[Ach] OTR crypto

Seth list at sysfu.com
Fri Jun 13 15:44:25 CEST 2014


If you haven't already also check out the Whispersystems modifications to  
the OTR protocol for use with their TextSecure app

https://whispersystems.org/blog/simplifying-otr-deniability/

On Thu, 12 Jun 2014 09:06:18 -0700, MacLemon <metalab.at at maclemon.at>  
wrote:

>
> On 12 Jun 2014, at 11:49, Adi Kriegisch <adi at kriegisch.at> wrote:
>> I just had a short look at OTR and noticed that OTR is using DSA keys;
>
> I mentioned that many moons ago… There are plans to move OTR forward to  
> use ECC and ED25519 to be exact. The implementation in OTR for that… I  
> have no idea about the timeframe. There is hope… it's still better than  
> Email in terms of privacy, but that is no excuse for much needed  
> improvements in OTR.
> Best regards
> Pepi
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