What pros and cons does it have in comparision with TorChat? Am 29.10.2015 22:12 schrieb "Sukhbir Singh" <az...@riseup.net>:
> Hi, > > Today we are releasing a new, beta version of Tor Messenger, based on > Instantbird [0], an instant messaging client developed in the Mozilla > community. > > * What is it? > > Tor Messenger is a cross-platform chat program that aims to be secure by > default and sends all of its traffic over Tor. It supports a wide variety > of > transport networks, including Jabber (XMPP), IRC, Google Talk, Facebook > Chat, > Twitter, Yahoo, and others; enables Off-the-Record (OTR) Messaging [1] > automatically; and has an easy-to-use graphical user interface localized > into > multiple languages. > > * What it isn't... > > Tor Messenger builds on the networks you are familiar with, so that you can > continue communicating in a way your contacts are willing and able to do. > This > has traditionally been in a client-server model, meaning that your metadata > (specifically the relationships between contacts) can be logged by the > server. > However, your route to the server will be hidden because you are > communicating > over Tor. > > We are also excited about systems like Pond [2] and Ricochet [3], which > try to > solve this problem, and would encourage you to look at their designs and > use > them too. > > * Why Instantbird? > > We considered a number of messaging clients: Pidgin, Adam Langley's > xmpp-client, and Instantbird. Instantbird was the pragmatic choice -- its > transport protocols are written in a memory-safe language (JavaScript); it > has > a graphical user interface and already supports many natural languages; and > it's a XUL application, which means we can leverage both the code (Tor > Launcher) and in-house expertise that the Tor Project has developed > working on > Tor Browser with Firefox. It also has an active and vibrant software > developer > community that has been very responsive and understanding of our needs. The > main feature it lacked was OTR support, which we have implemented [4] and > hope > to upstream to the main Instantbird repository for the benefit of all > Instantbird (and Thunderbird) users. > > * Current Status > > Today we are releasing a beta version with which we hope to gain both > usability and security related feedback. There have been three previous > alpha > releases to the mailing lists that have already helped smooth out some of > the > rougher edges. > > * Downloads > > Linux (32-bit) > > https://dist.torproject.org/tormessenger/0.1.0b2/tor-messenger-linux32-0.1.0b2_en-US.tar.xz > > Linux (64-bit) > > https://dist.torproject.org/tormessenger/0.1.0b2/tor-messenger-linux64-0.1.0b2_en-US.tar.xz > > Windows > > https://dist.torproject.org/tormessenger/0.1.0b2/tormessenger-install-0.1.0b2_en-US.exe > > OS X > > https://dist.torproject.org/tormessenger/0.1.0b2/TorMessenger-0.1.0b2-osx64_en-US.dmg > > sha256sums > https://dist.torproject.org/tormessenger/0.1.0b2/sha256sums.txt > https://dist.torproject.org/tormessenger/0.1.0b2/sha256sums.txt.asc > > The sha256sums.txt file containing hashes of the bundles is signed with the > key 0x6887935AB297B391 (fingerprint: 3A0B 3D84 3708 9613 6B84 5E82 6887 > 935A > B297 B391). > > * Instructions > > - On Linux, extract the bundle(s) and then run: > ./start-tor-messenger.desktop > - On OS X, copy the Tor Messenger application from the disk image to your > local disk before running it. > > On all platforms, Tor Messenger sets the profile folder for > Firefox/Instantbird to the installation directory. > > - Note that as a policy, unencrypted one-to-one conversations are not > allowed > and your messages will not be transmitted if the person you are talking > with > does not have an OTR-enabled client. You can disable this option in the > preferences to allow unencrypted communication but doing so is not > recommended. > > * Source Code > > We are doing automated builds [5] of Tor Messenger for all platforms. > > The Linux builds are reproducible: anyone who builds Tor Messenger for > Linux > should have byte-for-byte identical binaries compared with other builds > from a > given source. You can build it yourself [6] and let us know if you > encounter > any problems or cannot match our build. The Windows and OS X builds are not > completely reproducible yet but we are working on it [7]. > > * What's to Come > > Our current focus is security, robustness and user experience. We will be > fixing bugs and releasing updates as appropriate, and in the future, we > plan > on pairing releases with Mozilla's Extended Support Release (ESR) cycle. We > have some ideas on where to take Tor Messenger but we would like to hear > what > you have to say. Some possibilities include: > > - Reproducible builds for Windows and OS X (#10942) > - Sandboxing (#10943) > - Automatic updates (#14388) > - Improved Tor support (#10950) > - OTR over Twitter DMs (#13312) > - Produce (and distribute) internationalized builds (#10945) > - Secure multi-party communication (np1sec) [8] > - Encrypted file-transfers > - Usability study > > * How To Help > > Give it a try and provide feedback, requests, and file bugs [9] (choose the > "Tor Messenger" component). If you are a developer, help us close all our > tickets [10] or help us review our design doc [11]. As always, we are > idling > on IRC in #tor-dev (OFTC) (nicks: arlolra; boklm; sukhe) and subscribed to > the > tor-talk/dev mailing lists. > > Please note that this release is for users who would like to help us with > testing the product but at the same time who also understand the risks > involved in using beta software. > > Thanks and we hope you enjoy Tor Messenger! > > [0] - http://instantbird.com > [1] - https://otr.cypherpunks.ca > [2] - https://pond.imperialviolet.org > [3] - https://ricochet.im > [4] - https://github.com/arlolra/ctypes-otr > [5] - https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor-messenger-build.git > [6] - https://gitweb.torproject.org/tor-messenger-build.git/tree/README > [7] - https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/10942 > [8] - https://github.com/equalitie/np1sec > [9] - https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/newticket > [10] - > https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=!closed&component=Tor+Messenger > [11] - > https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorMessenger/DesignDoc > > -- > tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org > To unsubscribe or change other settings go to > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk > > -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk