[OTR-dev] MAC keys to be revealed

[alex323]

Hmm.. that does seem more logical if you put it that way. I guess in 
court you can say, "Anyone could have forged it."

verbal wrote:

>do you mean you dont understand why you would want to send our your
>old mac keys? if that is the question, then the answer is because it
>allows for your conversation to be forged at a later point in time.
>this lets you say "hey, i didnt say that" after the conversation time
>period. during the conversation period, no one can read your
>conversation or pretend to be you.
>
>hope that helps,
>
>verbal
>
>
>On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 20:36:03 -0500, alex323 <alex323 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>Ian Goldberg wrote:
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>>>On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 04:06:28PM -0500, alex323 wrote:
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>>>>Do you HAVE to send out your old MAC keys?
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>>>Even moreso than all those surveillance cameras everywhere, it's
>>>For Your Protection.  You really really want people to be able to forge
>>>messages after the fact.
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>>>
>>Why? I cannot fathom why you'd want that.
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