Blowfish Encryption Manual » History » Version 5
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h1. Blowfish Encryption
* required version *>=0.7*
h2. Introduction
Blowfish can be used to encrypt messages between 2 persons in query, messages in channel and the topic. In Quassel all messages will be de-/encrypted on core. So it is *highly recommend* to *[[Client-Core_SSL_support|setup SSL]]* in case of you are not running monolithic client.
!http://bugs.quassel-irc.org/attachments/304/core_deencryption.png!
h2. Commands
a) setting a key for a user or channel
> Usage
<pre><code>/setkey <nick|channel> <key></code></pre>
b) deleting a key for a user or channel
> Usage
<pre><code>/delkey <nick|channel></code></pre>
h2. Build Instructions
Blowfish support for Quassel depends on *"QCA":http://delta.affinix.com/qca/* (Qt Cryptographic Architecture) library. It is needed to compile your core/monolithic client with crypt compile option.
bq. _..._ -DWITH_CRYPT=ON _..._
For detailed build instructions have at look "general build instructons":http://bugs.quassel-irc.org/projects/quassel-irc/wiki/#Specific-installation-instructions.
* required version *>=0.7*
h2. Introduction
Blowfish can be used to encrypt messages between 2 persons in query, messages in channel and the topic. In Quassel all messages will be de-/encrypted on core. So it is *highly recommend* to *[[Client-Core_SSL_support|setup SSL]]* in case of you are not running monolithic client.
!http://bugs.quassel-irc.org/attachments/304/core_deencryption.png!
h2. Commands
a) setting a key for a user or channel
> Usage
<pre><code>/setkey <nick|channel> <key></code></pre>
b) deleting a key for a user or channel
> Usage
<pre><code>/delkey <nick|channel></code></pre>
h2. Build Instructions
Blowfish support for Quassel depends on *"QCA":http://delta.affinix.com/qca/* (Qt Cryptographic Architecture) library. It is needed to compile your core/monolithic client with crypt compile option.
bq. _..._ -DWITH_CRYPT=ON _..._
For detailed build instructions have at look "general build instructons":http://bugs.quassel-irc.org/projects/quassel-irc/wiki/#Specific-installation-instructions.