18-558: XB , Xb , xB or xb may refer to: XB Browser , a web browser Scion xB , an automobile made by Toyota for the United States Xbox (console) , a video game console produced by Microsoft Corporation Exchangeable bond , a type of security (financial asset) 1973 Ford Falcon XB, a variant of the Australian Ford Falcon automobile Pursuit Special ,
36-578: A fictional model of car in the films Mad Max and Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior XB, the Aircraft Registration Prefix for Mexican Private Aircraft xB, a species designation in the Star Trek universe; see List of Star Trek characters Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title XB . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
54-484: A status change occurs (such as moving from "Away" to "Available"), Pidgin supports on-action automated scripts called Buddy Pounces to automatically reach the user in customizable ways. Pidgin supports file transfers for many protocols. Direct, peer-to-peer file transfers are supported over protocols such as XMPP. As of version 2.6 (released on August 18, 2009), Pidgin supports voice/video calls using Farstream . As of July 2015 , calls can only be initiated through
72-676: A suitable Internet connection, and the browser clears all data that was created on the portable drive upon exit or on demand. In March 2007 it was reported that the xB Browser was downloaded 4 million times and in February 2008 over 6.5 million downloads making xB Browser the most popular anonymous browser on the Internet. Steve Topletz co-released Torpark v.1.5.0.7 with CULT OF THE DEAD COW / Hacktivismo on 19 September 2006 after more than one year of development based on Portable Firefox web browser with built in support for Tor and using
90-455: Is a free and open-source multi-platform instant messaging client, based on a library named libpurple that has support for many instant messaging protocols , allowing the user to simultaneously log in to various services from a single application, with a single interface for both popular and obsolete protocols (from AIM to Discord ), thus avoiding the hassle of having to deal with new software for each device and protocol. As of 2007 ,
108-562: The BSDs , and AmigaOS . It is included by default in the operating systems Tails , Trisquel and Xubuntu . The program is designed to be extended with plugins . Plugins are often written by third-party developers . They can be used to add support for protocols, which is useful for those such as Skype or Discord which have licensing issues (however, the users' data and interactions are still subject to their policies and eavesdropping). They can also add other significant features. For example,
126-689: The Electronic Frontier Foundation 's secure messaging scorecard. They have received points for having communications encrypted in transit, having communications encrypted with keys the providers don't have access to ( end-to-end encryption ), making it possible for users to independently verify their correspondent's identities, having past communications secure if the keys are stolen ( forward secrecy ), having their code open to independent review ( open source ), having their security designs well-documented, and having recent independent security audits. In response to pressure from AOL ,
144-512: The GTK+ toolkit. The earliest archived release was on December 31, 1998. It was named GAIM ( GTK+ AOL Instant Messenger ) accordingly. The emulation was not based on reverse engineering , but instead relied on information about the protocol that AOL had published on the web. Development was assisted by some of AOL's technical staff. Support for other IM protocols was added soon thereafter. On 6 July 2015, Pidgin scored seven out of seven points on
162-617: The Nullsoft Scriptable Install System . In 2007 it was redesigned from scratch. A cross-compatible version for Mac OS X and Linux was being developed based on xB Machine , due to be available in August 2008, but the development seems now abandoned. So far in 2024 it seems that the service is still active on some app sites available to be installed for anonymous web browsing xB Browser routes Internet traffic through several onion servers , obscuring
180-550: The " Off-the-Record Messaging " (OTR) plugin provides end-to-end encryption . The TLS encryption system is pluggable, allowing different TLS libraries to be easily substituted. GnuTLS is the default, and NSS is also supported. Some operating systems' ports, such as OpenBSD 's, choose to use OpenSSL or LibreSSL by default instead. Contacts with multiple protocols can be grouped into one single contact instead of managing multiple protocols, and contacts can be given aliases or placed into groups. To reach users as they log on or
198-539: The XeroBank network supports both TCP and UDP protocols, performs channel multiplexing for low observability, is run by a single entity and costs money to use. The XeroBank network is accessible via SSH and OpenVPN protocols. xB Browser internally manages a SSH connection to XeroBank, but will recognize and submit to OpenVPN connections. Besides the anonymous networks, xB Browser uses following add-ons : Pidgin (software) Pidgin (formerly named Gaim )
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#1732786876013216-422: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=XB&oldid=1177726779 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages XB Browser xB Browser (formerly known as TorPark and Xerobank browser )
234-438: The number of Pidgin users was estimated to be over three million. Pidgin is widely used for its Off-the-Record Messaging (OTR) plugin, which offers end-to-end encryption . For this reason it is included in the privacy and anonymity focused operating system Tails . The program was originally written by Mark Spencer , an Auburn University sophomore, as an emulation of AOL's IM program AOL Instant Messenger on Linux using
252-614: The originating IP address and encrypting the data. Other applications such as Pidgin can be routed through the Tor network via xB Browser by directing the applications' traffic to a SOCKS proxy at localhost , port 9050. This port can be changed via xB Config, an INI generator for xB Browser. xB Browser is optimized for use on the XeroBank anonymity network, which is a private and commercial broadband network operated by Xero Networks AG. The XeroBank network routes traffic through at least two multi-jurisdictional hops.In contrast to Tor,
270-530: The program was renamed to the acronymous -but-lowercase gaim . As AOL Instant Messenger gained popularity, AOL trademarked its acronym, "AIM", leading to a lengthy legal struggle with the creators of GAIM, who kept the matter largely secret. On April 6, 2007, the project development team announced the results of their settlement with AOL, which included a series of name changes: Gaim became Pidgin , libgaim became libpurple , and gaim-text (the command-line interface version) became Finch . The name Pidgin
288-573: The two weeks from April 8, 2007. However, Pidgin 2.0 was not released as scheduled; Pidgin developers announced on April 22, 2007, that the delay was due to the preferences directory " .gaim ". Pidgin 2.0.0 was released on May 3, 2007. Other visual changes were made to the interface in this version, including updated icons. Pidgin provides a graphical front-end for libpurple using GTK+ . Libpurple supports many instant-messaging protocols . Pidgin supports multiple operating systems , including Windows and many Unix-like systems such as Linux ,
306-458: Was a web browser designed to run on both the Tor and XeroBank anonymity networks, and is available as component of the xB Machine and the xB Installer. It is designed for use on portable media such as a USB flash drive , but it can also be used on any hard disk drive . As such, a secure and encrypted connection to any of the Tor or XeroBank routers can be created from any computer with
324-422: Was chosen in reference to the term " pidgin ", which describes communication between people who do not share a common language. The name "purple" refers to "prpl", the internal libgaim name for an IM pr otocol pl ugin. Due to the legal issues, version 2.0 of the software was frozen in beta stages. Following the settlement, it was announced that the first official release of Pidgin 2.0.0 was hoped to occur during
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