From 328a727929d88d78562924834f26f9e77bb53084 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bob Mottram Date: Tue, 3 May 2016 09:56:52 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] HexChat replaces XChat --- doc/EN/usage.org | 38 +++--- website/EN/usage.html | 263 +++++++++++++++++++++--------------------- 2 files changed, 151 insertions(+), 150 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/EN/usage.org b/doc/EN/usage.org index 412308ff..3434eb1a 100644 --- a/doc/EN/usage.org +++ b/doc/EN/usage.org @@ -200,15 +200,15 @@ ssh myusername@mydomain -p 2222 #+END_SRC Then select *IRC* from the menu. However, other than via this method using ssh, irssi isn't a very good IRC client because it doesn't have the capability to onion route messages, and therefore leaks metadata. For the best security when using your IRC server, use XChat or client which supports Tor. -*** XChat -XChat is compatible with proxying via Tor and so provides the best security when connecting to your IRC server. It will allow you to connect to your IRC server's onion address. +*** HexChat +HexChat (formerly XChat) is compatible with proxying via Tor and so provides the best security when connecting to your IRC server. It will allow you to connect to your IRC server's onion address. -First install XChat and set up its configuration file. +First install HexChat and set up its configuration file. #+BEGIN_SRC bash -sudo apt-get install tor xchat -mkdir ~/.xchat2 -echo "# By default, XChat based IRC software, when started-up, or run for first time, +sudo apt-get install tor hexchat +mkdir -p ~/.config/hexchat +echo "# By default, HexChat based IRC software, when started-up, or run for first time, # it starts to use local network, to connect to the internet. To prevent that, # and to force it, to use Tor proxy (a Socks5 server): # @@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ net_proxy_type = 3 # Check yourself https://toxin.jottit.com/xchat_set_variables net_proxy_use = 0 -# XChat should not use the same circuit/exit server as other Tor applications. +# HexChat should not use the same circuit/exit server as other Tor applications. # Otherwise activity in different applications could be correlated to the same # pseudonym. There is a way to prevent that. # It is called stream isolation. We use IsolateSOCKSAuth, @@ -234,12 +234,12 @@ net_proxy_use = 0 # Works with Tor 0.2.3 and above. # # /set net_proxy_auth 1 -# /set net_proxy_pass = XChat -# /set net_proxy_user = XChat +# /set net_proxy_pass = HexChat +# /set net_proxy_user = HexChat # net_proxy_auth = 1 -net_proxy_pass = XChat -net_proxy_user = XChat +net_proxy_pass = HexChat +net_proxy_user = HexChat # Get rid of protocol leaks: # a DCC session can reveal IP address, etc. identd flag can reveal your @@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ net_proxy_user = XChat # /set dcc_auto_resume OFF # /set dcc_auto_send 0 # /set irc_hide_version ON -# /set identd OFF <-- NOT working on all XChat-based IRC software. +# /set identd OFF <-- NOT working on all HexChat-based IRC software. # But still highly suggested to include & use it. # Probable not needed on UNIX, source: http://xchat.org/faq/#q21 dcc_auto_chat = 0 @@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ identd = 0 # If you use your own comment instead of default values, then these data are # posted on each channel when you do these events: JOIN, PART, QUIT, AWAY. -# So they can reveal who you actually are, when you are using same XChat +# So they can reveal who you actually are, when you are using same HexChat # software for multiple different nicknames. # # Delete everything under Settings -> Preferences -> Default Messages: @@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ away_reason = irc_part_reason = irc_quit_reason = -# By default, XChat based IRC software uses your platform OS(Operating System)s +# By default, HexChat based IRC software uses your platform OS(Operating System)s # login user name as your nickname, user name, real name. To prevent leaking # that, and, to use your own choice of nickname, realname, username: # @@ -300,18 +300,18 @@ irc_nick3 = user__ # Use a more common nick completion suffix: # When you write the first few characters of a nickname followed by tab, -# it will, by XChat default, complete the nickname and ", " behind the -# nickname. The behavior is XChat specific. The " :" is more more common +# it will, by HexChat default, complete the nickname and ", " behind the +# nickname. The behavior is HexChat specific. The " :" is more more common # for more common clients such as mIRC. # -# XChat -> Settings -> Preferences -> input box -> completion_suffix set to : +# HexChat -> Settings -> Preferences -> input box -> completion_suffix set to : # completion_suffix = : # Not starting the server windows at the beginning so you can check and set # settings before connecting to any IRC networks. gui_slist_skip = 1 -" > ~/.xchat2/xchat.conf +" > ~/.config/hexchat/hexchat.conf #+END_SRC Now look up the onion address for your IRC server @@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ Select Administrator options, then *About this system* and make a note of the on [[file:images/xchat_setup.jpg]] -Run XChat. +Run HexChat. Within the network list click, *Add* and enter your domain name then click *Edit*. diff --git a/website/EN/usage.html b/website/EN/usage.html index bf24d4c0..04b734b4 100644 --- a/website/EN/usage.html +++ b/website/EN/usage.html @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> - + @@ -170,15 +170,15 @@ for the JavaScript code in this tag. -Readme +Readme -Improving ssh security +Improving ssh security -Administrating the system via an onion address (Tor) +Administrating the system via an onion address (Tor) @@ -190,38 +190,38 @@ for the JavaScript code in this tag. -Syncing to the Cloud +Syncing to the Cloud -Play Music +Play Music -Microblogging (GNU Social) +Microblogging (GNU Social) -Social Network +Social Network -Chat Services +Chat Services -RSS Reader +RSS Reader -Adding or removing users +Adding or removing users -
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Readme

