[OTR-users] Gaim plugin and archiving

[Didier Frick]

Le dimanche 07 mai 2006 à 19:51 +0200, Moritz 'Morty' Strübe a écrit :
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> >   
> 
> I agree with you. But I think that there are still a few people who'd
> like to use OTR and still log to disk (like me).  I'd vote for an
> option to turn it on and of, and a warning-icon to show you that you
> are logging. And maybe some notice that the other one is logging, but
> I don't think it's too sensible. You can never go for sure that the
> other one is not logging. IMHO the user has to decide but has to be
> warned.
> Morty


Well, OK. But my basic point is based on the blurb on the OTR website:

> Off-the-Record (OTR) Messaging allows you to have private
> conversations over instant messaging by providing:
> 
> 
> Encryption 
>         No one else can read your instant messages. 
> Authentication 
>         You are assured the correspondent is who you think it is. 
> Deniability 
>         The messages you send do not have digital signatures that are
>         checkable by a third party. Anyone can forge messages after a
>         conversation to make them look like they came from you.
>         However, during a conversation, your correspondent is assured
>         the messages he sees are authentic and unmodified. 
> Perfect forward secrecy 
>         If you lose control of your private keys, no previous
>         conversation is compromised.

If there is any kind of logging occuring then the last statement  isn't
true.