Presented at
CactusCon 12 (2024),
Feb. 17, 2024, 10:30 a.m.
(60 minutes).
The Cult of the Dead Cow invites YOU to help build the private, accessible, user-focused internet we should have had all along!
Veilid is an open-source, peer-to-peer, mobile-first networked application framework, with a flagship secure messaging application named VeilidChat. Veilid is conceptually similar to IPFS + Tor, but faster and designed from the ground-up to provide all services over a privately routed network. The network also enables development of distributed applications without a 'blockchain' or a 'transactional layer' at their base. Veilid can be included as part of user-facing applications or run as a standalone server for power users who wish to help build the network.
Architecturally, it is written in Rust, uses strong encryption, and nodes can run on Linux, Mac, Windows, Android, iOS, and in-browser WASM. Low-level protocols over UDP, raw TCP, Websockets and Secure Websockets. Nodes are optimized for low latency, high node churn, and are particularly capable of dealing with low level network changes, such as switching from cellular to wifi networks mid-communication.
This talk will focus on:
* How Veilid works as a protocol
* How it leverages strong cryptography to provide private communications
* How it provides decentralized storage and cryptographically sound data structures
* How applications are written to leverage the Veilid Network
*How others can get involved
*The ideals and intentions of the project
*Inviting others to join our community
Presenters:
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Katelyn Bowden / Medus4
- Veilid Co-Founder and cDc member
as Medus4
Katelyn Bowden (Medus4) is an activist, hacker, and an artist. She has been a member of the Cult of the Dead Cow since 2020, and was previously the CEO of BADASS, an org working to eradicate non-consensual pornography. In her spare time, Katelyn designs shirts for hackxxx, and makes cursed furby artwork
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Christien Rioux / DilDog
- Veilid Co-Founder and cDc member
as DilDog
Christien 'DilDog' Rioux is a member of The Cult Of The Dead Cow, the author of remote-access utility Back Orifice 2000, and a thorn in Microsoft's side for over a decade. DilDog is the creator of StuntBanana, a caller-id spoofing system, and is proprietor of the hacker-fashion line HACK.XXX. He is also Co-Founder and former Chief Scientist of Veracode, on the founding team of @stake, as well as a member of L0pht Heavy Industries. DilDog is a staunch believer that if you want to change the present you need to build the future, and is very sorry for having helped create "InfoSec" from hacking, and would like to undo the damage.
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