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@ -14,17 +14,20 @@ fast and as efficiently as possible. At the same time, Peroxide aims to:
are hard to make work with Outlook
* make things easy to hack on without a deluge of dependencies providing little
value in the context of the two above points
* limit the exposure to supply chain attacs
To that end, Peroxide:
* is buildable using plain `go build`
* drops the original GUI and CLI
* drops all the desktop integration and trackers
* provides a server program and a separate configuration program
* drops dependence on binary packages
* drops the integrated upgrade functionality
* unables multiple device-specific passwords for every account
* encrypts the ProtonMail credentials on disk and does not require any external
secret store to do that
* user-supplied passwords are keys used to decrypt the credentials in memory
* user-supplied passwords are keys used to decrypt the credentials in memory; they
are never stored on disk
Server setup
------------
@ -33,6 +36,8 @@ Server setup
Therefore, I strongly advise against running it on the open Internet - run it
locally or use a trusted VPN.
Run the `install.sh` script to install peroxide in your system.
Peroxide reads its settings from a configuration file located in
`/etc/peroxide.conf` by default. This configuration file holds a bunch of
key-value pairs in YAML format. There's an example in the root of the source
@ -45,30 +50,19 @@ The package provides two executables:
* `peroxide-cfg` - the program that manages the user accounts, login keys, and
implements other helper functions
Type `go build` in `cmd/peroxide` and in `cmd/peroxide-cfg` subdirectories of
the source tree to build them. They are static binaries and have no
dependencies. The installation process boils down to copying them to the
appropriate system-wide binary directory (like `/usr/bin`).
Peroxide encrypts the IMAP and SMTP communication with the clients using TLS and
will not work without a valid certificate. You can either use a service like
Let's Encrypt to get a certificate signed by a trusted CA or use `peroxide-cfg`
to generate a self-signed one. Running:
]==> peroxide-cfg -action gen-x509 -x509-org "my-organization" -x509-cn "my-hostname"
]==> sudo -u peroxide peroxide-cfg -action gen-x509 -x509-org "my-organization" -x509-cn "my-hostname"
will generate `cert.pem` and `key.pem` files in the current working directory.
These files must be copied to the location where the server expects them, as
configured in `peroxide.conf`. By default, it's: `/etc/peroxide/`. The
`/etc/peroxide` directory needs to be writable to both the server and the
configuration program because that's the default location for the credentials
store and cookies cache. So does the cache directory located by default in
'/var/cache/peroxide`.
configured in `peroxide.conf`. By default, it's: `/etc/peroxide/`.
You can adjust and copy the `peroxide.service` file found in the root of the
source tree to `/etc/systemd/system/` and enable the service by typing:
You can then enable the service by typing:
]==> sudo systemctl daemon-reload
]==> sudo systemctl enable peroxide
]==> sudo systemctl start peroxide
@ -77,7 +71,7 @@ User management
To log in to your ProtonMail account, type:
]==> peroxide-cfg -action login-account -account-name foo
]==> sudo -u peroxide peroxide-cfg -action login-account -account-name foo
It will authenticate you with the ProtonMail's services and print a
random-generated key. Please note this key; it will be needed to add
@ -85,7 +79,7 @@ device-specific keys or re-login.
To add a device-specific key type:
]==> peroxide-cfg -action add-key -account-name foo -key-name test
]==> sudo -u peroxide peroxide-cfg -action add-key -account-name foo -key-name test
The command will add a device-specific key called `test` to the user account
`foo` and print that key to standard output. As above, this key is not stored

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