This resource is intended to point student programmers to the wealth of existing security software. The software here targets a variety of platforms, is built with a variety of languages, and covers a variety of uses.

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As of Spring 2020, the best version of Windows 10 to use with an eGPU is 1903, specifically OS Build 18362.295 (KB4512508). Microsoft improved hot-plug detection and handling of Thunderbolt 3 devices in this version. Mac computers greatly benefit from these changes in Win10 1903.

Since gpg4usb is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL), you can use it on as many machines as you want. Copy it, modify and redistribute it, give gpg4usb to as many people as possible! Gpg4usb is tested a lot already on many different machines, but we can give no warranty, that it works on your computer. Application: gpg4usb Category: Security Description: gpg4usb is a very easy to use and small portable editor to encrypt and decrypt any text-message or -file you want using GnuPG. Learn how to create an encryption key, encrypt, decrypt, sign, and verify messages all in an easy to understand visual tutorial. You can download gpg4usb her.

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Learning

Google Summer of Code is a global program that offers student developers stipends to write code for various open source software projects. GSOC work with many open source, free software, and technology-related groups to identify and fund projects over a three month period. Since its inception in 2005, the program has brought together over 7,500 successful student participants from 97 countries and over 7,000 mentors from over 100 countries worldwide to produce over 50 million lines of code. Through Google Summer of Code, accepted student applicants are paired with a mentor or mentors from the participating projects, thus gaining exposure to real-world software development scenarios and the opportunity for employment in areas related to their academic pursuits. In turn, the participating projects are able to more easily identify and bring in new developers. Best of all, more source code is created and released for the use and benefit of all.

Security-related projects

coreboot

coreboot is a Free Software project aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS/UEFI (firmware) found in most computers. coreboot performs a little bit of hardware initialization and then executes additional boot logic, called a payload.

Crypto Stick

The Crypto Stick project develops Open Source USB keys for secure login in the Web and to enable high secure encryption of e-mails and data. It includes an One Time Password feature which can be used with Google and many other popular websites. The project has been founded in 2006. Core developers come from Germany, Poland, Singapore and Vietnam. Secret keys are always stored securely inside the Crypto Stick.

Debian

The Debian Project is an association of individuals who have made common cause to create a free operating system. The Debian Project was founded in 1993 by Ian Murdock to be a truly free community project. Since then the project has grown to be one of the largest and most influential open source projects.

GNOME

GNOME offers an easy to understand desktop and applications for your GNU/Linux or UNIX computer.

KDE

KDE is an international technology team that creates Free Software for desktop and portable computing. Among KDE's products are a modern desktop system for Linux and UNIX platforms, comprehensive office productivity and groupware suites and hundreds of software titles in many categories including Internet and Web applications, multimedia, entertainment, educational, graphics and software development.

LEAP

LEAP is a non-profit dedicated to giving all internet users access to secure communication by making encryption technology easy to use and widely available.

Mozilla

The mission of the Mozilla Project is to preserve choice and innovation on the Internet. We are the producer and provider of the award-winning Firefox web browser, Firefox OS mobile operating system and Thunderbird email software, and are also expanding into Identity (with Mozilla Persona) and Open Web Apps.

Nmap

Nmap ('Network Mapper') is a free and open source utility for network discovery and security auditing. Many systems and network administrators also find it useful for tasks such as network inventory, managing service upgrade schedules, and monitoring host or service uptime.

OWASP

OWASP is the Open Web Application Security Project. It is an open community dedicated to enabling organizations to develop, purchase, and maintain applications that can be trusted.

Tor & EFF

The Tor Project is a free-software non-profit project to build an anonymity toolkit used by individuals, companies, governments, and law enforcement around the world.

Jitsi

The jitsi.org community develops applications and libraries for real-time audio/video communication (RTC).

Software

Pidgin

Pidgin is a chat program which lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on MSN, talking to a friend on Google Talk, and sitting in a Yahoo chat room all at the same time.

Pidgin runs on Windows, Linux, and other UNIX operating systems.

Languages used: C
Website: https://pidgin.im/
Code: https://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/
Issues: https://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/BugTracking

GPG4USB

To say it straight in only one sentence: gpg4usb is a very easy to use portable-application, which combines a simple text-editor with a GnuPG-frontend to write, encrypt and decrypt your text-messages and files. gpg4usb should work on almost any computer you're working on, should it be a Linux-machine or even one with a Microsoft-OS running.

Languages used: C++
Website: http://www.gpg4usb.org/
Code: http://cpunk.de/svn/src/gpg4usb/
Issues: http://cpunk.de/svn/src/gpg4usb/trunk/TODO & http://gpg4usb.org/development.html

CryptoCat

Cryptocat is an experimental browser-based chat client for easy to use, encrypted conversations. It aims to make encrypted, private chat easy to use and accessible. We want to break down the barrier that prevents the general public from having an accessible privacy alternative that they already know how to use. Cryptocat is currently available for Chrome, Firefox and Safari. It uses the OTR protocol over XMPP for encrypted two-party chat and the (upcoming) mpOTR protocol for encrypted multi-party chat.

Languages used: Objective-C, JavaScript
Website: https://crypto.cat/
Code: https://github.com/cryptocat/cryptocat
Contributing: https://github.com/cryptocat/cryptocat/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
Issues: https://github.com/cryptocat/cryptocat/issues?milestone=23&state=open

KeePassX

KeePassX is an application for people with extremly high demands on secure personal data management. It has a light interface, is cross platform and published under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

KeePassX saves many different information e.g. user names, passwords, urls, attachments and comments in one single database. For a better management user-defined titles and icons can be specified for each single entry. Furthermore the entries are sorted in groups, which are customizable as well. The integrated search function allows to search in a single group or the complete database. KeePassX offers a little utility for secure password generation. The password generator is very customizable, fast and easy to use. Especially someone who generates passwords frequently will appreciate this feature.

Languages used: C++
Website: https://www.keepassx.org/
Code: https://github.com/keepassx/keepassx
Issues: https://www.keepassx.org/dev/projects/keepassx/issues

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