[noise] Some questions from a new user

[Paul F Fraser]

Hi,

I have been following this mail list for some time and am now ready to attempt to incorporate Noise 
into my network code.

Brief explanation of my network-

  * Every node on the network has status data about every other node on the network including the
    public key. ( like blockchain, but not  blockchain hashes etc.)
  * Users communicate with their node using mobile browser.

 From my limited understanding of Noise at this time my approach might be to use between nodes -

  * the Noise_KK pattern as public keys are already known.
  * use h, the handshake hash as  PSK  to remove the need for a handshake on resumption of a connection.

A problem I am facing is the communication between a users mobile and their node.

  * SSL would be the obvious choice for this but would require an X509 certificate (lets encrypt)
    tied to an Ip Address rather than domain name.
  * X509 certificates tied to Ip Addresses seem to be a problem.

There has been quite a bit of discussion on this list about Noise and TLS.

My question in this case-

  * is there any way currently available to use other than an X509 certificate to secure the link
    between a mobile browser and in my case a jetty server?
  * preferably using Noise.

Comments appreciated.

Finally, thanks to all the contributors to this technology, especially in my case, to Rhys for the 
Noise-Java code.

-being fellow Australians, I can call him by his first name :-)

Paul Fraser




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