hermes

Hermes Encrypted Relay of Message, an Erlang-based System

Features

• End-to-end encrytion for private messaging
• DHT-based network of peers (no single point of registration)
• Best-effort relay of message (no guarantee of delivery)
• Reliable delivery (all or none, managed timeout and retransmition)
• Virtual circuit streaming

Possible client appliction:

• Packet relay based messaging (hermes-wave)
• Virtual circuit based instant messaging (hermes-im)
• Dedicated message storage (hermes-mail)
• Active public content delivering (hermes-cd)