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INSCI 2016: Internet Science pp 244–254Cite as

End-to-End Encrypted Messaging Protocols: An Overview

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This paper aims at giving an overview of the different core protocols used for decentralized chat and email-oriented services. This work is part of a survey of 30 projects focused on decentralized and/or end-to-end encrypted internet messaging, currently conducted in the early stages of the H2020 CAPS project NEXTLEAP.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    https://nextleap.eu.

  2. 2.

    https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc821.

  3. 3.

    https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3851.

  4. 4.

    https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6120#page-13.

  5. 5.

    Ibid.

  6. 6.

    http://xmpp.org/about/technology-overview.html.

  7. 7.

    https://otr.cypherpunks.ca/software.php.

  8. 8.

    And the “Matrix Console” messaging app for Android reportedly has “between 1000 and 5000 downloads”.

  9. 9.

    WhatsApp turns to end-to-end encryption by default in April 2016.

  10. 10.

    https://whispersystems.org/blog/facebook-messenger/.

  11. 11.

    https://xmpp.org/extensions/inbox/omemo.html.

  12. 12.

    http://mixminion.net/.

  13. 13.

    https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns/blob/master/doc/Whitepaper.md.

  14. 14.

    The full 30 case studies can be downloaded from https://nextleap.eu.

  15. 15.

    Briar, Caliopen, ChatSecure, CoverMe, CryptoCat, Equalit.ie, GData, i2P, Jitsi, Mailpile, Mailvelope, ParanoiaWorks, Patchwork, Pidgin, Pixelated, Pond, Protonmail, qTOX, Ricochet, Scramble, Signal, SilentCircle, SureSpot, Teem/SwellRT, Telegram, Threema, TorMessenger, Vuvuzela, Wickr, Wire.

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  1. i3-CSI, MINES ParisTech, Paris, France

    Ksenia Ermoshina

  2. ISCC, CNRS/Paris-Sorbonne/UPMC, Paris, France

    Francesca Musiani

  3. INRIA, Paris, France

    Harry Halpin

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  1. University of Florence, Florence, Italy

    Franco Bagnoli

  2. Center for Research and Technology, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Anna Satsiou

  3. National and Kapodistrian University, Athens, Greece

    Ioannis Stavrakakis

  4. University of Florence, Florence, Italy

    Paolo Nesi

  5. University of Florence, Florence, Italy

    Giovanna Pacini

  6. University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland

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  7. University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

    Thanassis Tiropanis

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    Dominic DiFranzo

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Ermoshina, K., Musiani, F., Halpin, H. (2016). End-to-End Encrypted Messaging Protocols: An Overview. In: Bagnoli, F., et al. Internet Science. INSCI 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9934. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45982-0_22

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