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Tox: A simple, distributed, free, secure Skype replacement. Now alpha with A/V
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Re: Tox: A simple, distributed, free, secure Skype replacement. Now alpha with A/V
#22why is it distributed in binary format?
Re: Tox: A simple, distributed, free, secure Skype replacement. Now alpha with A/V
#23why is it distributed in binary format?
they have links to their git hub repos, so it's also distributed in source format. Unless I don't understand what you're saying.
Re: Tox: A simple, distributed, free, secure Skype replacement. Now alpha with A/V
#24OMG, not again. We are SICK of hearing about your 'tox' junk!
We only need SKYPE!
Re: Tox: A simple, distributed, free, secure Skype replacement. Now alpha with A/V
#25Is toxcore the name of the protocol? Would it be somewhat compatible with XMPP or something like that? I like that it's between FB messenger, gchat/hangouts, viber, what's app, Skype and hosted xmpp.
I think it will have a chicken and an egg problem unless there's some kind of tool that let's you talk with other older apps and protocols like gchat/hangouts, or maybe this is planned.
Re: Tox: A simple, distributed, free, secure Skype replacement. Now alpha with A/V
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An audit is currently planned when the core stabilizes.
FAQ says it's using the NaCl crypto library, so I guess its protocol is as strong as the encryption. The audit would be less ambiguous, because so many other factors could come into play for all parts of an app, not just the communications part.
Yeah, it's more about the implementation and the design of the network/dht itself.
Re: Tox: A simple, distributed, free, secure Skype replacement. Now alpha with A/V
#27Is toxcore the name of the protocol? Would it be somewhat compatible with XMPP or something like that? I like that it's between FB messenger, gchat/hangouts, viber, what's app, Skype and hosted xmpp. I think it will have a chicken and an egg problem unless there's some kind of tool that let's you talk with other older apps and protocols like gchat/hangouts, or maybe this is planned.
It will most likely not be compatible with anything but Tox itself unless someone makes a bot to bridge between the two. For example there is currently a bot in the groupchat (Syncbot) which is a bridge between Tox 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...
Re: Tox: A simple, distributed, free, secure Skype replacement. Now alpha with A/V
#28Any chance of an iOS client any time soon?
Not any time soon, as iOS isn't very FLOSS friendly (in fact, the GPL is not compatible with the Apple app store). There have been talks of making a licensing exception, but the iOS client with the most progress ( https://github.com/Jman012/Toxicity ) isn't functional at the moment.
MPLv2 is compatible with both the GPL and the App Store.
Re: Tox: A simple, distributed, free, secure Skype replacement. Now alpha with A/V
#29What about its design makes it secure? Do you guys have a design document or a description of how you've implemented security? Have any security experts audited the code?
This is a good question. What makes it secure ? "encryption" is not enough. Do you have central servers or is it protocol using P2P ? how do you connect one client to another ? What kind of encryption ? How are the key generated, can we change them etc...
The whole protocol is decentralized and peer to peer. Each person in the network has a public and private key. The NaCl library is used to do all of the encryption.
Re: Tox: A simple, distributed, free, secure Skype replacement. Now alpha with A/V
#30For those that don't already know, this project comes from 4chan's technology board. While there's a lot of inane trash, there are also some real gems if you're patient enough. I find lots of really cool stuff there that doesn't seem to be anywhere else.
More technically-capable people are always welcome to help drown out the inanity. :)