libp2p / libp2p/specs

Add spec for AutoRelay

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Description

AutoRelay is a libp2p feature that will attempt to automatically discover relay nodes and connect to them if AutoNAT (#180) tells us we're not publicly dial-able.

Things to spec out:

  • how AutoNAT is used
  • how relay nodes are discovered
  • how newly-obtained relay addresses are advertised

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Research direction

Start by reading AutoNAT (#180) to understand how its reachability result is used. Produce a specification covering AutoNAT integration, relay-node discovery, and advertisement of newly obtained relay addresses.

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Assessment

Domain
distributed-systems, networking
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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