Proposal: MPCH - AEGIS — IP Trust Monitoring for Canton Network Integrity

[nick-mpch-io]

Development Fund Proposal Submission

Proposal file: /proposals/mpch-aegis-ip-monitoring.md

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Summary

AEGIS is a policy-driven IP trust monitoring platform that strengthens the operational security and compliance posture of the Canton Network. It provides continuous monitoring of IP addresses interacting with Canton infrastructure, detects geopolitical and network-level drift, and maintains an auditable record of every trust decision — delivered as shared ecosystem infrastructure to reduce duplicated security engineering across Canton participants.

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Checklist

• Proposal file added under /proposals/
• Milestones and funding amounts defined
• Acceptance criteria included
• Alignment with Canton priorities described

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Notes for Reviewers

• Submitted by MPCH, a Canton Foundation member and active Super Validator and Validator operator. AEGIS is built by an organization that operates the infrastructure it proposes to monitor.
• A working deployment is already live at https://aegis.mpch.app — happy to provide reviewer access on request.
• Total request: 450,000 CC across 4 milestones (28 weeks). Volatility stipulation included per fund guidance for projects exceeding 6 months.
• Proposal directly addresses the Q2 "Security and Resilience" priority area and supports CIP-0056, CIP-0103, and CIP-0104.

[waynecollier-da]

@nick-mpch-io Thanks for this useful proposal. Can you confirm that the proposal makes no assumption that IP whitelisting will remain in place on the Global Synchronizer, and that AEGIS will continue to function as intended when whitelists are removed?