Re: [pidgin-encrypt-devel] encryption protocol

[Johannes M. <der...@gm...>]

On 24.01.2011 19:29, Adrian Knoth wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 07:05:15PM +0100, Johannes Müller wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>
> Hi!
>
>> I did not find some documentation on the protocol you use, so I tried to
>> figure out how it works with the help of the XMPP-Konsole Plugin, which
>> shows the Raw xmpp queries.
>
> Please, that's clearly the wrong approach. There's no need to deduce
> something from sniffing on-wire messages. Use the source.
>
> While you're at it: you want to google for OTR (off the record) and see
> how pidgin handles it:
>
>     http://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr/
>
> There's some documentation available, but there's also the source.
>
>
> HTH
>

Hello

And thanks for your quick response. I will consider your suggestion and 
take a look at the source right now to get down to the details. I first 
watched the communication for a high level overview, which for me is 
simpler than diving into the code.
I think OTR is harder to support. And I want to keep it simple. On the 
other hand the authentication mechanism seems to be worthwhile. So this 
should be my long term goal. But for now I will stick with simple 
encryption, which for now meets my demands.


Thanks,
Johannes Müller