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I have a suggestion for improving the clarity of the web page at http://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr/. I'll show the current text and my proposed text with changes underlined, then the rationale. What do you think? Thanks.</div>
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Current text:</div>
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Off-the-Record (OTR) Messaging allows you to have private conversations over instant messaging by providing:</p>
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<b>Encryption</b></dt>
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No one else can read your instant messages.</dd>
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Proposed text:</div>
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Off-the-Record (OTR) Messaging <u>enables </u>you to have private conversations over instant messaging<u> by using encryption to provide</u>:</div>
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<b>Confidentiality/Privacy</b></dt>
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No one else can read your instant messages.</dd>
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Rationale:</div>
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My change of "allows" to "enables" is cosmetic. In my opinion, it is a more positive and active word.</div>
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The other changes I consider substantive. Encryption (and the specific way it is implemented in OTR) is what provides Confidentiality/Privacy, Authentication, Deniability, and Perfect forward secrecy.</div>
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-- Greg Reagle reagle@cepr.net</div>
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