> Message du 22/04/14 20:30 > De : "Randolph" > > > This thread pertains specifically to the use of P2P/DHT models > > to replace traditional email as we know it today. > > > *Anonymous Email based on virtual institutions* > > What about this model? In a network you send your public email encryption > key to an "virtual institution". > The institution is defined by a name (e.g. AES string) and postal address > (e.g. hash key). Having this information added to your node, all your email > to you or from you will be stored in the virtual email provider > institution. This detaches your nodes IP and encrpytion key from the > institution. That means, care-off (c/o) institutions will be able to house > 3rd-party e-mail without needing to distribute their own public keys. > > To create a post office for your friends, two methods exist: > > 1) Define a common neighbor (e.g Alice and Bob connect to a common > webserver as node, and all three have email encryption keys shared), then > the webserver stores the emails, even if Alice or Bob are offline. > > 2) Or/additionally: Create an virtual institution and add the email key of > a friend to your node. In case your friend adds the magnet link (which > contains name and address of the virtual institution, aka AES key and Hash > key) for the institution as well to his node, the institution will save all > emails for him (as well from senders, which are not registered at the > virtual institution). > > A Magnet Link allows to share the virtual institution easily. The magnet > Uri would look like: > *magnet:?in=Gmail&ct=aes256&pa=dotcom&ht=sha512&xt=urn:institution* > > With this method an email provider can be build without data retention and > with the advantage of detached email encrpytion keys from node´s IP > addresses. Next to TCP, you can use as well UDP and SCTP as protocol. > > Virtual Institutions (VI) have been - due to the homepage - introduced by > the lib-version 0.9.04 of http://goldbug.sf.net email and chat application. > > If we understand this right, now everyone can create an email provider > without data retention just as a service for friends. In case in a network > of connected nodes everyone uses "gmail" as VI-name and "dotcom" as > VI-address, everyone will host everyone for email, while all remains > encrypted.. could be a nice net or p2p model in a testing. >
Although technical solutions are feasible, we ought to consider some things: - Email is older than the web itself; - Email has three times as many users as all social networks combined; - Email is entrenched in the offices, many a business is powered by it; Given the enormous energy necessary to remove such an appliance and replace it with something better. How could we make a secure solution that plays nicely with the current tools without disturbing too much what is already established?
