By Lyuben Todorov
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- Secure Email
- No one can see whats going on (Not even ISPs)
- Open-source
CassTor is a secure replacement for email, using a Cassandra database instead of a mail server it locks down communication between the server and client and alters the communication channel by connecting to a TOR proxy so that data exchange is annonymous and secure.
1.1 beta (latest release: 20 Feb 2013)
CassTor uses a combination of open-source projects:
- TorThrift - TOR implementation of the Thrift protocol for Cassandra.
- Java - A fantastic OO programming language
- Cassandra - A highly scalable NoSql database
- Astyanax - API
- Silvertunnel Netlib - Java library for accessing the TOR proxy
- SWING - A Java GUI framework for building the client interface
- Netbeans - IDE with git integration
- Github - CVS