[OTR-dev] RFC standardisation

Earl Large.Files at gmx.net
Fri Jul 12 06:05:15 EDT 2013


Hi Max,

how large may a "small" file be and still fit into a single TLV message ?

Regards, Earl

On 12/07/2013 11:34, Max wrote:
> 12.07.2013 01:36, Paul Wouters пишет:
>> On Thu, 11 Jul 2013, Earl wrote:
>>
>>> Hopefully secure end-to-end file transfer will be considered and
>>> included in the RFC.
>> The RFC will just codify the current OTR specification, which does have
>> a property for generating a (temporary) symmetric key to use for
>> encryption of bulk data, such as audio/video and files.
>>
>> The implementation of that is client and IM protocol specific though. I
>> don't think we can specify much (perhaps only something for XMPP?)
>>
> We can specify small-file in-band transfer: those which fit into single TLV message
> because it's protocol-agnostic
>
> cheers,
> Max.
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