Announcing Technitium DNS Client Service

Technitium DNS Client is a simple domain name lookup service to quickly query any name server including root servers.

Technitium DNS Client

You can use it to confirm any DNS changes that you made to your domain. Selecting root server option to query a domain will, automatically resolve the authoritative name servers via root servers and get the response from them.

The response displayed is JSON formatted output of the DNS datagram which contains all necessary fields including fields from the header.

Technitium DNS Client is intended to be useful for domain administrators to verify the the changes they made to the zone with ease.

The source code for DNS Client is available on GitHub.

And as always, send your feedback to support@technitium.com or write your comments below.

Technitium web hosting facing temporary issues

We are facing issues with web hosting since yesterday due to which there are intermittent down times. You may get "HTTP Error 503. The service is unavailable." error on technitium.com as well as bitchat.im. The Bit Chat registration service is also affected.

We are trying to restore the website partially for time being till all the issues are resolved.

Update (25-oct-2016): Issue with hosting seems to be fixed now and things are working.

Bit Chat v4.5 Released

Technitium Bit Chat is a secure, peer-to-peer (p2p), open source instant messenger designed to provide end-to-end encryption. Primary aim of developing this instant messenger is to provide privacy which is achieved using strong cryptography. It can be used over Internet and private LAN networks for instant messaging and file transfer.

Bit Chat v4.5

Technitium Bit Chat version 4.5 (alpha) is available to download from the main website and via automatic update mechanism for existing installations. The software checks for new update automatically with every start but, you can also use the Check For Updates option in the main menu to get an update instantly.

Bit Chat v4.5 Released

The latest update includes many protocol level changes which are not compatible with previous versions, due to this, all peers will need to update to the latest version to be able to chat. The latest version fixes some bugs and adds new features that are mentioned below:

• Private Chat Invitation feature allows you to invite any online Bit Chat user to chat privately. This feature provides much needed initial contact mechanism to add contacts. The working mechanism relies on DHT and thus requires at least one DHT node available globally to work on the Internet. The feature works without DHT on local LAN networks to directly send invitation message to peers on the same local network. It may take a couple of minutes for the invitation message to reach the peer over the Internet. You can manage the invitation feature options from your Profile Settings.

  

  Private Chat Invitation

• Group Image feature allows setting a custom image to group chats. Any user in the group can update the image and the latest image is automatically synced across all other peers in the group.

  

  Group Image Viewer

• Change Shared Secret feature is now available from chat properties to allow peers to decide and set a new shared secret easily without having to create a new group.

• You can now Mute chat to avoid getting message notifications using the Mute option in the chat list context menu.

• New message view interface shows each message in a separate bubble for a better user experience. Shared files are also listed as messages in the view and allows you to access all file sharing options via the context menu.

• You can now share an already shared file in one chat to all other chats by using Share With option in the file sharing context menu.

  

  Share File With Option

• Message Delivery feature let you know if the message was delivered to other peers using tick icons at the bottom of each sent message. You can also view detailed message delivery info from the Message Info option in the context menu.

  

  Message Delivery Info

Know more about Bit Chat by reading Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) and Bit Chat whitepaper. You can also view Bit Chat source code on GitHub and compile Bit Chat client yourself.

And as always, send your feedback to support@bitchat.im or write your comments below.

Bit Chat v4.2 Released

Technitium Bit Chat is a secure, peer-to-peer (p2p), open source instant messenger designed to provide end-to-end encryption. Primary aim of developing this instant messenger is to provide privacy which is achieved using strong cryptography. It can be used over Internet and private LAN networks for instant messaging and file transfer.

Bit Chat v4.2

Technitium Bit Chat version 4.2 (alpha) is now available to download from the main website and via automatic update mechanism for existing installations. The software checks for new update automatically with every start but, you can also use the Check For Updates option in the main menu to get an update instantly.

Bit Chat v4.2 Released

The latest update includes many protocol level changes which are not compatible with previous versions, due to this, all peers will need to update to the latest version to be able to chat. The latest version fixes some bugs and adds new features that are mentioned below:

• Profile Image feature added to allow user to set a custom profile picture which is visible to all other peers.
  

  

  Bit Chat User Profile Viewer

• Messages Store implemented to store all Bit Chat messages locally in an encrypted format so that, you don't lose all your conversations and don't have to worry about the security of the stored messages. All messages are stored securely using AES 256-bits encryption algorithm and can only be read using the profile password.
• Bit Chat now fully supports IPv6 protocol and implements local peer discovery using IPv6 multicast.
• Proxy settings have new Socks 5 (Tor Network) option to allow quick configuration.
• Go Offline feature added to allow you to disconnect a private chat or chat group without having to delete the chat by leaving it.
• Bit Chat Portable feature allows you to use Bit Chat without installing it on your computer. You can keep copy of the portable binaries on removable media like USB drives and carry Bit Chat with your profile to any other computer.

Know more about Bit Chat by reading Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) and Bit Chat whitepaper. You can also view Bit Chat source code on GitHub and compile Bit Chat client yourself.

And as always, send your feedback to support@bitchat.im or write your comments below.