Projects
This is our idea board, not a trophy shelf. We’re a brand-new community, so everything below is honestly labeled: ideas and planned projects, not finished work. When a project really ships, it will show up here with real links.
Build a small IPv6-only network from spare hardware and VMs.
Most of us only ever meet IPv4. In this project we set up a small network that speaks IPv6 end to end: addressing, router advertisements, DNS — and we document every step so the next person can rebuild it in an afternoon.
Host a service on Linux, then build a dashboard that shows whether it is alive.
A service you can't observe is a service that's down. We host something small (a status page, a wiki) and build monitoring around it: health checks, a public status dashboard, and alerts when things break.
Learn how the Internet routes traffic by running BGP between virtual routers.
Using virtual routers on our lab machines, we create tiny "autonomous systems", give each one an ASN, and peer them with BGP. Then we break a route on purpose and watch the traffic find another path — the Internet in miniature, safe to experiment with.
The RouteHack website itself is a community project — and it needs your ideas.
The site you are reading right now is one of our first collaborative builds: plain PHP, Tailwind CSS, no heavy framework. Planned next: a members' project board and small tools the community actually uses.
Run your own DNS resolver and see what your devices are actually asking for.
We set up a recursive DNS resolver, look at real query logs, and learn what DNS leaks reveal about a network. Bonus round: blocking trackers and ads for the whole lab network at the DNS level.
Practice finding and fixing vulnerabilities in a controlled environment.
A set of deliberately vulnerable lab machines where we practice the defender's craft: find the weakness, understand how it could be abused, patch it, and write it up. Strictly in our own lab, with clear rules about what is in scope.
The best project ideas come from the things you personally find weird, broken or fascinating. Bring yours — if it involves networks, servers, code or security, it probably fits.
Tell us you’re interested and we’ll reach out as soon as the first meetups are planned. No experience needed — bring a laptop if you have one, or just bring yourself.
