Re: Consequences to draw from the latest Snowden revelations?

2013-09-08 Thread Randolph D.
2013/9/7 Niklas Schnelle > Dear OpenSSL users, > > what can be done to improve the situation. > One option is to switch from central SSL Certs to selfsigned SSL Certs in a p2p environment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-signed_certificate SSL sends the key over D/H exchange, which could be att

Re: GoldBug.sf.net - Secure Instant Messenger

2013-08-03 Thread Randolph D.
I think the RFC you mention is more a "reply" protocol, rather than an "echo protocol" with a "total algorhytmus" utilized by this. A RFC has to be written still. Anyone? It s still a good research project for students. The TTL seems to be replaced by bounces in the latest lib according to lib-SVN.

Re: GoldBug.sf.net - Secure Instant Messenger

2013-08-01 Thread Randolph D.
Thanks both, though I think new software deserves constructive criticisms and not some sort of brief and impulsive whims. But thank you for your time, so these items can be discussed by more experienced people. Don“t reduce a lot of work of developers into your personal interpretation of failures,

GoldBug.sf.net - Secure Instant Messenger

2013-08-01 Thread Randolph D.
GoldBug.sf.net - Secure Instant Messenger http://goldbug.sourceforge.net/ Please evaluate the OpenSSL implemntation Any comments, is it really secure? as it implements the new echo chat protocol, which is designed for only non-plaintext chat. Regards Randolph