Toxnet

Proof-of-concept encrypted peer-to-peer command and control over Tox

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⚠ Legal & Ethical Notice

This software is provided strictly for educational and research purposes.

Use only in accordance with your local laws and regulations.
Misuse may lead to legal or ethical violations.
The author does not support malicious use and accepts no responsibility for abuse of this software.

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Overview

Toxnet is a proof-of-concept end-to-end encrypted (E2EE), peer-to-peer (P2P) command-and-control (C2) framework built on the Tox protocol.

It demonstrates decentralized encrypted messaging as a resilient C2 transport without centralized infrastructure.

Features

• End-to-end encrypted communications
• Fully peer-to-peer (no central server)
• Relay-style C2 message routing
• Simple, commented codebase
• Linux & Windows payload support

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Tech Stack

Component	Language	Library
C2 Server	Go	go-toxcore-c
Client	C	c-toxcore

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Prerequisites

General

• Go 1.20+
• GCC toolchain
• Git

sudo apt install build-essential gcc git

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Windows Payload Builds (Cross-Compile)

MinGW toolchains:

sudo apt install mingw-w64

Provides:

• i686-w64-mingw32-gcc (Win32)
• x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc (Win64)

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High-Level Flow

Operator (qTox)
     ↓
Encrypted Tox Network
     ↓
C2 Relay Node
     ↓
Client Payloads