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Most users ever online was 22 on Fri May 18, 2012 9:36 am

Re: feedback about usability

106 — 2013-05-12T16:44:14+00:00

one more suggestion for improvement of retroshare:
when one makes a new profile, one has to enter the passphrase just once. Since for security reasons my passphrase is longer than 20 digits, it took several attempts to enter the passphrase correct sinc i want to get it into the clipboard.
So a validation-box for the passphrase would be helpful.

Statistics : Posted by Serie • on Tue Dec 18, 2012 9:53 pm • Replies 13 • Views 1652

Re: Public versus Private keys exchange

564 — 2013-05-06T07:04:57+00:00

Boldhawk wrote:First, these discussions have not made a clear distinction between the public and private keys. Whenever the term appears, the key referred to is not identified as private or public.

You (or RS) never send your private key to anyone. Unless the term “private” is explicitely mentionned you can assume the discussion is about publickeys.

However, in the list of Known People, under the friends tab, we both show to each other that we didn't sign the other's certificate... when in fact we both did, and marked each other as full trust.

Probably a small bug. Doesn’t matter since RS does not use thisinformation.

The point is that since I don't want to un-install the whole program and delete related files (friends wont delete permanently... they stay in the system, and ca be readily re-added)

If you delete "related files" (i.e. the data directory) everything...

Statistics : Posted by Distro • on Sat May 04, 2013 3:32 pm • Replies 2 • Views 182

Re: Control over my information after is has been shared

564 — 2013-04-20T14:01:19+00:00

I’m not entirely against this idea, but…
1) it would be an illusion of safety, as anyone could copy the data before it is changed or deleted
2) I do not want others to decide if files should be changed or deleted on my computer
3) this sounds terribly similar to DRM and such annoying crap.

But then, the ability to edit one’s post *could* be useful.

Statistics : Posted by Distro • on Sun Apr 08, 2012 6:52 pm • Replies 5 • Views 953

Re: RetroShare over Tor Hidden Services

3383 — 2013-04-20T09:16:44+00:00

I used to use TOR from China. It worked quite well for a time, until the censors found out that the servers and/or relays were easily obtained in the TOR website. Then, TOR set up to get "relays" which one could obtain by writing an email which was automatically replied with three or so relays. This too worked well for a time, until they caught up with it, and after that, I could use TOR for about 3 days, after which, it no longer worked.

I now use a VPN connections, and I've rarely had any problems. So, TOR an an optional add on, is probably a good idea, but not included as an automatic feature. Users should be able to choose.

Thank you.

Statistics : Posted by Boldhawk • on Sun Sep 02, 2012 3:52 pm • Replies 5 • Views 1297

Re: RetroShare needs your Help

3383 — 2013-04-16T15:39:25+00:00

Interested in helping.

Haven't done any coding for some years, but I can do some thing now...

Testing, Manual updating, writing.

Maybe more when I become more familiar with your systems.

Statistics : Posted by Boldhawk • on Sat Oct 25, 2008 2:48 pm • Replies 1 • Views 1239

Re: What should I push to talk? (VOIP plugin)

2112 — 2013-03-26T19:22:39+00:00

Thanks for your reply csoler, I could figure this out on my own. My question was about the PTT mode which can be enabled explicitly. There is no clue which button I should press to talk, nor can it be configured in preferences.

This mode is a good idea because you talk only when you need, you don't have to call (like on Skype), also it spares a lot of bandwidth (no downstream when talking, and no upstream when listening) on slower connections (e.g. mobile internet).

Statistics : Posted by hbasser • on Fri Oct 19, 2012 10:10 pm • Replies 3 • Views 1102

Re: Searching directory names

564 — 2013-03-25T14:34:04+00:00

There is not a folder but an “EXTRA” list for temporary uploads, that is used when you drag&drop a file to a chat widget for example.

Statistics : Posted by Distro • on Mon Mar 18, 2013 7:33 pm • Replies 2 • Views 620

Re: Retroshare internal forums and adding unknown peolple

1962 — 2013-03-21T08:54:09+00:00

Tret wrote:As I understand the person link should search DHT, but for me it seems as it's instant in telling me the link was not processed.

No, links do not query the DHT.

There are two types of links forpeers:

Code:: retroshare://person?name=&hash= retroshare://certificate?sslid=&gpgid=&gpgbase64=&gpgchecksum=<>&location=home&name=&locipp=;&extipp= ;

When clicking on a Person, you get a Person-Link: as this link only contains the hash, this link only works when you have the cert already in your keyring.
When you first click on the "+" and then on the Location, you can get a certificate link. This link contains everything you need to connect.

Tret wrote:I can understand if the forum link requires me to know somebody who has that forum

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Statistics : Posted by electron • on Tue Mar 19, 2013 6:10 pm • Replies 1 • Views 435

Re: Share Groups

1962 — 2013-03-17T08:28:15+00:00

john_es wrote:1.) For the checkboxes: - Does Friends checkbox mean all contacts/friends? or is it a specific group of friends?

Blue checkbox = all friends.
Green checkbox = friends from selected groups.

john_es wrote:2.) Where do I manage groups? Can I add more groups?

On the Friends tab, click on the green "+". (top right corner of friends list.)
To remove a group: right click on the group, choose "Remove group".

john_es wrote:3.) Also, I seem to see a bug here:

This bug is still alive in 6235.

Statistics : Posted by electron • on Fri Feb 01, 2013 9:14 pm • Replies 6 • Views 782

Re: No-IP static address

1962 — 2013-03-17T07:56:46+00:00

h3llo wrote:Hi, what are the advantage of using dynamic DNS of No-IP?

dynamic DNS + forwarded port allows friends which can't use DHT (because of a firewall) to connect to you.

h3llo wrote:Do I need to keep my No-IP client open when RetroShare is opened?

yes.

h3llo wrote:And can I use my No-ip address in place of my real IP address in the public certificate that I exchange with my friend to do not reveal my real IP and to be connected fast?

You can't hide your IP from your friends.

Statistics : Posted by electron • on Thu Jul 22, 2010 5:21 pm • Replies 7 • Views 2296

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