irungentoo/toxcore on Hacker News

…the authors don't have particular expertise in security. Edit: also, “it's secure, we use Nacl”: https://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore/issues/121

comment by aasasd · 2021-10-05 · in Tox: Decentralized and Encrypted Instant Messaging

…own project with kneejerk responses like these: https://github.com/TokTok/c-toxcore/issues/426 and https://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore/issues/121 showing much more enthusiasm than competence when it comes to security and crypto. while…

comment by mstef · 2018-09-01 · in Briar Project

…to potential security issues. Sure, it has gotten better, but it is not too far from the good old https://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore/issues/121 The fact is we mostly know what kind of attacks are possible on signal. We know metadata is…

comment by bjoli · 2018-08-10 · in I don't trust Signal

You may be thinking of this thread: https://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore/issues/121 I couldn't find any evidence of an audit. There is an actively developed Rust implementation of the core library here: https://github.com/tox-rs/tox Of…

comment by cjcole · 2018-08-05 · in The Tox project

…for phones, rendered useless for battery-saving modes and vaguely competitioning xmpp-otr. https://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore/issues/1398 - discussion on homepage claims https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12657891 - past

comment by wruza · 2018-08-05 · in The Tox project

There's a lot of shady stuff surrounding Tox though see: https://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore/issues/1379 Also: https://blog.tox.im/2016/04/01/litigation/ I rather support KeyBase or Wire (Open Source back-end exists and I think the…

comment by giancarlostoro · 2018-04-03 · in Sunsetting Tor Messenger

> Homebrew crypto written by 4chan. Where did you get that from? Tox uses libsodium. [0] [0] https://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore/blob/master/docs/updat...

comment by shakna · 2017-06-26 · in Russia threatens to block Telegram

Yes, Open Whisper Systems. Signal is open source and meant to be accessible. There's also ToxCore - https://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore - which I have no experience with and I've heard sometimes the community is a little trollish, but it…

comment by micaksica · 2016-11-10 · in Ask HN: Opportunities for pro-bono work democratizing strong encryption

…a list of security risks and mitigations, and, regarding its roots in 4chan, see for yourself: https://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore/issues/1186

comment by eeZah7Ux · 2016-10-07 · in TOX – A New Kind of Instant Messaging

Reminds me a lot of the Tox project, a peer-to-peer encrypted skype/IRC/IM replacement: https://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore Tox optionally supports Tor: https://wiki.tox.im/Tox_over_Tor_%28ToT%29

comment by eosrei · 2015-05-25 · in Ricochet: An encrypted, anonymous IM client built on Tor hidden services

https://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore/issues/121#issuecommen... Not as bad as I remembered, but still... meh.

comment by Johnny_Brahms · 2015-03-27 · in Facebook Messenger XMPP is going away

https://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore/issues/137

comment by jbangert · 2015-02-12 · in Toxic – A distributed, secure, command-line based instant messenging client

…all programs would be secure, right? Just import a secure crypto lib and it's done? Sounds weird. https://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore/issues/121#issuecommen...

comment by exposing · 2015-02-12 · in Toxic – A distributed, secure, command-line based instant messenging client

I think it's because of changing 'project' to 'Foundation': https://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore/pull/1219#commitcommen...

comment by jumpwah · 2015-02-12 · in Toxic – A distributed, secure, command-line based instant messenging client

Also see #1229 (not much, but related): https://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore/issues/1229 Edit: I have no affiliation here, just an outside observer. I think it's relevant because, unlike the screenshot of #1228, the still alive 1229 issue…

comment by jumpwah · 2015-02-12 · in Toxic – A distributed, secure, command-line based instant messenging client

…Foundation such as stqism try constantly to sneak in copyright changes in unrelated fixes: Proof: https://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore/pull/1219 and https://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore/pull/1224 irungentoo enforced censorship on his…

comment by ex-contributor · 2015-02-12 · in Toxic – A distributed, secure, command-line based instant messenging client

core C lib: https://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore Qt client: https://github.com/tux3/qTox ncurses client: https://github.com/Tox/toxic metro/windows client: https://github.com/Reverp/Toxy plain C client (uses xlib/win32 to draw the UI):…

comment by benwaffle · 2015-02-12 · in Toxic – A distributed, secure, command-line based instant messenging client

I feel like tox is slowly dying, https://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore/issues/1186

comment by longlivegnu · 2015-01-22 · in Kim Dotcom launches end-to-end encrypted audio and video chat service

…However, this thread regarding a security audit and the software it uses is slightly concerning: https://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore/issues/121 Both Bitmessage and Tox are wet behind the ears, so-to-speak. PyBitmessage, the main client,…

comment by atoponce · 2014-12-20 · in Ask HN: What encrypted chat application to choose?

