Security & certificates

Security certificates

The following are the paths of trusted certificate files. Default values are empty which means the files will be created and loaded from a subfolder named 'Certificates' located at the same folder as your DC++ settings files.

Private key file

This file is your personal and private certificate file. Do not share this with other users or hubs. If you do, you risk allowing others to use your certificate and in essence pose as you.

Own certificate file

This file is the certificate file you should give to other users and hubs that you want to consider "trusted".

Trusted certificates path

Where trusted certificates from users or hubs will be stored. (default: the "Certificates\" subdirectory of where you've installed the application.)

Secure connection settings

Require TLS ADC client-client connections

Enable this to force encrypted only transfers between clients in ADC hubs. Note that this may result connection problems to clients that doesn't properly support TLS versions and / or safe encryption methods that DC++ require.

Allow TLS connections to hubs without trusted certificate

With this option disabled, all hubs you connect to must have a certificate in your Trusted certificate folder.

Allow TLS connections to clients without trusted certificate

With this option disabled, all client you connect to must have a certificate in your Trusted certificate folder.

Support direct encrypted private message channels

Enable support for peer-to-peer private messages that hubs can't spy upon. Check the PM window help for more information.

Always attempt to establish direct encrypted private message channels

Try to initiate a peer-to-peer connection whenever the user in private message windows shows up. Check the PM window help for more information.

Enable encrypted active search results in ADCS hubs

Enable support of sending and processing encrypted search results when they're coming directly from other clients with support of this feature. Note that this setting has only effect searching secure ADCS hubs and provides full security only if all other active clients in the hub has support of and enable the feature.

For some of these settings to take effect, you have to restart DC++.