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✨ bump to v0.1.5

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_ 2021-12-08 21:53:27 -06:00
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@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ dependencies = [
[[package]] [[package]]
name = "lookaround" name = "lookaround"
version = "0.1.4" version = "0.1.5"
dependencies = [ dependencies = [
"mac_address", "mac_address",
"rand", "rand",

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@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ license = "AGPL-3.0"
name = "lookaround" name = "lookaround"
readme = "README.md" readme = "README.md"
repository = "https://six-five-six-four.com/git/reactor/lookaround" repository = "https://six-five-six-four.com/git/reactor/lookaround"
version = "0.1.4" version = "0.1.5"
[dependencies] [dependencies]
mac_address = "1.1.2" mac_address = "1.1.2"

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_Has this ever happened to you?_ _Has this ever happened to you?_
LookAround is a Rust program for looking up your computers' MAC and IP addresses
within a LAN. There's no central server, so it's not a look-up, it's a look-around.
```text ```text
$ lookaround client $ lookaround client
@ -15,12 +12,14 @@ Found 3 peers:
33:33:33:33:33:33 = 192.168.1.103 `old-laptop` 33:33:33:33:33:33 = 192.168.1.103 `old-laptop`
``` ```
The LookAround client uses IP multicast to find LookAround servers within the LookAround is a Rust program for looking up your computers' MAC and IP addresses
same multicast domain. within a LAN. There's no central server, so it's not a look-up, it's a look-around.
MAC addresses change slower than IP addresses, so if you know that The client uses IP multicast to find servers within the
`11:11:11:11:11:11` is your laptop, and your laptop is running LookAround, same multicast domain, similar to Avahi and Bonjour.
LookAround will find the IP for you.
Systems self-identify by MAC address and nicknames. Public keys with
TOFU semantics are intended before v1.0.0.
## Installation ## Installation
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Run the server manually: (If you haven't installed it with systemd yet) Run the server manually: (If you haven't installed it with systemd yet)
```bash ```bash
lookaround server lookaround server --nickname my-desktop
``` ```
Run a client to ping all servers in the same multi-cast domain: Run a client to ping all servers in the same multi-cast domain:
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lookaround client lookaround client
``` ```
Check which IP addresses LookAround will auto-detect:
```bash
lookaround my-ips
```
## Contributing ## Contributing
Pull requests are welcome. This is a hobby project, so I may reject Pull requests are welcome. This is a hobby project, so I may reject
contributions that are too big to review. contributions that are too big to review.