# Aura VPN server configuration (project §9). # Copy to server.toml and adjust. Paths may begin with `~` (expands to your home directory). [server] # Human-readable name (also the server's inner-handshake identity). name = "aura-edge-1" # UDP socket to listen on. ":443" mimics HTTPS; binding it needs privileges. listen = "0.0.0.0:443" # Accept workers (advisory in v1). workers = 4 [pki] # Trust anchor (the Aura CA) and this server's leaf cert/key, all PEM. # Generate with: aura pki init --ca-name "Aura CA" --out ~/.aura # aura pki issue-server --domain vpn.example.com --out ~/.aura --ca ~/.aura ca_cert = "~/.aura/ca.crt" cert = "~/.aura/server.crt" key = "~/.aura/server.key" [tunnel] # Address pool / TUN network. v2 reads the active pool config from [server.pool] below; this value # is kept as the v1-compatible fallback (used when [server.pool] is omitted entirely) and as the # network the server-side TUN brings up. The server's own TUN IP is the network's first usable host # (e.g. 10.7.0.1 for 10.7.0.0/24). pool_cidr = "10.7.0.0/24" # TUN MTU (leave headroom under the path MTU for QUIC + Aura framing). mtu = 1420 # DNS server advertised to clients (informational in v1). dns = "10.7.0.1" # v2 per-client IP pool. Each authenticated client gets its own address from `cidr`; the server's # in-memory `client_ip -> connection` map demultiplexes TUN reads by destination IP. Omit the # whole [server.pool] section to get the v1-compatible fallback: [tunnel] pool_cidr is reused as a # dynamic-only pool with no static reservations. [server.pool] # Pool CIDR. Optional; defaults to [tunnel] pool_cidr when omitted. Must contain the server's own # TUN address (the network's first host) and every entry in [server.pool.static]. cidr = "10.7.0.0/24" # Allocation strategy: # "static_only" — only ids listed in [server.pool.static] are admitted; unknowns refused. # "dynamic_only" — static map is ignored; everyone gets the next free address. # "static_or_dynamic" — static reservation wins; unknown ids get a dynamic address (default). strategy = "static_or_dynamic" # Optional `client_id -> ip` pinnings. The key is the verified Common Name from the client's # certificate (see `aura pki issue-client --id `); the value must lie inside `cidr` above and # must not collide with the server's own address or another reservation. [server.pool.static] # "phone-1" = "10.7.0.20" # "laptop-1" = "10.7.0.21" [mimicry] # Outer-TLS camouflage hostname the server presents/expects. sni = "cdn.example.com" # Enable traffic padding to blend packet sizes into HTTPS buckets. padding = true [transport] # Aura's own post-quantum transport runs over plain UDP (primary), with TCP/443 and QUIC (HTTP/3 # mimicry) as fallbacks. On the server, `order` selects exactly which transports are bound and # accepted simultaneously. Omitting this whole section enables udp/tcp/quic on 443/443/444. order = ["udp", "tcp", "quic"] # The UDP transport and QUIC both ride UDP, so udp_port and quic_port MUST differ. TCP may reuse the # UDP port number (different protocol). Ports bind on the IP from [server] listen above. udp_port = 443 tcp_port = 443 quic_port = 444 # UDP: pad datagrams up to HTTPS size buckets to blur the on-wire size distribution. obfuscate = true # TCP: prepend a minimal HTTP/1.1 preamble (Host = [mimicry] sni) so the open resembles plain HTTP. masquerade = true [transport.masks] # Daily protocol-mask rotation. When `true`, every day at 05:00 MSK (= 02:00 UTC) the server # derives a new (SNI, User-Agent, Server-header, padding-profile) tuple from # HKDF-SHA256(CA-fingerprint, MSK-date) and applies it to new connections — the client derives the # same tuple independently from the CA fingerprint it already trusts, so no wire coordination is # needed. Existing connections keep the mask they accepted with. Default: true. # When `false`, the static values above ([mimicry] sni, [transport] obfuscate, ...) are used as-is. enabled = true