From 7ac53fa203cb3e1ce460a88dc0dcee40475bced4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: El RIDO Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2015 20:09:24 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Updated Home (markdown) --- Home.md | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/Home.md b/Home.md index cc8b969..931a026 100644 --- a/Home.md +++ b/Home.md @@ -1,10 +1,14 @@ # ZeroBin -ZeroBin is a minimalist, opensource online pastebin where the server has zero knowledge of pasted data. +ZeroBin is a minimalist, opensource online pastebin where the server has zero +knowledge of pasted data. -Data is encrypted/decrypted in the browser using 256 bits AES. +Data is encrypted/decrypted in the browser using 256 bit AES. -This fork of ZeroBin refactored the source code to allow easier and cleaner extensions. It is still fully compatible to the original ZeroBin 0.19 data storage scheme. Therefore such installations can be upgraded to this fork without loosing any data. +This fork of ZeroBin refactored the source code to allow easier and cleaner +extensions. It is still fully compatible to the original ZeroBin 0.19 data +storage scheme. Therefore such installations can be upgraded to this fork +without loosing any data. ## What ZeroBin provides @@ -17,13 +21,18 @@ This fork of ZeroBin refactored the source code to allow easier and cleaner exte - Encryption of data sent to server, even if it does not provide HTTPS. +- Possibility to set a password which is required to read the paste. It further + protects a paste and prevents people stumbling upon your paste's link + from being able to read it without the password. + ## What it doesn't provide - As a user you have to trust the server administrator, your internet provider - and any country the traffic passes not to inject any malicious code. + and any country the traffic passes not to inject any malicious javascript code. -- The "password" to encrypt the paste is part of the URL. If you publicly post - a paste URL, everybody can read it. +- The "key" used to encrypt the paste is part of the URL. If you publicly post + the URL of a paste that is not password-protected, everybody can read it. + Use a password if you want your paste to be private. - A server admin might be forced to hand over access logs to the authorities. ZeroBin encrypts your text and the discussion contents, but who accessed it @@ -32,7 +41,9 @@ This fork of ZeroBin refactored the source code to allow easier and cleaner exte ## Options Some features are optional and can be enabled or disabled in the [configuration -file](Configuration): +file](https://github.com/elrido/ZeroBin/wiki/Configuration): + +- Password protection - Discussions @@ -40,8 +51,8 @@ file](Configuration): - Syntax highlighting using prettify.js, including 4 prettify themes -- Templates: By default there is a "classic" and a bootstrap based theme, but it - is easy to adapt these to your own websites layout. +- Templates: By default there is a bootstrap based and a "classic ZeroBin" theme + and it is easy to adapt these to your own websites layout or create your own. ## Further resources