From bdm at fenrir.org.uk  Wed Jan  2 09:44:11 2008
From: bdm at fenrir.org.uk (Brian Morrison)
Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:44:11 +0000
Subject: [OTR-users] Pidgin OTR Button duplicates itself
In-Reply-To: <20070916162941.GE9708@yoink.cs.uwaterloo.ca>
References: <46EB1A83.1050809@gmx.net> <20070916162941.GE9708@yoink.cs.uwaterloo.ca>
Message-ID: <477BA33B.9000306@fenrir.org.uk>

Ian Goldberg wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 01:34:27AM +0200, 412MN wrote:
>> I have some users in my contact list that are registered with multiple
>> accounts (ICQ/XMPP) therefore I bundle them in the list. In a
>> conversation window with these folks I get a menu item in the upper part
>> of the window that says "Send to" and I can choose the person's account
>> I want to talk to. Whenever I switch the accounts though, a second OTR
>> button appears. Here's what I do to reproduce this:
>>
>> Open a new conversation
>> ICQ Account is default, one OTR-button visible that tries to establish a
>> secure ICQ connection
>> I click on "Send to" and choose the XMPP account from the list
>> window is active in XMPP mode, two OTR-buttons visible, the first one on
>> the left still connects to ICQ the second and new one to XMPP
>>
>> I'm not familiar with the code but I know a little about coding and my
>> guess is there must be some routine in the plugin code that creates the
>> button and fails to destroy the old one when a different account is
>> chosen. Ideally the OTR-button linking to ICQ would be
>> destroyed/replaced and an XMPP one created once the account is selected
>> and vice versa.
> 
> It's not failing to destroy the old one.  You really do need both of
> them there, unfortunately.  gaim 2 (now aka pidgin) made the decision
> that a single conversation window can contain simulaneous conversations
> with different people (or different accounts of the same person).  But
> what if one of those conversations is OTR-protected, and one isn't?
> When you receive a message, how will you know if it's authentic or not?
> The purpose of leaving both buttons there is just to warn you of this
> possibility.
> 
> It's clear that this isn't the best UI choice, though.  Suggestions on
> how to deal with this problem are more than welcome.

I think it would make sense to show only a single button, but display a
warning when the protocol in use changes, maybe as text in the window,
or perhaps by changing the button colour temporarily. Then keep the
state for each connection and change the button display as necessary to
reflect it.

I've just been caught out by this as I've combined a few contacts into a
single one and found that the UI situation is confusing to say the least.

-- 

Brian Morrison

bdm at fenrir.org.uk


From tronica at gmail.com  Wed Jan  9 21:51:04 2008
From: tronica at gmail.com (Monica Barratt)
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:51:04 +1100
Subject: [OTR-users] Latest version of Pidgin with OTR?
Message-ID: <f4ac21fb0801091851v2242f6cfyf5f736bdfe968a78@mail.gmail.com>

Just a quick question...

I'm going to upgrade my version of Pidgin from 2.0.2 to the latest -
but wanted to check first which version of Pidgin the latest
Pidgin-OTR (3.1) will work with.

Thanks

Monica

PS. I'm using WinXP


From bdm at fenrir.org.uk  Thu Jan 10 03:53:57 2008
From: bdm at fenrir.org.uk (Brian Morrison)
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:53:57 +0000
Subject: [OTR-users] Latest version of Pidgin with OTR?
In-Reply-To: <f4ac21fb0801091851v2242f6cfyf5f736bdfe968a78@mail.gmail.com>
References: <f4ac21fb0801091851v2242f6cfyf5f736bdfe968a78@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20080110085357.0aca7aa5@peterson.fenrir.org.uk>

On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:51:04 +1100
"Monica Barratt" <tronica at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just a quick question...
> 
> I'm going to upgrade my version of Pidgin from 2.0.2 to the latest -
> but wanted to check first which version of Pidgin the latest
> Pidgin-OTR (3.1) will work with.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Monica
> 
> PS. I'm using WinXP

It works fine with everything up to and including 2.3.1, and I can't
see any reason why 2.4.0 should be any different when it appears.

-- 

Brian Morrison

bdm at fenrir dot org dot uk

   "Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a pig in the mud;
    after a while you realize you are muddy and the pig is enjoying it."
    
GnuPG key ID DE32E5C5 - http://wwwkeys.uk.pgp.net/pgpnet/wwwkeys.html


From mail at ma-online.net  Thu Jan 17 03:18:50 2008
From: mail at ma-online.net (Marcus Augustine)
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:18:50 +0100
Subject: [OTR-users] Calculating my OTR-Fingerprint
In-Reply-To: <20080117075602.24376.73902.Mailman@brandeis.paip.net>
References: <20080117075602.24376.73902.Mailman@brandeis.paip.net>
Message-ID: <478F0F6A.4020102@ma-online.net>

Hi there!
I've tested several OTR plugins for IMs. Pidgin e.g. displays a 
fingerprint of my public key. The raw info of my public / private key is 
saved in a file called <username>_otr.private_key having the syntax:

(privkeys
  (account
(name OTR)
(protocol JABBER)
(private-key
  (dsa
   (p #<large number>#)
   (q #<not so large number>#)
   (g #<large number>#)
   (y #<large number>#)
   (x #not so large number#)
   )
  )
  )

Can anybody tell me how to calculate this fingerprint? I searched the 
net for a long time but couldn't find anything :((
Thanks in advance, greetings
-- 
M. A.
web www.ma-online.net   | mail mail at ma-online.net


From hiben at tzi.de  Thu Jan 17 10:33:29 2008
From: hiben at tzi.de (Hendrik Iben)
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:33:29 +0100
Subject: [OTR-users] Calculating my OTR-Fingerprint
In-Reply-To: <478F0F6A.4020102@ma-online.net>
References: <20080117075602.24376.73902.Mailman@brandeis.paip.net> <478F0F6A.4020102@ma-online.net>
Message-ID: <478F7549.4000804@tzi.de>

Marcus Augustine wrote:
> Hi there!
> I've tested several OTR plugins for IMs. Pidgin e.g. displays a
> fingerprint of my public key. The raw info of my public / private key is
> saved in a file called <username>_otr.private_key having the syntax:
> 
> (privkeys
>  (account
> (name OTR)
> (protocol JABBER)
> (private-key
>  (dsa
>   (p #<large number>#)
>   (q #<not so large number>#)
>   (g #<large number>#)
>   (y #<large number>#)
>   (x #not so large number#)
>   )
>  )
>  )
> 
> Can anybody tell me how to calculate this fingerprint? I searched the
> net for a long time but couldn't find anything :((
> Thanks in advance, greetings

Hi,
You can look it up from the libotr (and otr-proxy) source-code. As far
as I have read, the numbers (p to y) have to be parsed and are then
concatenated to form a new string of characters. That string is then
digested via the SHA1 hash (and this hash is the displayed fingerprint).

Best regards,
Hendrik


From adrian.ramirez at siemens.com.ar  Tue Jan 29 09:21:00 2008
From: adrian.ramirez at siemens.com.ar (Adrian Ramirez)
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:21:00 -0200
Subject: [OTR-users] OTR and Pidgin Portable
Message-ID: <010b01c86282$2c6869d0$7b7aa8c0@rentas.sibs.net>

Hi OTR users. When I try to install pidgin-otr-3.1.0-1.exe, I receive the 
message "Failed to find Pidgin installation"

Im currently using WinXP and Pidgin Portable (its not installed, obviusly 
:P)

How can I install the plugin?
There are a distribution without installation executable, just the files?


Thanks and excuse my english please.
Adrian from Argentina.