Commit 2f815c25 authored by Adrian Georgescu's avatar Adrian Georgescu

Update messaging notes with location of PGP keys

parent bc4a4d08
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Notes
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Messaging
Messaging notes
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To replicate messages between multiple SIP devices discover PGP keys and
To replicate messages between multiple SIP devices, discover PGP keys and
receive messages while offline, one must install SylkServer and configure it
with Cassandra storage backend, see https://sylkserver.com
These features are compatible with other SIP clients that implement the same
API, currently Blink for Mac and Sylk Mobile are known to support the same
API.
API as Blink Qt.
The SIP Proxy for the account must fork a copy of all SIP messages to
SylkServer. When properly configured, SylkServer will respond to SIP
......@@ -120,6 +119,15 @@ All settings are subsequently auto-discovered by Blink.
To replicate messages from multiple devices they all must use the same
private PGP key. The import PGP panel is presented at start of messaging
sessions for each account. The key can be exported from another device that
implement the same API or can be copied manually to .blink configuration
folder.
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implement the same API (see Chat menu item Export PGP private key) or can be
copied manually to ~/.blink/keys/private configuration folder with the
following convention:
* user@domain.privkey
* user@domain.pubkey
The public keys of the recipients are looked up in SylkServer at the start
of a messaging session. If a key is found, it will be returned as SIP
message with a special content type recognized by Blink and saved in a file
e.g. ~/.blink/keys/user@domain.pubkey
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