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After the system has installed a README file will be generated which contains passwords and some brief advice on using the installed systems. You can read this with the following commands:

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Improving ssh security

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Improving ssh security

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To improve ssh security you can generate an ssh key pair on your system and then upload the public key to the Freedombone.

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Administrating the system via an onion address (Tor)

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You can also access your system via the Tor system using an onion address. To find out what the onion address for ssh access is you can do the following:

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Syncthing provides a similar capability to proprietary systems such as Dropbox, and also is well suited for use with low power single board computers. You can have one or more directories which are synchronized across your various laptops/desktops/devices, and this makes it hard for you to ever lose important files. The manner in which the synchronization is done is pretty secure, such that it would be difficult for passive adversaries (mass surveillance, "men in the middle", etc) to know what files you're sharing. Of course, you don't necessarily need to be running a server in order to use Syncthing, but if you do have a server which is always running then there's always at least one place to synchronize your files to or from.

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An easy way to play music on any mobile device in your home is to use the DLNA service. Copy your music into a directory called "Music" on a USB thumb drive and then insert it into from socket on the Beaglebone.

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To log into your GNU Social site first obtain your username and password from the "microblogging" section of the readme file.

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Both Hubzilla and GNU Social try to obtain certificates automatically at the time of installation via Let's Encrypt. This will likely mean that in order for this to work you'll need to have obtained at least one "official" domain via a domain selling service, since Let's Encrypt mostly doesn't seem to work with free subdomains from sites such as freeDNS.

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On first visiting your Hubzilla site you'll see the login screen. The first thing you need to do is register a new user. The first user on the system then becomes its administrator.

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IRC is useful for multi-user chat. The classic use case is for software development where many engineers might need to coordinate their activities, but it's also useful for meetings, parties and general socialising.

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The easiest way to use irssi is to connect to your system, like this:

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-XChat is compatible with proxying via Tor and so provides the best security when connecting to your IRC server. It will allow you to connect to your IRC server's onion address. +HexChat (formerly XChat) is compatible with proxying via Tor and so provides the best security when connecting to your IRC server. It will allow you to connect to your IRC server's onion address.

-First install XChat and set up its configuration file. +First install HexChat and set up its configuration file.

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+echo "# By default, HexChat based IRC software, when started-up, or run for first time,
 # it starts to use local network, to connect to the internet. To prevent that,
 # and to force it, to use Tor proxy (a Socks5 server):
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 #                 Check yourself https://toxin.jottit.com/xchat_set_variables
 net_proxy_use = 0
 
