Overview¶
nymphemeral is a tool made for users searching for secure and anonymous communication on the internet.
It is a GUI client that relies on a pseudonymous remailer that communicates to its users by posting messages to a shared mailbox, a Zax-type nym server. Both the server and the client apply an ephemeral encryption layer on their messages based on the Axolotl Ratchet protocol, providing forward and future secrecy to the conversation.
Features¶
- Communicates with the new nymserv, a Zax-type nym server with forward secrecy
- Uses python-gnupg and pyaxo for encryption
- Uses aampy to retrieve messages from alt.anonymous.messages
- Sends messages through Mixmaster, sendmail, or outputs the resulting ciphertexts to be sent manually
- Supports End-to-End Encryption
Current Release¶
The current version of nymphemeral is 1.3.2, a beta, released 2015-05-13.
Protocol Update¶
nymphemeral 1.3.3 was updated to use pyaxo 0.4 that follows
the latest (Oct 1, 2014) version of the protocol, which changed the
order of the ratcheting. For that reason, old conversations (created
with nymphemeral < 1.3.3) might not work properly after the
update. We suggest that users update nymphemeral and restart their
conversations by changing their nyms’ ephemeral keys under the
Configure Nym tab.