iGap

iGap[2] is a free open-source instant messaging application for smart phones and personal computers. iGap provides all users to interact with each other and exchange information through text, image, video, audio and other types of messages. This Iranian messenger has also featured P2P-based voice calls for the first time in the country and contribute users over the internet.[3][4][5]

iGap
Developer(s)Mohammad Rasoul Kazemi [1]
Rooyekhat Media co.
Initial releaseOctober 2015 (2015-10)
Operating systemCross-platform
Available inEnglish, Arabic, Persian, French
TypeInstant messaging
License
Websitewww.igap.net

iGap exists for Android, iOS, and desktop systems (Windows).[6][7] [8][9]

Security

According to the producers, two AES keys (AES256) are used in iGap to encrypt symmetrically. The first is for the client-based and the second one is for the server-based (sent from server to the client); the user can create a random code by combining these two keys and send it to the server, server transmits all this user's messages with the forwarded key afterwards. In addition to the encrypted system, all connections between server and users will be covered with the activated SSL 2048. Thus, it would be impossible to eavesdrop the information on the route. The voice call possibility in iGap follows the most modern technology in the world which is used in Signal as well. In this tech for voice call, server can never interfere in and is called P2P literally.

Mohammad Rasoul Kazemi founder of IGap has declared in an interview:

"All messages and even files in iGap have been encrypted and no one has access to them,I reward 1bln tomans (nearly $235,000) to anyone who can hack the encrypted information of the iGap messaging application,".[10][11][12][13]

Open-source

iGap has published client-based codes and make them available for everyone and stepped forward in the open-source community in the world by holding a competitive event for programmers and developers. The whole codes of Android and iOS version and even the iGap programming applicable interface were made available on GitHub for interested developers.

Internal Support

The Iranian leader Ali Khamenei referred to this messenger on his personal website.[14] and Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi as the ICT Minister of Iran has joined this messaging application in September 2017 in order to support local social networking. Earlier, the Minister has claimed to support local Messengers when he was deputy of the ICT Minister.[15][16]

References
  1. "رونمایی از جدید ترین پیام رسان ایرانی+ عکس". Young Journalists Club. 24 May 2017.
  2. "IRIB3 News, report about Iranian messengers."
  3. "مصاحبه پانوشت با مهندس کاظمی مدیر عامل شرکت روی خط مدیا و توسعه دهنده پیام رسان آی گپ". panevesht.
  4. "بررسی پیام رسان ایرانی و رمزنگاری شده "آی گپ"‌". digiato.
  5. "چرا داشتن یک پیام‌رسان‌ داخلی متفاوت ضروری است؟ معرفی پیام‌رسان آی‌گپ". 1pezeshk.
  6. "Messaging App iGap to Launch Voice Calls". financialtribune. 24 May 2017.
  7. "آذری جهرمی به آی‌گپ پیوست / ترافیک پیام‌رسان‌های داخلی هنوز نیم‌بها نیست". tasnim.
  8. "Appraisal of 6 Encrypted Messaging Applications". Financial Tribune. 2018-01-05. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  9. "Iran Minister Says Calls Blocked for Security Reasons". Financial Tribune. 2017-06-13. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  10. "جایزه یک میلیارد تومانی ! آی گپ". Official iGap blog in Persian.
  11. "Iran-Made iGap Messaging Application Rewards Hackers". Fars News.
  12. tehranpress. "جایزه یک میلیاردی برای هک پیام‌رسان"آی‌گپ"". خبرگزاری تهران |تهران پرس (in Persian). Retrieved 2018-01-10.
  13. "هک شدن آی‌گپ شایعه بود/ کاربران‌مان 4 برابر شده اند". Fars News.
  14. Khamenei.ir (2018-01-09). "حساب‌های رسمی KHAMENEI.IR در پیام‌رسان‌های داخلی". Retrieved 2018-01-10.
  15. "آذری جهرمی به آی‌گپ پیوست / ترافیک پیام‌رسان‌های داخلی هنوز نیم‌بها نیست - اخبار تسنیم - Tasnim". خبرگزاری تسنیم - Tasnim (in Persian). Retrieved 2018-01-10.
  16. Media, RooyeKhat. "The Communications and Information Technology Minister Just Joined iGap | iGap Blog". blog.igap.net. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
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