WASTE Download Information
WASTE is licensed under the GPL .
* Important: Some countries have regulations on the use of
cryptographics systems; it may be unlawful to use WASTE in these
countries. For a guide to International Laws regarding cryptography,
please see Bert-Jaap Koops' Crypto Law Survey
. This warning was
copied from GPG's web site . *
WASTE for Windows is available here:
version 1.0 beta: waste-setup.exe (May 28, 2003)
WASTE source code is available here (also includes source to build a
WASTE FreeBSD or MacOS X mini-server):
version 1.0 beta: waste-source.zip/waste-source.tar.gz (May 28, 2003)
Guide to Installing WASTE on Windows:
1. Download the WASTE installer from above.
2. Run the installer. Select whatever directory you choose to install
to.
3. When prompted to move the mouse around to generate randomness,
move the mouse around until the progress bar is full.
4. The WASTE Profile Setup Wizard should appear. Enter a nickname
which you want to be known as on the network.
5. Select your approximate internet connection speed, then hit Next.
6. Click 'Run key generator...' which will allow you to generate a
key pair for use with WASTE.
7. Enter a password to encrypt your private key with. This will
prevent someone who gains access to your computer from stealing
your private key. The password should be good and hard to guess.
Then hit Generate.
8. At this time you should move your mouse around in the WASTE Key
Generator Window a ton in order to generate lots of randomness.
You will know you have done enough when the window says
"Generating key pair...". When the generation is complete, WASTE
will give you a message box telling you how long it took to
generate the key. Hit OK.
9. At this point you should copy your public key to the clipboard
using the button labeled "Copy my public key to the clipboard" and
then paste it into an email/IM/whatever to give it to the
person(s) you wish to connect to.
10. You should also acquire the PUBLIC key of the person(s) you wish
to connect to via some means, and then click the "Import public
keys..." button in order to import their PUBLIC keys. Once you
import their PUBLIC keys, there should be a message in the setup
wizard telling you how many keys are loaded total.
11. Hit Next.
12. (Optionally) select a path to save new files in, and path(s) to
allow people access to.
13. Hit Run.
14. WASTE should open with two windows, a main "buddy-list" type
window, and a "Network Status" window. Go to the text entry field
at the top of the network status box, and type in the host name of
the person you wish to connect to. If when you hit enter something
appears for a quick flash in the host list, and then disappears,
it probably means that you don't have eachothers public keys. To
doublecheck what keys you have, hit Ctrl+P to go to the
preferences, then go to Ne twork/Public Keys tab.
15. To browse the network, hit Alt+B to open the browser, then click
the upper left icon in the browser window to refresh. You can also
type in search terms in to the browser address at the top to search.
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