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1 .SH darkfi |
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2 Mallumo Encrypted IRC |
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3 .2C 18v |
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4 . |
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5 .PP |
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6 IRC is part of the protocols that survived to the advent of the Web. |
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7 . |
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8 .PP |
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9 It still has users, it still has new network and communities initiatives… |
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10 . |
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11 .PP |
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12 One single little touch it lacks is end-to-end encryption. |
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13 Without it, it is perfect for public communities such as software projec… |
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14 but private 1-to-1 communication could suddenly become a good candidate … |
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15 . |
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16 .PP |
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17 Part of the DarkFi project, this is what Mallumo |
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18 .FS |
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19 https://github.com/darkrenaissance/mallumo |
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20 .FE |
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21 brings in a simple piece of code using libNaCl, |
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22 the crypto library from Dan Bernstein, |
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23 author of ED25519 (in its repackaged libsodium form). |
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24 This is state-of-the-art, well-proven and fast cryptography for end-to-e… |
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25 . |
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26 .PP |
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27 With this plug-in dropped in the plugin folder, |
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28 all private communication start by a simple key exchange over normal IRC, |
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29 and the conversation upgrades to nacl-encrypted messages over regular IR… |
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30 . |
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31 .PP |
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32 There might not be any simpler way to encrypt peer-to-peer communication… |
