1cryptobone(8)                                                    cryptobone(8)
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NAME

6       cryptobone - Secure Communication Under Your Control
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SYNOPSIS

9       /usr/bin/cryptobone
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DESCRIPTION

13       cryptobone  is the graphical user interface for a secure messaging sys‐
14       tem that makes sure a user's email is always encrypted without  burden‐
15       ing  the  user with complex message key management. Based on a separate
16       daemon, both ease-of-use and security are assured by a  novel  approach
17       to encryption key management.
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19       While  the  message  keys  are secured by a daemon running on the Linux
20       machine, additional protection can be achieved  by  using  an  external
21       device  for  storing  the  encryption keys. This external device can be
22       another Linux computer dedicated to this task or a  Beagle  Bone  or  a
23       Raspberry Pi.
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25       The  Crypto  Bone secure messaging system automatically encrypts a mes‐
26       sage with a strong message key, stored in the cryptobone daemon's  data
27       base  for secrets.  Except for an initial registration of a message key
28       for a recipient, the user does not need to remember any of  these  mes‐
29       sage  keys  being  in use, as the system updates keys when messages are
30       sent out or received.
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32       While only strongly encrypted messages are sent out, incoming  messages
33       that cannot be decrypted with registered message keys are discarded.
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35       In  order  to  transfer  encrypted messages the system has to be set up
36       with a working email account used for this purpose only.
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OPTIONS

39       none
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FILES

43       /usr/bin/cryptobone
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SEE ALSO

47       libclr(3), cryptoboned(8)
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AUTHORS

51       cryptobone has been written by Ralf Senderek <innovation@senderek.ie>.
52       The core cryptographic library libclr.so which is used by the cryptobone daemon
53       has been written by Peter Gutmann <pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz>.
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BUGS

57       Of course there aren't bugs, but if you find any, please sent them to innovation@senderek.ie.
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61Ralf Senderek                                                    cryptobone(8)
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