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RetroShare: secure communications with friends

63 points by nextparadigms 15y ago

beza1e1 15y ago
@RetroShare users: Can we setup a hacker news community like thar on Google Plus [0] there? That might kick up adoption. [0] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3452912 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3452912
mike-cardwell 15y ago
Would really like to play with this, but when I run it on Ubuntu it bombs out, leaving this on the CLI: SSL Library Init! AuthGPGimpl::VerifySignature() FAILED AuthSSLimpl::AuthX509() X509 NOT authenticated AuthSSLimpl::InitAuth() validateOwnCertificate() Failed EDIT: It works if I don't use my existing GnuPG keypair. Suspect it's bombing out because I removed the master key from the keyring leaving only the subkeys. Will do some more testing and bring it up in the forums. EDIT2: Works fine on a brand new keypair. As soon as I add an additional signing subkey, delete ~/.retroshare/ and try again it bombs out. If I then delete ~/.retroshare/ again, and then remove the signing subkey, it starts working once again.
- melvincarvalho 15y ago
  Works for me on ubuntu with my GPG
  - mike-cardwell 15y ago
    It only stops working for me when I create a signing subkey. Do you have a signing subkey?
- mkramlich 15y ago
  there is a better place for bug reports
gsa 15y ago
I tried to setup the nogui version some time back. Couldn't figure out how to, and the documentation is really scarce. Had no luck on the forums either. Paperwise, the technology seems solid. The only piece of advice to keep in mind is to not approve keys you don't trust.
mambodog 15y ago
Reminds me of WASTE: http://waste.sourceforge.net/ http://waste.sourceforge.net/
- hieronymusN 15y ago
  Many many fond memories of WASTE file transfers.
va_coder 15y ago
offtopic: I love how with Github I can get to the source in just a few clicks. Its still a scavenger hunt with sourceforge.
- __alexs 15y ago
  fyi the repo on GitHub is a bit behind SVN where all the main work happens. Due to the size of the repo and the slowness of SF syncing takes ages :(
richardk 15y ago
Seems nice, but not terribly stable, i.e segfault after giving my connection details
- cparker 15y ago
  What version is this, and what OS? Been using it for three years now. great for browsing through forums and such. Its getting there.
  - richardk 15y ago
    0.5.2a Debian GNU/Linux
drbob 15y ago
Hi HN, I'm part of the Retroshare-dev team. We'd be interested in hearing any feedback / questions you have. We have an very active community, especially in France and Germany that uses Retroshare daily. Development effort is continuing at a rapid rate. The existing release is a little out of date, but we expect to have a new stable release out before the end of February. You can get status updates via twitter: @retroshare drBob.
gambler 15y ago
I installed it on Windows, but it complained about the wrong version of GNUPG and didn't run. (I have 2.something for Engigmail installed.) Is there a way to install both of those at the same time?
- apoapo 15y ago
  Try the "portable" version. That one has the correct GNUPG installe dinside Retroshare's folder.
melvincarvalho 15y ago
I use retroshare all the time as a desktop app, and in a browser. Still a bit of work to be done, but is my favourite way to do encrypted chat, with my GPG key, and has other cool features.
ottofischer 15y ago
Alternative RetroShare client (Addon) is found here: http://interface.sf.net http://interface.sf.net
- ottofischer 15y ago
  with chess game f2f
unicornporn 15y ago
Also worth a mention: http://www.oneswarm.org/ http://www.oneswarm.org/ http://www.alliancep2p.com/ http://www.alliancep2p.com/

63 points by nextparadigms 15y ago

@RetroShare users: Can we setup a hacker news community like thar on Google Plus [0] there? That might kick up adoption. [0] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3452912 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3452912

mike-cardwell 15y ago

Would really like to play with this, but when I run it on Ubuntu it bombs out, leaving this on the CLI: SSL Library Init! AuthGPGimpl::VerifySignature() FAILED AuthSSLimpl::AuthX509() X509 NOT authenticated AuthSSLimpl::InitAuth() validateOwnCertificate() Failed EDIT: It works if I don't use my existing GnuPG keypair. Suspect it's bombing out because I removed the master key from the keyring leaving only the subkeys. Will do some more testing and bring it up in the forums. EDIT2: Works fine on a brand new keypair. As soon as I add an additional signing subkey, delete ~/.retroshare/ and try again it bombs out. If I then delete ~/.retroshare/ again, and then remove the signing subkey, it starts working once again.

melvincarvalho 15y ago
Works for me on ubuntu with my GPG
- mike-cardwell 15y ago
  It only stops working for me when I create a signing subkey. Do you have a signing subkey?
mkramlich 15y ago
there is a better place for bug reports

gsa 15y ago

I tried to setup the nogui version some time back. Couldn't figure out how to, and the documentation is really scarce. Had no luck on the forums either. Paperwise, the technology seems solid. The only piece of advice to keep in mind is to not approve keys you don't trust.

mambodog 15y ago

Reminds me of WASTE: http://waste.sourceforge.net/ http://waste.sourceforge.net/

hieronymusN 15y ago
Many many fond memories of WASTE file transfers.

va_coder 15y ago

offtopic: I love how with Github I can get to the source in just a few clicks. Its still a scavenger hunt with sourceforge.

__alexs 15y ago
fyi the repo on GitHub is a bit behind SVN where all the main work happens. Due to the size of the repo and the slowness of SF syncing takes ages :(

richardk 15y ago

Seems nice, but not terribly stable, i.e segfault after giving my connection details

cparker 15y ago
What version is this, and what OS? Been using it for three years now. great for browsing through forums and such. Its getting there.
- richardk 15y ago
  0.5.2a Debian GNU/Linux

drbob 15y ago

Hi HN, I'm part of the Retroshare-dev team. We'd be interested in hearing any feedback / questions you have. We have an very active community, especially in France and Germany that uses Retroshare daily. Development effort is continuing at a rapid rate. The existing release is a little out of date, but we expect to have a new stable release out before the end of February. You can get status updates via twitter: @retroshare drBob.

gambler 15y ago

I installed it on Windows, but it complained about the wrong version of GNUPG and didn't run. (I have 2.something for Engigmail installed.) Is there a way to install both of those at the same time?

apoapo 15y ago
Try the "portable" version. That one has the correct GNUPG installe dinside Retroshare's folder.

melvincarvalho 15y ago

I use retroshare all the time as a desktop app, and in a browser. Still a bit of work to be done, but is my favourite way to do encrypted chat, with my GPG key, and has other cool features.

ottofischer 15y ago

Alternative RetroShare client (Addon) is found here: http://interface.sf.net http://interface.sf.net

ottofischer 15y ago
with chess game f2f

unicornporn 15y ago

Also worth a mention: http://www.oneswarm.org/ http://www.oneswarm.org/ http://www.alliancep2p.com/ http://www.alliancep2p.com/