (Note that
MITM attacks are possible.) Is it worth keeping XMPP in git-annex just
for this?
* Telelhash addresses of repoitories can be communicated out of band (eg,
* Telehash addresses of repoitories can be communicated out of band (eg,
via an OTR session or gpg signed mail), and pasted into the webapp to
initiate a repository pairing that then proceeds entirely over telehash.
Once both sides do this, the pairing can proceed automatically.
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* In some circumstances, it would be ok to do annexed content transfer
over telehash.
Need to check if there are MTU problems with large data bodies in
telelhash messages.
telehash messages.
Probably not when a bridge is being used, due to required rate
limiting in bridging over telehash. Cloud transfer remotes still needed for
those situations.
* On a LAN, telehash can be used to determine the current local IP address
of another computer on the LAN. The 2 could then determine if either uses
ssh and if so use regular git-annex-shell for transfers. Or could do
annexed content transfer directly over telelhash.
annexed content transfer directly over telehash.
## generic git-remote-telehash