[OTR-users] encrypted file transfer

[Markus Krainz]

Oh no! Tens of kilobytes will almost cause my clipboard to run out of
memory when I copy and paste it. :-)

You seem to have ignored the and "vice versa" part. If needed the
encrypted file can be signed without extra effort.
The advantage is that once you got your conversional partners PGP key
over OTR you can also send him files over mail, even if he's not
currently online.

**Ian Goldberg wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 03:05:55AM +0200, Markus Krainz wrote:
>   
>> Hi!
>>
>> If someone wants to send me a sensitive file over IM this is what I
>> usually do: I paste them my pgp public key in ascii format over an
>> encrypted OTR session.  They then encrypt the file with pgp for me
>> before sending and vice versa.
>>     
>
> That solution doesn't provide for authentication or integrity of the
> file, though.  [And if your public key is tens of kilobytes, it's also a
> bit annoying. ;-) ]
>
>    - Ian
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