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-ANNOUNCING Bitmask, the internet encryption toolkit, v0.3.0
+ANNOUNCING Bitmask, the internet encryption toolkit, release 0.3.2
The LEAP team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of
-version 0.3.0 of Bitmask
+version 0.3.2 of Bitmask, the Internet Encryption Toolkit.
https://downloads.leap.se/client/
LEAP (LEAP Encryption Access Project) develops a plan to secure
everyday communication, breaking down into discrete services.
-The client for the current phase gives support to the EIP Service and
-the first beta release of Encrypted Mail.
-EIP (the Encrypted Internet Proxy) provides circumvention,
-location anonymization, and traffic encryption in a hassle-free,
-automatically self-configuring fashion.
-Encrypted Mail
+Bitmask is the desktop client to connect to the services offered
+by the LEAP Platform. In the current phase the supported services are
+Encrypted Internet Proxy and Encrypted Mail.
-You can read the user manual and the developer notes online at:
+The Encrypted Internet Proxy provides circumvention, location anonymization,
+and traffic encryption in a hassle-free, automatically self-configuring
+fashion.
-http://bitmask.readthedocs.org/
+Encrypted Mail offers automatic encryption and decryption for both outgoing
+and incoming email, adding public key cryptography to your mail without you
+ever having to worry about key distribution or signature verification.
-WARNING: This is still a beta release of our services, a lot of
-testing and audits are still needed so DO NOT use this for strong
-security.
+You can read about this and many other cool things in the user manual and the
+developer notes, which can be found online at:
+http://bitmask.rtfd.org/
-WHAT CAN THIS VERSION OF THE CLIENT DO FOR ME?
+WARNING: This is still part of a beta release of our software, a lot of testing and
+auditing is still needed, so indeed use it, and feed us back, fork it and contribute
+to its development, but by any means DO NOT trust your life to it (yet!).
-You can connect to the EIP service offered by a provider of your
-choice, and enjoy a encrypted internet connection.
-The first run wizard allows to register an user with the selected
-provider, downloading all the config files needed to connect to the
-eip service. There are also some minimal network checks in place.
+WHAT CAN THIS VERSION OF BITMASK DO FOR ME?
+Bitmask 0.3.2 is mostly a bugfix release, with some minor improvements. Mail
+service is a bit more polished, and we are slowly making our potential packagers
+happy. Refer to the CHANGELOG for the funny details.
-LICENCE
+You can connect to the Encrypted Internet Proxy service offered by a provider of
+your choice, and enjoy a encrypted internet connection that the spying eyes can only
+track back to your provider.
-You may use this package under the GNU General Public License,
+The Encrypted Mail services will run local SMTP and IMAP proxies that, once you
+configure the mail client of your choice, will automatically encrypt and decrypt
+your email using GPG encryption under the hood.
+
+The first run wizard will help you registering an user with your selected
+provider, downloading all the config files needed to connect to the various LEAP
+services.
+
+
+LICENSE
+
+You may use Bitmask under the GNU General Public License,
version 3 or, at your option, any later version. See the file
"COPYING.GPL" for the terms of the GNU General Public
License, version 3.
@@ -50,15 +65,18 @@ including the two.
INSTALLATION
-The current version of the LEAP Client has been tested on GNU/Linux
-and OSX, but it is likely that you are able to run it under other
-systems, specially if you are skillful and patient is one of your
+We distribute the current version of Bitmask as standalone bundles
+for GNU/Linux and OSX, but it is likely that you are able to run it under
+other systems, specially if you are skillful and patience is one of your
virtues.
Have a look at "docs/user/install.rst".
-Packages are provided for debian and ubuntu. OSX and win installers
-will be following soon.
+Packages will be soon provided for debian and ubuntu, and the release of
+windows bundles will be resumed shortly.
+
+We will love to hear if you are interested in help making packages available for
+any other system.
BUGS
@@ -71,11 +89,13 @@ intensive bug-reeducation program.
HACKING
You can find us in the #leap-dev channel on the freenode network.
-If you are lucky enough, you can spot us sleepless in night trains,
-rooftops, rainforests, and beyond any border.
+
+If you are lucky enough, you can also spot us drinking mate, sleepless in
+night trains, rooftops, rainforests, lonely islands and, always, beyond
+any border.
-The LEAP team.
+The LEAP team,
-Aug 9, 2013
+Sep 06, 2013
Somewhere in the middle of the intertubes.