Dark Mail Alliance
The Dark Mail Alliance is an organization dedicated to creating an email protocol and architecture with end-to-end encryption.[1]
In October 2013, Silent Circle and Lavabit announced a project to create a more secure alternative to email and began a fundraising effort.[2][3] The Dark Mail Alliance team consists of Phil Zimmermann, Jon Callas, Mike Janke, and Ladar Levison.[1]
Dark Internet Mail Environment
Dark Internet Mail Environment (DIME) aims to be a secure communication platform for asynchronous messaging across the Internet. It was presented by Ladar Levison and Stephen Watt at DEF CON on August 8, 2014.[4]
Specifications
There have been multiple revisions for DIME specifications. The latest revision is presented as a preliminary draft.
Protocols
- Dark Mail Transfer Protocol (DMTP)
- Dark Mail Access Protocol (DMAP)
Data formats
- Signet Data Format
- Message Data Format (D/MIME)
Implementations
Server-side
Magma is the reference MIME server implementation. It supports server side encryption, SMTP, POP, IMAP and HTTP.[7]
Client-side
Volcano, a Thunderbird fork with DIME support.[8]
See also
References
- ^ a b Levison, Ladar. "Dark Mail Alliance website". Dark Mail Alliance. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ "Lavabit's Dark Mail Initiative". Kickstarter.
- ^ Hern, Alex. "Email is broken but Dark Mail Alliance is aiming to fix it". The Guardian newspaper. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ "DEF CON 22 - Ladar Levison and Stephen Watt - Dark Mail". Youtube.
- ^ "Dark Internet Mail Environment, Architecture and Specifications, December 2014" (PDF). Dark Mail. Retrieved 2015-07-25.
- ^ "Dark Internet Mail Environment, Architecture and Specifications, March 2015" (PDF). Dark Mail. Retrieved 2015-07-25.
- ^ "lavabit/magma.classic". GitHub.
- ^ Scharr, Jill. "DIME, Formerly DarkMail, Promises Secure Email".
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