[OTR-dev] Peer validity TLV

Ola Bini list at olabini.se
Sat Oct 3 10:34:25 EDT 2015


Hi,

> And, like the somewhat similar question from years ago about "be able to
> query the other side to see if they have logging turned on", your peer
> can simply lie.  What security-relevant action would you be taking based
> on this information?

Sigh. For some reason I had convinced myself that lying didn't matter
for the case of whether the other side has verified the key - but of
course it does.

Sorry to waste everyone's time!

Cheers
-- 
 Ola Bini (https://olabini.se)

 "Yields falsehood when quined" yields falsehood when quined.
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