Gaim-Encryption is a plugin that adds RSA encryption capabilities to Gaim software, allowing users to securely communicate with each other. It ensures secure and private conversations over instant messaging, and is an essential tool for those who value confidentiality.
If you're looking for a Gaim plugin that provides transparent RSA encryption, Gaim-Encryption is worth considering. It utilizes NSS to ensure that your conversations remain safe and private. Here are some key features of the plugin that make it stand out:
- Automatic creation of public/private key pairs upon loading the plugin
- Automatic transmission of your public key to other users
- Ability to support key sizes ranging from 512 to 4096 bits
- Saves keys of known users and warns you if their public key has changed
- Embeds all encryption and keys inside HTML so that other users without the plugin will receive a notification instead of seeing garbled text
- Stores keys in human-readable files in your .gaim directory, in case you ever need to edit them by hand
- Ability to automatically recognize if you are chatting with someone who has the plugin
- Available for the Windows version of Gaim
- Modular and extensible, allowing you to define a different type of encryption and use this plugin as a wrapper to take care of transporting the encrypted binary over the IM pipe
To use Gaim-Encryption, you'll need Gaim and Mozilla NSS. With the latest release, Gaim-Encryption now works with Gaim 2.0.0 beta 4. Whether you're new to Gaim-Encryption or a long-time user, the latest version is definitely worth checking out for its enhanced encryption capabilities.
- Automatic creation of public/private key pairs upon loading the plugin
- Automatic transmission of your public key to other users
- Ability to support key sizes ranging from 512 to 4096 bits
- Saves keys of known users and warns you if their public key has changed
- Embeds all encryption and keys inside HTML so that other users without the plugin will receive a notification instead of seeing garbled text
- Stores keys in human-readable files in your .gaim directory, in case you ever need to edit them by hand
- Ability to automatically recognize if you are chatting with someone who has the plugin
- Available for the Windows version of Gaim
- Modular and extensible, allowing you to define a different type of encryption and use this plugin as a wrapper to take care of transporting the encrypted binary over the IM pipe
To use Gaim-Encryption, you'll need Gaim and Mozilla NSS. With the latest release, Gaim-Encryption now works with Gaim 2.0.0 beta 4. Whether you're new to Gaim-Encryption or a long-time user, the latest version is definitely worth checking out for its enhanced encryption capabilities.
What's New
Version 3.0 Beta6: N/A