![]() ![]() It is a bit outdated because they've removed gnupg and introduced openpgp, but didn't update their instructions. Required packagesMy primary source for instructions is the RetroShare wiki page UnixCompile of today's version. In case that information changes on the Raspi website, I'll duplicate the links and information here, so we're all on the same page:Ĭreate a directory development in your home directory, cd there, download the sources and unpack them. I'm starting with my Raspberry Pi (Model B) with a sufficiently large SD card (4 GB should be enough) and a freshly installed Raspbian Wheezy (build ), which I've updated today (15th October) doing apt-get update & apt-get upgrade, and haven't modified so far besides putting my dotfiles under revision control using git. What we need to get started Raspberry Pi and Raspbian Wheezy I didn't write down exact times, but it's probably best if you have some other tasks to attend to for 2 hours while one subproject is compiling. With the recent release of 0.5.4 I thought I could give it a try again.īe warned: The compiling alone takes a few hours. ![]() I've already managed to compile RetroShare 0.5.3 on and for my Raspi, but it segfaulted whenever I wanted to add a friend or open the settings menu. (I think he wants to go for Parallella now. Fabian is still pissed that my Raspi arrived sooner than his, that is it arrived at all, although I ordered it much later. When I heard about the Raspberry Pi, the geek inside me wanted to have one. Maybe I'll make an article about the pros and cons of RetroShare, but in this article I want to describe my attempts to get it running on my Raspberry Pi, so it can serve as a 24/7 node in the RetroShare network to forward connections without consuming that much power. I've already tried WASTE, GnuNet and AllianceP2P, and they couldn't convince me for long. RetroShare is a decentralized sharing application/network that is, in my opinion, the best darknet software available right now. I don't want this to turn into a political discussion - it is a "tech" blog - so it should be sufficient to say that I like and use RetroShare. You can then easily use random highly secure gobbledygook passwords for everything else.It is if you are paranoid enough.I'm a fan of darknets. If you put the (it is encrypted!) password database in Dropbox or, then you can access your passwords everywhere and only need to remember the long master password. If you only want to install on one machine, then you can test your connection with a public chat server, for example ĭo install Keepass (Windows), KeepassX (Linux, Mac), or KeepassDroid (Android) on each of your machines. This is by far the easiest way to ensure that the connection to the wide wide world will be trouble free. Make sure that the network connections between them are working properly before continuing.Įnable uPnP on your internet gateway. They always manage to find each other again!īefore you start, get two or more machines that you want to be able to connect. Retroshare also works fine between mobile machines. For me it provides a secure alternative to Dropbox and other insecure online FTP services. You can set up multiple circles of trust, for example ' herman-work' and ' herman-home'. It also provides voice, video, chat and discussion fora. The Retroshare application is cross platform and offers an easy way to transfer files between machines. ![]() As soon as data needs to travel outside your VPN mesh net, it is free to anyone to sniff, spy, gloat and giggle over.Īlways remember that the Public Internet is exactly that - it is Public. Same as for a corporate network, you can only go black if you have control over all the end points. With a sniffer, an attacker can glean a little bit of information on who is connected to who, especially when one party is using unsecured WiFi, but they won't get far.Ī private DarkNet is useful for Geeks who do support for their whole family and can set the whole mesh net up. Retroshare and other systems like it are not completely Black. So if any of the endpoints run an untrustworthy operating system such as MS Windows, then one could argue that the whole circle is probably not secure. With a DarkNet, you can exchange files and chat in complete security - well, as secure as the other endpoints. The Onion Router (TOR) is also a kind of public DarkNet proxy service which is very easy to use - do get the TOR Browser package - called Orbot on Android - very handy. These are also known as Friend to Friend networks and creates a Virtual Private Mesh Network between trusted parties.įreeNet is a little different, in that it can operate in two modes - public and private - where the private mode is a true DarkNet. There are various DarkNet systems available, for example FreeNet, Retroshare, TOR, Ricochet and GnuNet. ![]()
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