Safe, secure and as anonymous as you want.
It was already possible to test drive the Eccentric Authentication
Proxy. But it required you to compile software. Now we’ve flattend that
hurdle (a bit).
As of today we can offer the first download of our client software for
Debian GNU/Linux. It might even work at other linux-distributions.
The software is a local proxy service. It sits on your computer,
receiving requests from your brower. It does all cryptographic
operations that browsers are bad at.
Here is a walkthrough of what you can expect when you run it: walkthrough.
download
You can download the ecca-proxy software here: ecca-proxy.tgz
Notice that this is a 64-bit executable. (linux only).
run it
To run it, perform these steps:
apt get install libunbound2 libsqlite3 openssl
tar xzvf ecca-proxy.tgz
./ecca-proxy
configure your browser
You need to configure your brower to send all requests to the ecca-proxy. Here is how to do that:
start your browser (iceweasel/firefox)
click on Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Network -> Settings
You should see this:
Click ‘Manual…’ and fill in 127.0.0.1 and port 8000 at the HTTP Proxy setting and press Ok -> Close
Now you’re ready to play with it. We have two websites that offer Eccentric Authentication:
1. The worlds’ most secure dating site
It looks a bit like a dating site. You can get a list of aliens (as we
call humans that use this service). You can create your own
profile. And you can send encrypted messages. The proxy is handling
encryption and decryption. The dating site only sees the unreadable
bits (ciphertext).
To see the messaging in action, get a friend to sign up too and send
encrypted messages to each other. It’s free!
http://dating.wtmnd.nl/
2. The cryptoblog
It’s a rudimentary blogging site. You can create a blog or comment on
other peoples’ blogs. The demo showcases how one can exchange keys
with strangers - correctly - without any dificult prodedures. Instead,
just click.
http://cryptoblog.wtmnd.nl/
Free software
This is all Free Software with open source code. The source code of the ecca-proxy is at:
github.com/gwitmond/ecca-proxy.
The dating site is based at github.com/gwitmond/ecca-datingsite.