[OTR-dev] Extra symmetric key

Paul Wouters paul at cypherpunks.ca
Tue Jan 15 12:04:33 EST 2013


On Mon, 14 Jan 2013, Dev Random wrote:

>>> Is the extra key meant to be used for out of band data?
>>
>> Yes, the key is not meant to be used in OTR-encrypted messages.
>
> Thank you, that makes sense now.

It is meant to be used for file encryption, voice chat stream
encryption, etc. etc. It should probably not be stored for re-use.

Paul



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