[OTR-dev] session termination

Tim timg10 at gmx.net
Sat Jun 9 14:05:34 EDT 2007


When exactly will a message session reach the FINISHED state?

I just installed the beta version, but it didn't seem to go to plaintext
automatically, no matter how long I waited.

Scott Ellis schrieb:
> i've implemented a workaround for this issue in the latest beta
> version of the miranda plugin, and was just wondering what thoughts
> you guys might have on it
>
> since the FINISHED state was, according to what i read, designed to
> prevent people from sending a message at about the same time as the
> session is terminated, and therefore possibly sending a sensitive
> message in the clear, what i've done is to switch FINISHED sessions
> back to plaintext after a certain time (10 secs atm)
>
> notificaction of this state transition still needs to be improved, but
> users are reporting that it's much more usable
>
> any thoughts?




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