-# XChat should not use the same circuit/exit server as other Tor applications.
+# HexChat should not use the same circuit/exit server as other Tor applications.
 # Otherwise activity in different applications could be correlated to the same
 # pseudonym. There is a way to prevent that.
 # It is called stream isolation. We use IsolateSOCKSAuth, 
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 # Works with Tor 0.2.3 and above.
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 # /set net_proxy_auth 1
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-# /set net_proxy_user = XChat
+# /set net_proxy_pass = HexChat
+# /set net_proxy_user = HexChat
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 net_proxy_auth = 1
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-net_proxy_user = XChat
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 # Get rid of protocol leaks:
 # a DCC session can reveal IP address, etc. identd flag can reveal your
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 # /set dcc_auto_send 0
 # /set irc_hide_version ON
-# /set identd OFF <-- NOT working on all XChat-based IRC software.
+# /set identd OFF <-- NOT working on all HexChat-based IRC software.
 # But still highly suggested to include & use it.
 # Probable not needed on UNIX, source: http://xchat.org/faq/#q21 
 dcc_auto_chat = 0
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 # If you use your own comment instead of default values, then these data are
 # posted on each channel when you do these events: JOIN, PART, QUIT, AWAY.
-# So they can reveal who you actually are, when you are using same XChat
+# So they can reveal who you actually are, when you are using same HexChat
 # software for multiple different nicknames.
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 # Delete everything under Settings -> Preferences -> Default Messages:
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 irc_part_reason = 
 irc_quit_reason = 
 
-# By default, XChat based IRC software uses your platform OS(Operating System)s
+# By default, HexChat based IRC software uses your platform OS(Operating System)s
 # login user name as your nickname, user name, real name.  To prevent leaking
 # that, and, to use your own choice of nickname, realname, username:
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 # Use a more common nick completion suffix:
 # When you write the first few characters of a nickname followed by tab,
-# it will, by XChat default, complete the nickname and ", " behind the
-# nickname. The behavior is XChat specific. The " :" is more more common
+# it will, by HexChat default, complete the nickname and ", " behind the
+# nickname. The behavior is HexChat specific. The " :" is more more common
 # for more common clients such as mIRC.
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-# XChat -> Settings -> Preferences -> input box -> completion_suffix set to :
+# HexChat -> Settings -> Preferences -> input box -> completion_suffix set to :
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 completion_suffix = :
 
 # Not starting the server windows at the beginning so you can check and set
 # settings before connecting to any IRC networks.
 gui_slist_skip = 1
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Now look up the onion address for your IRC server

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By default the IRC server is set up to require a password for users to log in. The password is the same for all users. If you want to change or remove the password:

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The Profanity shell based user interface and is perhaps the simplest way to use XMPP from a laptop. It's also a good way to ensure that your OTR keys are the same even when logging in from different laptops or devices, and it also means that if those devices later become compomised then there are no locally stored OTR keys to be found.

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Jitsi is the recommended communications client for desktop or laptop systems, since it includes the off the record (OTR) feature which provides some additional security beyond the usual SSL certificates.

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The default XMPP client in Ubuntu is Empathy. Using Empathy isn't as secure as using Jitsi, since it doesn't include the off the record feature, but since it's the default it's what many users will have easy access to.

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Tox is an encrypted peer-to-peer messaging system and so should work without Freedombone. It uses a system of nodes which act as a sort of directory service allowing users to find and connect to each other. The Tox node ID on the Freedombone can be found within the README within your home directory. If you have other users connect to your node then you will be able to continue chatting even when no other nodes are available.

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Within the software center search for "mumble" and install the client then run it. Skip through the audio setup wizard.

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Freedombone also supports SIP phones The username and domain is the same as for your email address, and the SIP password and extension number will appear within the README file in your home directory. Various SIP client options are available, such as CSipSimple on Android and Jitsi on desktop or laptop machines. Ideally use clients which support ZRTP, which will provide the best level of security.

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ZRTP appears to be the current best standard to end-to-end encrypted voice calls, combining good security with simplicity of use. When the initial cryptographic negotiation between phones is done at the start of a call a short authentication string (SAS) is calculated and displayed at both ends. To check that there isn't anyone intercepting the call and acting as a man in the middle - as stingray type devices try to do - the short authentication string can be read out and verbally confirmed between the callers. If it's the same then you can be pretty confident that the call is secure.

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Add an account. Under General Wizards choose Expert and enter the following details:

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RSS Reader

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The way that RSS reading is set up on Freedombone gives you strong reading privacy. Not only is there onion routing between you and the server but also between the server and the source of the RSS feed. The only down side is that many RSS feeds are still http only, and so could be vulnerable to injection attacks, but it's expected that more of this will go to https in the foreseeable future due to a combination of growing recognition of security issues and systems like Let's Encrypt which make obtaining certificates much easier.

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Log into the system with: