[OTR-dev] OTR Perl Module

Ian Goldberg ian at cypherpunks.ca
Thu Feb 11 19:05:14 EST 2010


On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 01:37:31AM -0500, Patrick Tierney wrote:
> OTR Developers,
> 
> I'd like to let everyone know about a new Perl module to do OTR
> communication.  It's called Crypt::OTR, and allows you to encrypt text, or
> any serialized data.
> 
> We've only got the most basic features working, OTR encryption/decryption
> and the generation of necessary tab communications, but we're looking to add
> signing and verifying too.  We'd love it if some people could test the
> module, or even verify the security of the data it produces.  Also, if
> anyone's a C guru, we'd appreciate any pointers on the code.
> 
> Here's a link to the site module:
> http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Crypt::OTR

Very cool!  Is there a perl-based IM client you're targetting, or just
getting it to work for perl in general?

   - Ian



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