#Retroshare 0.6.1 software#

I2P – a polyvalent software like RetroShare.Comparison of file sharing applications.Private peer-to-peer – RetroShare is a private peer-to-peer software.Since the data stream is encrypted, only original source and ultimate destination are able to see what data is transferred. Although the intermediary friends cannot determine the original source or ultimate destination, they can see their very next links in the communication chain (their friends). This means that communications between the source of data (the uploader) and the destination of the data (the downloader) is indirect through mutual friends.

#Retroshare 0.6.1 series#

Search, access, and both uploading and downloading of these files is made by 'routing' through a series of friends. The degree of anonymity may be improved further by deactivating the DHT and IP/ certificate exchange services, making the RetroShare network a real Darknet.įriends of friends may not connect directly with each other however, the possibility exists of anonymously sharing files with friends of friends, if enabled by the user. The friend-to-friend structure of the RetroShare network makes it difficult to intrude and hardly possible to monitor from an external point of view. The appearance can be changed by choosing one of several available style sheets. In addition to functions quite common to other file sharing software, such as a search tab and visualization of transfers, RetroShare gives users the potential to manage their network by collecting optional information about neighbour friends and visualizing it as a trust matrix or as a dynamic network graph.

a graphical user interface written in Qt 4, which is the one most users use.

a command-line interface executable, that offers nearly no control, but it useful to run on a server 'headless'.

#Retroshare 0.6.1 Offline#

The core of the RetroShare software is based on an offline library, to which two executables are plugged: Tor and I2P networks support, for further anonymisation (since version 0.6.0).a Posted links system, where links to important information can be shared.a channel system offers the possibility to auto-download files posted in a given channel to every subscribed peer, similar to RSS feeds.a forum system allowing both anonymous and authenticated forums which distributes posts from friends to friends.public and private multi-user chat lobbies.a private mailing system allow secure communication between known friends and distant friends.The services that RetroShare offers for communication are : A search function performing anonymous multi- hop search is another source of finding files in the network.įiles are represented by their SHA-1 hash value, and HTTP-compliant file and links may be exported, copied, and pasted into/out of RetroShare to publish their virtual location into the RetroShare network.

In essence, data is only exchanged between friends, although it is possible that the ultimate source and destination of a given transfer are multiple friends apart. File transfer is carried on using a multi- hop swarming system (inspired by the 'Turtle Hopping' feature from the Turtle F2F project, but implemented differently). It is possible to share folders between friends. IPv6 support is planned for the RetroShare 0.6 release branch with a possible release in 2016. Friends of friends cannot connect by default, but they can see each other, if the users allow it. Features Authentication and connectivityĪfter initial installation, the user generates a pair of ( GPG) cryptographic keys with RetroShare.Īfter authentication and exchanging an asymmetric key, OpenSSL is used to establish a connection, and for end to end encryption.

#Retroshare 0.6.1 code#

It lost a point because there has not been a recent independent code audit. On November 4, 2014, RetroShare scored 6 out of 7 points on the Electronic Frontier Foundation's secure messaging scorecard. The web site 'PRISM Break' has recommended RetroShare for anonymous file sharing since 2013. There has been an unofficial build for the single-board computer Raspberry Pi, named PiShare, since 2012. It is not strictly a darknet since optionally, peers may communicate certificates and IP addresses from and to their friends. RetroShare is open source software for encrypted filesharing, serverless email, instant messaging, online chat, and BBS, based on a friend-to-friend network built on GNU Privacy Guard (GPG).