Cwtch messaging

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This could use some documentation to be written:
https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Chat#Cwtch

Any git changes are in the stable repository for a while now.

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If itā€™s empty then you didnā€™t make a change to the firewall configuration file.

The upstream documentation is terse but mentions, quote:

The Whonix-Workstation Firewall needs to have the possible Cwtch binding port open. Follow the upstream firewall guide.

But it seems to me that many users ignore links, take it as optional, donā€™t click it. Without that it can be indeed hard to edit that file.

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Unfortunately upstream replied won't fix.

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Debian request for packaging:
RFP: cwtch ā€“ Privacy Preserving Infrastructure for Asynchronous, Decentralized, Multi-Party, and Metadata Resistant Applications

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Cwtch upstream feature request:

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But thatā€™s a non-issue because thereā€™s a install-whonix.sh script provided by upstream.

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Documentation now exists. Testers welcome.

remaining imperfections:

  • startup command /home/user/.local/bin/cwtch is a bit cumbersome
  • The install-whonix.sh by default installs to the home folder. In the future this will cause a conflict with Enhanced Security via Mount Options and Compiler Restrictions. This would be a non-issue if installed to the system. That would happen if a .deb was available.

A .deb is planned, mentioned in a comment here by upstream:

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Tested the instructions. It works for me.

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