[OTR-users] some questions

[Ian Goldberg]

On Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 06:49:10AM +0100, readytogo2 wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 1.
> Do you support the miranda otr plugin?
> http://addons.miranda-im.org/details.php?action=viewfile&id=2644
> Is it from same developers? What is your opinion about it?
> Which features are supportet? (Encryption, Authentication, Deniability,
> Perfect forward secrecy)?

The Miranda plugin isn't by the same developers as the library, gaim
plugin, and the proxy.  I personally have no opinion about that code,
since I don't even have a way to try it out.

> 2.
> Will you add deniability or perfect forward secrecy to the gaim plugin
> in the future?

?? The gaim plugin has had those features since day 1.  Or am I
misunderstanding your question?

> 3.
> I am using miranda/gaim plugin, can I save or export my fingerprint? If
> I want to user another client, another accountname or the proxy can I
> use my old "identy" anyway so my contact doesn`t need to trust a new
> fingerprint?

There's no explicit way to do it at the moment (with the main plugin,
anyway), but copying the otr.private_key file around should work.

> 4.
> A contact of mine is using trillian. I could convince him at least to
> you the otr plugin (not the otr proxy! not secure im!) (I think this
> there http://trillianotr.kittyfox.net/.) and I am using the miranda
> plugin. From miranda to miranda otr chat`s work great but to trillian I
> see html tags all the time. Can this be fixed?

I've heard of this problem before, even *without* otr.  It seems
Trillian uses its own custom markup language instead of html (which all
other clients use).  I'm guessing there's a way to fix this, since it
certainly can't be the case that all Trillian users see html tags all
the time, but you'd have to ask someone who uses Trillian.

   - Ian