What is Waste ?



Waste is a peer-to-peer software package,
providing private/encrypted and decentralized communications,
( it is peer to peer in a mesh topology )

It allows :

» The secure exchange of all file types
» Secure instant messaging ( i.e. ICQ, MSN .. )
» Secure group chat capabilities in an IRC 'channels' style.

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It is decentralized:

In the sense that functionality doesn't depend upon a single centralized host server you are one of the pillars of architecture relaying IP and public keys.

It is private :
All of the user connections are visible and you have complete control
over their actions : such as the banning of their connection address so that they may not connect to you.

It is secure :

As every user has a private and public key, every user is unique.
This allows for encrypted exchanges : encrypted chat and encrypted transfers.

A bit of history, the creator (Justin) was a member of the Nullsoft team (he also wrote Winamp 2, and was the Nullsoft founder). Justin created this software to share files between offices at Nullsoft and AOL, and do encrypted chat back and forth. The software was released to the public under the GPL. AOL later took down the software and then Justin quit the company. AOL/Time Warner magazine "Popular Science" claims that "Nullsoft disowned the project".

Then .. How does it work ?!

1 - You are the red dot and you presently have three cell members connected to you, one fine day another cell member connects to you with another cell connected to him.

2 - This cell member is intimately connected to another
cell member who happens to have good things to share..

3 -This member is also connected to another of his cells members.

4 - The beauty of Waste, is that this member is connected to a network assembly that is already full of people who are sharing thousands of files.

5 - Waste is an intelligent software package that keeps track of your new buddies, not only do you retrieve the keys of new network members, but a new connection has just been create between you and a green dot. On larger networks, and depending how many connections you set it to maintain, you may not (most likely will not) maintain a connection to everyone. The recommended connections to maintain is '4', and usually does a fairly good job. The more connections everyone keeps up, the better the routing is likely to be.

Is it necessary to remind you that all of these connections are encrypted? ?
Is it necessary to remind you that there is no central server? ?

Foot Note » To ensure anonymity, the transfers between you 1 )and your green friend ( 4 ) are not made via direct connection unless you have selected the option to do so. The data will be bounced between several relays before arriving at their end.
 

WASTE Tutorial

1. Download and install WASTE.


2. Enter Nickname and Network name/ID.
    NOTE: Everyone on our network has to use the same network name CSAnet.
    NOTE: Network names is case sensitive.





3. Click Run key generator.





4. Enter your password twice and click Generate.





5. Click Next.





6. Add at least one (preferably more) of your shared folders and then click Run.





8. In File => Preferences => Network pick port 1337 for the network to run on and click Update.
    NOTE: Everyone in our network has to use the same port.





9. In File => Preferences => Network => Private Key click Copy my public key to the clipboard.
    Now give your public key to your cells members,
 and get their public keys.
    Get the CSAnet main public key below.





CSAnet Main Public Key

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

10. In File => Preferences => Network => Public Keys click Add.





11. Paste the CSAnet public key into the window as shown below.
     Then click Load key text.





12. Before connecting make sure you have the network name set to IIRGnet and the port number set to 1337.