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Re: The Promised LAN

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Post by LorenDB » Wed, Jul 23, 2025, 7:14 PM UTC

ericdiao wrote: post #5

Really want to know the rationale of choosing IPSec over Wireguard. IPSec is really tricky to get right (IMO). Maybe legacy issue?

My personal choice for something like this would be Tailscale/Headscale. Runs over Wireguard and handles a ton of niceties like DNS for connected nodes automatically.

Re: The Promised LAN

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Post by xcrunner529 » Wed, Jul 23, 2025, 7:16 PM UTC

What an extremely technical friend group lol.

Re: The Promised LAN

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Post by PcChip » Wed, Jul 23, 2025, 7:24 PM UTC

This sounds really interesting and something I'd be into

no word on how to join though

Re: The Promised LAN

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Post by thenoblesunfish » Wed, Jul 23, 2025, 7:29 PM UTC

PcChip wrote: post #13

This sounds really interesting and something I'd be into no word on how to join though

Read the linked manifesto. I think the idea is to inspire you to set up your own, rather than join this one.

Re: The Promised LAN

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Post by mjg59 » Wed, Jul 23, 2025, 7:30 PM UTC

PcChip wrote: post #13

This sounds really interesting and something I'd be into no word on how to join though

The idea is to be a space where existing social groups play, rather than a wider community - it's inherently based on a level of pre-existing trust. Writing about it is supposed to be an incentive for people to build their own little spaces where they can share weird stuff that should never be near the public internet - it's cool to have a network of thermal printers that people can submit jokes to, but it only really works if access is somewhat limited.

Re: The Promised LAN

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Post by Thaxll » Wed, Jul 23, 2025, 7:33 PM UTC

Sounds like they just reinvented internet.

Re: The Promised LAN

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Post by archi42 » Wed, Jul 23, 2025, 7:35 PM UTC

The page contains link to a manifesto/description: https://notes.pault.ag/tpl/

I think that's a more interesting read than the linked page.

Re: The Promised LAN

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Post by chasd00 » Wed, Jul 23, 2025, 7:41 PM UTC

I really like this, no feeds, no algorithms, just a network to do cool stuff with like minded people. Things like this are the answer to people complaining about the current state of the Internet. Making a network and getting your friends to use is how it all started.

Re: The Promised LAN

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Post by cptskippy » Wed, Jul 23, 2025, 7:42 PM UTC

giantg2 wrote: post #8

CursedSilicon wrote: post #7

No description of the games they even play? It's an interesting idea. But it sounds like one big "no girls allowed" kind of treehouse with how minimally forthcoming they are about documentation

Seems more like a semi-private friends-of-friends network. It wouldn't be surprising if it turned out to have skewed representations as most of these do by nature of the semi-private nature.

What gave you that impression?

> The Promised LAN is a closed, membership only network...

Re: The Promised LAN

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Post by flerchin » Wed, Jul 23, 2025, 7:44 PM UTC

archi42 wrote: post #17

The page contains link to a manifesto/description: https://notes.pault.ag/tpl/ I think that's a more interesting read than the linked page.

Wow. This is the best part of it. Thanks.