[OTR-dev] Canceling while in OPPORTUNISTIC
Ian Goldberg
ian at cypherpunks.ca
Wed Feb 9 09:36:12 EST 2005
On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 02:00:43AM -0600, Evan Schoenberg wrote:
> It seems like this shouldn't happen for anything besides ALWAYS...
>
> Both people are in OPPORTUNISTIC. Chatting securely. One cancels
> encryption. The other is notified that he should also end.... except
> when he does, he gets an error saying he sent encrypted data when it
> wasn't expected, and the one to cancel first gets a notice that he
> couldn't read the last message because it was encrypted. Then,
> encryption is reestablished (but there is no resent notice, since
> nothing should have actually been sent)... and the cycle continues
> until everyone goes home.
>
> My guess is that the "ended encryption" notice is going out, encrypted,
> and the other side doesn't know how to handle it?
Yup, you're right. That's exactly what's happening. Bleh. It can't be
fixed before CodeCon, though. :-( I'll make an entry in the bug
database, though, so it'll be fixed for the next version.
- Ian
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