Telegram to open server sources?

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Post by wishbear » Mon, Jul 20, 2015, 11:21 AM UTC

Telegram to open server sources?
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Re: Telegram to open server sources?

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Post by graffitici » Mon, Jul 20, 2015, 12:14 PM UTC

I read that Telegram used a custom crypto protocol instead of standard ones, which was a cause for concern [1]. Open-sourcing their server code would certainly make it easier for researchers to fully analyze what's happening, as well as enabling others to replace the custom ones with standard protocols.

[1] http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/49782/is-telegra...

Re: Telegram to open server sources?

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Post by AtticHacker » Mon, Jul 20, 2015, 12:18 PM UTC

Can the lang=ru query string be removed from this link? I clicked it and now the 'lang' cookie is set to ru which might cause issues for other people.

Re: Telegram to open server sources?

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Post by jug5 » Mon, Jul 20, 2015, 12:22 PM UTC

graffitici wrote: post #2

I read that Telegram used a custom crypto protocol instead of standard ones, which was a cause for concern [1]. Open-sourcing their server code would certainly make it easier for researchers to fully analyze what's happening, as well as enabling others to replace the custom ones with standard protocols. [1] http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/49782/is-telegra...

Thanks for that captain obvious

Re: Telegram to open server sources?

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Post by ohitsdom » Mon, Jul 20, 2015, 12:52 PM UTC

Is this the only source for Telegram open sourcing their servers? Seems like this tweet could just as easily be saying that they are removing the 200 person limit in August, not open sourcing.

Re: Telegram to open server sources?

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Post by sctb » Mon, Jul 20, 2015, 1:34 PM UTC

AtticHacker wrote: post #3

Can the lang=ru query string be removed from this link? I clicked it and now the 'lang' cookie is set to ru which might cause issues for other people.

We updated the link.

Re: Telegram to open server sources?

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Post by rakoo » Mon, Jul 20, 2015, 8:16 PM UTC

graffitici wrote: post #2

I read that Telegram used a custom crypto protocol instead of standard ones, which was a cause for concern [1]. Open-sourcing their server code would certainly make it easier for researchers to fully analyze what's happening, as well as enabling others to replace the custom ones with standard protocols. [1] http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/49782/is-telegra...

No, because end-to-end encryption assumes no collaboration from parties in the middle.