[OTR-dev] session termination

[Tim]

Hi Paul,

ok, I installed Pidgin and OTR for Windows and added you - let's see if
it works.

What will happen when you send me messages I can't decrypt and then you
go offline? - no chance for a resent then.

Tim

Paul Wouters schrieb:
> On Fri, 25 May 2007, Tim wrote:
>
>   
>> I assume the same thing will happen if both communication partners use
>> Gaim. If communication partner now looses his internet connection and
>> then exits Gaim, he will lose the session keys as well and thus his
>> offline messages.
>>
>> In my opinion a message transport protocol should above all be reliable.
>> The bug I described makes instant messaging with OTR unreliable, because
>> one can't be certain all the messages sent can be read.
>>     
>
> It is still reliable, in that when the user comes online, OTR kickstarts
> and (assuming the queue didnt fill up) will detect unreadable messages,
> and will perform a resend. I know this works fine for me. If you send me
> a message when offline, when I come online, gaim-otr detects an unreadable
> message re-initiates otr. The gaim on the other end will then resend the
> message.
>
> So, I think you are being bitten by a Miranda specific bug. Feel free to
> install Gaim for windows and proof me wrong (at letoams at jabber.xs4all.nl)
>
> Paul
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