Fascinating project =) I look forward to watching it progress. best, Griffin
John Brooks wrote: > I’d like to present a project that I hope will interest some of > you: > > Torsion is a ready-to-use hidden service instant messaging client > with bigger goals and better implementation than the previous work > on this concept. > > The goal [2] is to have a real solution for anonymous chat, with no > servers to trust with your communication habits, that any > reasonable person can use safely. I think this is a better way to > meet those goals than the endless list of server-based encrypted > messengers, including those that can integrate with Tor. The > current version is a substantial improvement over (and not related > to) TorChat, and I intend to quickly improve it from here to be > more secure and more appealing to a broad audience. > > It’s usable now; there are packages [3] for Windows and OS X [4], a > configuration wizard similar to TBB, contact requests, and a > protocol I hopefully won’t regret. I’m looking for people to try it > out, validate my ideas and implementation, and help plan the > future. I’ve met my first milestones; where to go from here is a > decision I’d like to make with the interested community. > > If you’re intrigued, please give it a try and add > torsion:rs7ce36jsj24ogfw. I’m also responsive to email, github > issues, and on OFTC as ‘special’. I’ve documented the major points > of the design at [2], but I’m happy to answer questions and > discuss. > > [1] https://github.com/special/torsion [2] > https://github.com/special/torsion/blob/master/doc/design.md [3] > https://github.com/special/torsion/releases [4] No linux packaging > yet, see: https://github.com/special/torsion#downloading--building > > - John > > > -- tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
