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<span class="logo">RNode Console</span>
<p><center><span class="menu"><a href="index.html">Start</a> | <a href="replicate.html">Replicate</a> | <a href="software.html">Software</a> | <a href="learn.html">Learn</a> | <a href="help.html">Help</a> | <a href="contribute.html">Contribute</a></span></center></p><hr><h2>Questions &amp; Answers</h2>
<p>This section contains a list of common questions, and associated answers.</p>
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<li><strong>What are the system requirements for running Reticulum?</strong><br />
Practically any system that can run Python3 can also run Reticulum. Any computer made since the early 2000's should work, provided it has a reasonably up-to-date operating system installed. Even low-power embedded devices with 256 megabytes of RAM will run Reticulum.</li>
<li><strong>Does Reticulum work without the Internet?</strong><br />
Yes. Reticulum <em>is</em> itself both a networking, and an inter-net protocol. A key difference between Reticulum and IPv4/v6, however, is that Reticulum does not require any central coordination or authority to work. As soon as two devices running Reticulum can talk to each other, they form a network. That network can dynamically grow to planetary-scale nets, split up, re-connect and heal in any number of ways, while still continuing to function. As long as there is <em>some sort of physical way</em> for two or more devices to communicate, Reticulum will allow them to form a secure and reliable network.</li>
<li><strong>Who owns and controls the addresses I use on a Reticulum network?</strong><br />
You do. Every address is in complete ownership and control of the person that created it.</li>
<li><strong>If nobody centrally controls the addresses, will my address still be globally reachable?</strong><br />
Yes. Reticulum ensures end-to-end connectivity. All addresses are globally and directly reachable. Reticulum has no concept of "private address spaces" and NAT, as you might be suffering from with IPv4.</li>
<li><strong>Is communication over Reticulum encrypted?</strong><br />
Yes. All traffic is end-to-end encrypted. Reticulum <em>is fundamentally unable to route unencrypted traffic</em>. Links established over Reticulum networks offer forward secrecy, by using ephemeral encryption keys. </li>
<li><strong>Could you build a global Internet with Reticulum instead of IP?</strong><br />
Yes. In theory this is completely possible, but it will take a lot of refinement, development, hardware support and adoption to transition the global base-layer for communication to Reticulum. Please <a href="contribute.html">help us</a> towards this goal! </li>
<li><strong>Is Reticulum as fast and optimised as my favorite TCP/IP stack?</strong><br />
Currently not, but we are working towards being much faster than IP. The primary focus of Reticulum has been to build an understandable and well-documented <em>reference implementation</em>, that works exceptionally well over medium-bandwidth to extremely low-bandwidth forms of communication. This focus is very valuable, since it allows people to build secure communications networks that span vast areas, with very simple hardware, and very little cost.</li>
<li><strong>Who created all of this?</strong><br />
The Reticulum protocol, and the RNode system was created by <a href="contact.html">Mark Qvist</a>, of <a href="https://unsigned.io">unsigned.io</a>.</li>
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