[OTR-users] What type of encryption?

Ian Goldberg ian at cypherpunks.ca
Wed Mar 22 19:56:05 EST 2006


On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 07:01:28PM -0500, S.J. Robertson wrote:
> What type of encryption does OTR use?  Algorithim, key length, etc.

You can find all the details on http://otr.cypherpunks.ca/, but at a
high level, 1536-bit DH for key agreement, 128-bit AES-CTR for message
encryption, and 160-bit SHA1-HMAC for integrity protection.

   - Ian



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