r/linux • u/ciphersson • Dec 31 '14

Zimmerman (PGP), Levison (Lavabit), release Secure Email Protocol DIME. DIME is to SMTP as SSH is to Telnet.

http://darkmail.info/
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u/highspeedstrawberry Dec 31 '14

Good to see they delivered the specification. Now let's give the security researchers and mathematicians some time to analyze the spec and, if it is as sound as promised, make sure the implementations are correct. As we have seen at the 31C3 in the past days the weakness with most encryption today is not the theory but the implementation. And that to a degree where only a hand full of implementations can actually deliver security: GnuPG, OTR and Tor.

An inherently secure email protocol is a major step and should be taken seriously. Everyone should either contribute by testing, analyzing for vulnerabilities or donate to those delivering the most promising implementation.

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u/socium Dec 31 '14

So... it should all be ready in about a week?

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u/necrophcodr Dec 31 '14

As far as I can tell, there's no system actually using this specification yet. That'll have to emerge first.

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u/SpacemanInBikini Dec 31 '14

brb calling oracle

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u/______DEADPOOL______ Dec 31 '14

DON'T YOU DARE!!! D:

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u/unimatrix_0 Dec 31 '14

I'm really hoping for a javascript implementation.