[Gaim-plugins] [ gaim-Plugins-1159818 ] Off-the-Record Messaging Plugin for gaim

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Plugins item #1159818, was opened at 2005-03-09 13:46
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Category: None
Group: None
Status: Open
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Ian Goldberg (cypherpunk)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Off-the-Record Messaging Plugin for gaim

Initial Comment:
Off-the-Record (OTR) Messaging allows you to have
private (not just encrypted) conversations over instant
messaging by providing:

* Encryption: No one else can read your instant messages. 

* Authentication: You are assured the correspondent is
who you think it is. 

* Deniability: The messages you send do not have
digital signatures that are checkable by a third party.
Anyone can forge messages after a conversation to make
them look like they came from you. However, _during_ a
conversation, your correspondent is assured the
messages he sees are authentic and unmodified. 

* Perfect forward secrecy: If you lose control of your
private keys, no previous conversation is compromised. 

People are using OTR for private communications on
Linux, FreeBSD, OSX, Windows, Solaris, and probably others.

Code, binaries, protocol documentation, academic
papers, etc. are available on the web site:
http://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr/

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