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The Internet Encryption Toolkit: Encrypted Internet Proxy and Encrypted Mail.

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Bitmask

your internet encryption toolkit

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Bitmask is the multiplatform desktop client for the services offered by the LEAP Platform.

It is written in python using PySide and licensed under the GPL3. Currently we distribute pre-compiled bundles for Linux, OSX and Windows.

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The latest documentation is available at LEAP.

License

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Bitmask is released under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3 or later.

Contributing

We welcome contributions! see the Contribution guidelines

Changelog

0.9.1 November 03 - “the day of the calaca”

Features
  • #7542: Pin mail.bitmask.net provider. Closes feature #7542.

Bugfixes
  • #7563: try to look for /usr/bin/gpg1

  • #7562: use zmq embedded minitornado, instead of system lib.

0.9.0 October 28

Features
  • #4284: Download specific smtp certificate from provider, instead of using the vpn one.

  • #5526: Make “check” button selected by default.

  • #6359: Adapt bitmask to the new events api on leap.common.

  • #6360: Use txzmq in backend.

  • #6368: Add support to the new async-api of keymanager.

  • #6683: Add ability to generate sumo tarball.

  • #6713: Add support for xfce-polkit agent.

  • #6876: Update api port for pinned riseup.

  • #7139: Use logbook zmq handler to centralize logging.

  • #7140: Implement a thread-safe zmq handler for logbook.

  • #7141: Add log handler to display colored logs on the terminal.

  • #7142: Add log handler to store logs on bitmask.log.

  • #7143: Adapt existing log filter/silencer to the new logbook handler.

  • #7144: Replace logging handler with logbook handler bitmask-wide.

  • #7162: Log LSB-release info if available.

  • #7180: Add log rotation for bitmask.log.

  • #7184: Forward twisted logs to logging and handle logging logs with logbook.

  • #7250: Enable ‘–danger’ for stable versions.

  • #7291: Move the updater code from the launcher to the client.

  • #7342: Added apply_updates.py script for the pyinstaller bundle.

  • #7353: Add notifications of soledad sync progress to UI.

  • #7356: Allow to disable EIP component on build.

  • #7414: Remove taskthread dependency, replace with custom (and small) code.

  • #7419: Load credentials from environment variables and trigger login.

  • #7471: Disable email firewall if we are running inside a docker container.

  • Add support to the new async-api of soledad

Bugfixes
  • #6418: Cannot change preseeded providers if checks for one fail.

  • #6424: Do not disable autostart if the quit is triggered by a system logout.

  • #6536, #6568, #6691: Refactor soledad sync to do it the twisted way.

  • #6541: Client must honor the ports specified in eip-service.json.

  • #6594: Handle disabled registration on provider.

  • #6654: Regression fix, login attempt is made against previously selected provider.

  • #6682: Handle user cancel keyring open operation, this prevents a bitmask freeze.

  • #6894: Change ‘ip’ command location to support Fedora/RHEL distros.

  • #7093: Fix controller attribute error.

  • #7126: Don’t run the event server on the backend for the standalone bundle since the launcher takes care of that.

  • #7149: Start the events server when reactor is running.

  • #7185: Log contains exported PGP Private Key.

  • #7222: Run the zmq log subscriber in the background to avoid hitting the zmq’s buffer limits.

  • #7273: Logbook subscriber stop fails if not started.

  • #7273: ZMQError: address already in use - logbook subscriber already started.

  • #7281: Support a provider not providing location for the eip gateways.

  • #7319: Raise the maxfiles limit in OSX

  • #7343: Clean up and fix the tests.

  • #7415: Fix wrong argument number on window raise event.

  • #7448: Fix hangs during logout.

  • #7451: Assign the timeout ‘call later’ before starting the sync to prevent race conditions.

  • #7453: After a complete sync show the user the amount of unread emails.

  • #7470: Fix bug with password change.

  • #7474: Track soledad ready state on a shared place for easy access. Enable password change window.

  • #7503: Handle soledad init fail after several retries.

  • #7512: Pass on standalone flag to common.

  • #7512: Store logs in the right place.

  • #7512: Store zmq certs in the right path.

  • Authenticate properly logout calls to API.

  • Fix soledad bootstrap sync retries.

  • Fix the bootstrap script for developers so it works on Fedora/RHEL systems where there is /usr/lib64 for python libs.

  • Remove bubble argument from the logbook NullHandler

0.8.1 February 25

Features
  • #6646: Gracefully fall back to ZMQ ipc sockets with restricted access if CurveZMQ is not available.

  • #6717: Split changes log into changelog and history.

Bugfixes
  • #6654: Regression fix, login attempt is made against previously selected provider.

  • #6058: Support ‘nobody’ (used on Arch) as well as ‘nogroup’ as group names.

0.8.0 January 04 – “Charlie and the code refactory”

Features
  • #5873: Allow frontend and backend to be run separately.

  • Refactor login widgets/logic.

  • Improved changelog :).

Bugfixes
  • #6058: Support ‘nobody’ (used on Arch) as well as ‘nogroup’ as group names.

  • #6123: Forward the right environment data to subprocess call.

  • #6150: Do not allow Bitmask to start if there is no polkit agent running.

  • #6631: Fix failing tests.

  • #6638: Fix set initialization to support python 2.6.

  • #6652: Fix regression: polkit agent is not automatically launched.

  • #6654: Login attempt is made against previously selected provider.

  • Create zmq certificates if they don’t exist.

  • Disable ‘–offline’ flag temporarily.

  • Make pkg/tuf/release.py handle removals in the repo.

  • Reduce the wait for running threads timeout on quit.

0.7.0 December 12 – the “One window to rule them all, and in the darkness bind them.” release:

  • Select current provider on EIP preferences. Closes #5815.

  • Handle logout correctly when we stop_services to launch the wizard. Related to #5815.

  • Properly remove /tmp/bitmask.lock. Closes #5866.

  • Hide EIP Start button and display correct warning on missing helpers files. Closes #5945.

  • Save default provider if changed on the combo box. Closes #5995.

  • Update the EIP status on provider change. Closes #5996.

  • Update and get ready to start a provider on change. Closes #5997.

  • Use python2 to run bitmask-root to work fine on systems with python3 as default. Closes #6048.

  • Use python2.7 in bitmask-root shebang since is the common name for python 2 in Ubuntu, Debian, Arch. Related to #6048.

  • Remove dict comprenension in util, for 2.6 compat.

  • Login shall not wait for eip to finish if eip is not able to start. Closes #5994

  • Properly send the token for querying the EIP certificate. Fixes #6060.

  • Code cleanup and logging improvements.

  • Add email firewall blocking other users to access bitmask imap & smtp. Closes #6040

  • Remove the Advanced Key Management since we don’t support stable mail yet. Closes #6087.

  • Single combined preferences window. Closes #4704, #4119, #5885.

  • Fix soledad imports (#5989).

  • Make pkg/tuf/release.py handle removals in the repo

  • Remove instructions/references of mail from the client. Closes #6140.

  • Add support for the internal LXDE polkit agent. Closes #6043.

  • Allow the server to set a custom –fragment openvpn option (#5933)

  • Add Calyx.net as pinned provider. Closes #6518.

For older entries look at the HISTORY.rst file.

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