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Adrian Georgescu, 09/13/2013 01:53 AM
| 1 | 1 | Adrian Georgescu | h1. OTR protocol implementation |
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| 3 | Blink SIP client for SIP2SIP edition is a multimedia SIP client that supports chat sessions using MSRP protocol (RFC4975 http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4975). On top of MSRP, Blink implements OTR protocol. Off-the-Record (OTR) Messaging allows you to have private conversations over instant messaging by providing: |
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| 5 | h3. Encryption |
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| 7 | No one else can read your instant messages. |
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| 9 | h3. Authentication |
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| 10 | You are assured the correspondent is who you think it is. |
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| 12 | h3. Deniability |
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| 14 | 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. |
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| 16 | h3. Perfect forward secrecy |
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| 18 | If you lose control of your private keys, no previous conversation is compromised. |