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*Current version: 1.3.5*
**PrivateBin** is a minimalist, open source online [pastebin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastebin)
**PrivateBin** is a minimalist, open source online
[pastebin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastebin)
where the server has zero knowledge of pasted data.
Data is encrypted and decrypted in the browser using 256bit AES in [Galois Counter mode](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galois/Counter_Mode).
Data is encrypted and decrypted in the browser using 256bit AES in
[Galois Counter mode](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galois/Counter_Mode).
This is a fork of ZeroBin, originally developed by
[Sébastien Sauvage](https://github.com/sebsauvage/ZeroBin). ZeroBin was refactored
to allow easier and cleaner extensions. PrivateBin has many more features than the
original ZeroBin. It is, however, still fully compatible to the original ZeroBin 0.19
[Sébastien Sauvage](https://github.com/sebsauvage/ZeroBin). PrivateBin was
refactored to allow easier and cleaner extensions and has many additional
features. It is, however, still fully compatible to the original ZeroBin 0.19
data storage scheme. Therefore, such installations can be upgraded to PrivateBin
without losing any data.
## What PrivateBin provides
+ As a server administrator you don't have to worry if your users post content
that is considered illegal in your country. You have no knowledge of any
of the pastes content. If requested or enforced, you can delete any paste from
your system.
that is considered illegal in your country. You have plausible deniability of
any of the pastes content. If requested or enforced, you can delete any paste
from your system.
+ Pastebin-like system to store text documents, code samples, etc.
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## What it doesn't provide
- As a user you have to trust the server administrator not to inject any malicious
javascript code.
For basic security, the PrivateBin installation *has to provide HTTPS*!
Otherwise you would also have to trust your internet provider, and any country
the traffic passes through.
Additionally the instance should be secured by
[HSTS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Strict_Transport_Security). It can use traditional certificate authorities and/or use
- As a user you have to trust the server administrator not to inject any
malicious code. For security, a PrivateBin installation *has to be used over*
*HTTPS*! Otherwise you would also have to trust your internet provider, and
any jurisdiction the traffic passes through. Additionally the instance should
be secured by
[HSTS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Strict_Transport_Security). It can
use traditional certificate authorities and/or use a
[DNSSEC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System_Security_Extensions)
protected
[DANE](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS-based_Authentication_of_Named_Entities)
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- The "key" used to encrypt the paste is part of the URL. If you publicly post
the URL of a paste that is not password-protected, anyone can read it.
Use a password if you want your paste to be private. In this case, make sure to
use a strong password and only share it privately and end-to-end-encrypted.
Use a password if you want your paste to remain private. In that case, make
sure to use a strong password and share it privately and end-to-end-encrypted.
- A server admin might be forced to hand over access logs to the authorities.
- A server admin can be forced to hand over access logs to the authorities.
PrivateBin encrypts your text and the discussion contents, but who accessed a
paste (first) might still be disclosed via access logs.
- In case of a server breach your data is secure as it is only stored encrypted
on the server. However, the server could be misused or the server admin could
be legally forced into sending malicious JavaScript to all web users, which
grabs the decryption key and sends it to the server when a user accesses a
PrivateBin.
on the server. However, the server could be absused or the server admin could
be legally forced into sending malicious code to their users, which logs
the decryption key and sends it to a server when a user accesses a paste.
Therefore, do not access any PrivateBin instance if you think it has been
compromised. As long as no user accesses this instance with a previously
generated URL, the content can't be decrypted.
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* Syntax highlighting for source code using prettify.js, including 4 prettify
themes
* File upload support, images get displayed (disabled by default, possibility
to adjust size limit)
* File upload support, image, media and PDF preview (disabled by default, size
limit adjustable)
* Templates: By default there are bootstrap CSS, darkstrap and "classic ZeroBin"
to choose from and it is easy to adapt these to your own websites layout or
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* Language selection (disabled by default, as it uses a session cookie)
* QR code generation of URL, to easily transfer pastes over to a mobile device
* QR code for paste URLs, to easily transfer them over to mobile devices
## Further resources