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Iroh: A library to establish direct connection between peers

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238 points gasull | 3 comments | 25 Jun 25 16:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.603s | source
1. swoorup ◴[26 Jun 25 02:36 UTC] No.44383760[source]▶
Does this always have to be p2p or does it also allow for client server architecture
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2. dpc_01234 ◴[26 Jun 25 04:44 UTC] No.44384252[source]▶
It just makes a connection between two sides. How you use it (e.g. client makes a request, server responds) is up to you. So yes.
3. rklaehn ◴[26 Jun 25 05:59 UTC] No.44384579[source]▶
The two sides are peers when it comes to connection establishment, but once you have a connection they can and frequently will have different roles.

Many existing iroh protocols have clear client and server roles once the connection is established. E.g. gossip is a peer to peer protocol, blobs is a client server protocol in that one side provides data and the other requests it.

For a client you can use an ephemeral node id and not publish your info to discovery, since you will never be dialed yourself.