[226] in im locker bugs
OTR installed for gaim-1.1.4
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan Wang)
Tue Mar 15 14:06:42 2005
To: bug-im@mit.edu
From: Jonathan Wang <jtwang@MIT.EDU>
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 14:06:18 -0500
The Off-the-Record Messaging library (http://cypherpunks.ca/otr) is now
installed in the im locker. Additionally, the gaim plugin for OTR is
installed for gaim 1.1.4.
From their website:
Off-the-Record (OTR) Messaging allows you to have private 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.
Jonathan
