WASTE is a software product and protocol from Nullsoft that enables secure distributed communication for small (on the order of 10-50 nodes) trusted groups of users. It is designed to enable small companies and small teams within larger companies to easily communicate and collaborate in a secure and efficient fashion, independent of physical network topology. It uses link-level encryption to secure links, and public keys for authentication. This network is built such that all services utilize the network, so firewall issues become moot. It is licensed under the GPL.
WASTE currently provides the following services:
- Instant Messaging (with presence).
- Group Chat.
- File browsing/searching.
- File transfer (upload and download).
Changes: 1.1
- Source is now compiled under Visual C++ 7 (still unmanaged).
- Other user’s nicks are colored blue in chat windows.
- WAV file played on incoming chat message.
- to change the sound, just put any WAV in your WASTE home folder and call it ‘IMInbound.wav’.
- Logging of chat windows to file. In your WASTE home folder files called ‘Chatlog-.txt’ will be created.
- Logging of downloaded files. All downloaded files will be logged to ‘WASTELog-.txt’ in your first shared folder. The idea here is for you to be able to see what folks on your network are downloading.
Note: Some countries have regulations on the use of cryptographics systems; it may be unlawful to use WASTE in these countries.
