Cutlass Cutlass is a cross-platform system for secure peer to peer communication, oriented towards small groups.
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P2P Secure P2P sharing secure transfer peer

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Cutlass is a cross-platform system for secure peer to peer communication, oriented towards small groups. Cutlass is a cross-platform system for secure peer to peer communication, oriented towards small groups. It provides IM and file transfer. A major design goal is to be easy to use, even by non-security conscious users. The Cutlass main goals are :Easy enough to use for broad adoptionCoded using widely supported APIs, to be multiplatformSecure by default, using encrypted channelsUseful for everyday Internet functionality. Transmit sound, files, text.P2P as independent of central servers/failure points as possible.Extendable (both in functionality and paranoia)Not dependent on central serversCutlass is currently under development. The current version provides message, file and voice transmission, but grouping, directory services and connection forwarding are not yet implemented.Cutlass was originally named DEFJAM (Distributed, Encrypted File Journalling And Messaging), and was the subject of a presentation at Notacon. Requirements: · Cutlass requires the Botan crypto library and the Speex voice codec to build. (Please use the stable branch of Speex, we've had segfaults with the unstable branch).

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