Iroh 0.14.0 - Dial the world

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2024-04-18 21:00:08

Thanks to great work from @frando @rklaehn and @arnazeh we now have an iroh-dns-server that allows for looking up node information via DNS, based on the pkarr format.

By default, iroh will connect to the DNS server run by number 0, but (as with our relays) you can configure iroh to use your own instance of iroh-dns-server.

To speed up connections to our relay servers, we have refactored the connection handshake. This drops a full roundtrip, on every new connection. This reduces the time to connect to the relays, in general, but dramatically speeds up connections to farther-away relays.

Unfortunately, this means the new relays can not talk to 0.13.0 nodes. To smooth out the upgrade path, we will keep the old relays running for at least another 4 weeks.

The new relays are available under these DNS entries. Please ensure any custom iroh config files you use are updated appropriately.

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