I think he is probably referring to these discussions: - https://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore/issues/121 - https://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore/issues/578 where the devs are quite defensive about their choices to (1) reinvent the wheel…

comment by matt4711 · 2014-09-02 · in Hackers Build a Skype That’s Not Controlled by Microsoft

Here's a little more technical information: https://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore

comment by metachris · 2014-09-01 · in Hackers Build a Skype That’s Not Controlled by Microsoft

…understand how alice and bob find each other with temporary public keys in the DHT? I read this ( https://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore/blob/master/docs/Preve... ) but I still can't picture it (the wording isn't the greatest either).…

comment by notsobrightkid · 2014-08-02 · in Tox: A simple, distributed, free, secure Skype replacement. Now alpha with A/V

…[3]: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Undeletion_reques... [4]: https://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore/blob/master/COPYING [5]: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#ccbysa [6]: https://github.com/Tox/Docs/issues/7

comment by throwaway-27677 · 2014-08-02 · in Tox: A simple, distributed, free, secure Skype replacement. Now alpha with A/V

Crypto is outlined over here: https://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore/blob/master/docs/updat...

comment by kragniz · 2014-08-02 · in Tox: A simple, distributed, free, secure Skype replacement. Now alpha with A/V

…this point. The protocol is being _noodled_ through and the code is in C. This is the coding style https://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore/commit/84c28337d248bad... this is openssl all over again https://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore/commit/1…

comment by sitkack · 2014-08-02 · in Tox: A simple, distributed, free, secure Skype replacement. Now alpha with A/V

…key which they will only send you if they are your friend. How this works is described in detail: https://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore/blob/master/docs/Preve...

comment by irungentoo · 2014-08-02 · in Tox: A simple, distributed, free, secure Skype replacement. Now alpha with A/V

…and IRC. Bot example here: https://github.com/aitjcize/tox-irc-sync More info on the protocol here: https://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore/blob/master/docs/updat...

comment by Epictek · 2014-08-01 · in Tox: A simple, distributed, free, secure Skype replacement. Now alpha with A/V

…key. Connections between friends are encrypted. http://nacl.cr.yp.to/box.html is the crypto used. https://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore/blob/master/docs/Tox_m... describes the protocol used to connect securely to friends after they find…

comment by irungentoo · 2014-08-01 · in Tox: A simple, distributed, free, secure Skype replacement. Now alpha with A/V

…is a FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) instant messaging application aimed to replace Skype. https://github.com/irungentoo/ProjectTox-Core Host your own file sync solution http://owncloud.org/ Torproject anonymous surfing…

comment by acd · 2014-02-11 · in Today is The Day We Fight Back

From the list given, looks like that would be Tox. It's got IPv6 and everything. https://github.com/irungentoo/ProjectTox-Core

comment by PhearTheCeal · 2013-10-13 · in Redecentralize: Quietly, some geeks are decentralizing the net again

…medium, but I'm glad Bittorent and others are helping move it in the right direction. [1] https://github.com/irungentoo/ProjectTox-Core [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6121225

comment by PhearTheCeal · 2013-09-30 · in BitTorrent Chat - Private instant messaging via secure, distributed technology

https://github.com/irungentoo/ProjectTox-Core/wiki/Crypto

comment by PhearTheCeal · 2013-07-29 · in Tox: secure messaging for everyone

…the website is down, here's some links: Subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/projecttox/ Core code: https://github.com/irungentoo/ProjectTox-Core Qt GUI code: https://github.com/nurupo/ProjectTox-Qt-GUI Website code:…

comment by kostyakow · 2013-07-29 · in Tox: secure messaging for everyone

…force as the acknowledgement is based on a known plain text. This is very bad . A quick glance at https://github.com/irungentoo/ProjectTox-Core/blob/master/co... I found a potential buffer overflow at line 143. If an attacker sends a large…

comment by shin_lao · 2013-07-29 · in Tox: secure messaging for everyone

Found it on their wiki: https://github.com/irungentoo/ProjectTox-Core/wiki/Crypto

comment by dmix · 2013-07-29 · in Tox: secure messaging for everyone

Since you managed to kill the website: https://github.com/irungentoo/ProjectTox-Core Tox is a completely decentralized secure messaging service which aims to replace skype. It it still in heavy development. So far we have IM working almost…

comment by irungentoo · 2013-07-29 · in Tox: secure messaging for everyone

…or else it will suffer the same fate as Skype. You see the conundrum here? Maybe help project Tox? https://github.com/irungentoo/ProjectTox-Core/blob/master/do...

comment by sdfjkl · 2013-07-09 · in Prism Break