gun-private

quick attempt at making a private gun network

Setup

• git clone https://github.com/finwo/gun-private
• npm install
• npm run server
• browse to localhost:3000

Where is what

application code:

• server code: server/index.js
• client code: public/assets/.client.js
• client html: public/index.html

How does it work

Based on gun/examples/http-external-ws, we set up a regular GUN server with a custom websocket library (namely ws-rc4, allowing that as the only external communication). All clients wanting to connect to this server are now required to use rc4 encryption with the same key as the server is using.

If a client without the correct key attempts to connect to the server (or any other node), it will only see jibberish on the connection, preventing it from joining the network and accessing data.

TL;DR;

let gun = Gun({
  WebSocket: require('ws-rc4')("ENCRYPTION KEY")
})