[OTR-users] Initiating OTR from an irssi client to pidgin

[Uli M]

On Mon 01.12.08 19:42, cognitive.libertarian+ml at gmail.com wrote:
> * Uli M <a.sporto+bee at gmail.com> [2008-12-01 18:04]:
> > 
> > The way irssi-otr currently operates (policy opportunistic) you can
> > just write "hello" and an OTR session should be initiated. This
> > might take some time though, e.g. if you use ICQ via bitlbee.
> 
> Thanks for the feedback.  Bitlbee and the ICQ network are in fact
> being used.  However, the first thing attempted was to simply start
> chatting.  It didn't work.  The Pidgin side gets plaintext.  

The first message is indeed always plaintext. Usually, you'll just have to wait
a few seconds after that until the OTR session starts. However, if no key exists
then this first message will trigger key generation (check the status window)
which takes some time and will also make another plaintext message neccessary.
Just wait till generation finishes, write another message and wait a few
seconds. Then you should go secure.

> We also tried generating a key in advance on the irssi side: 
> 
>   /otr genkey <UID>@login.icq.com

irssi-otr itself has no idea about ICQ stuff, that's made transparent by
bitlbee. You'll have to use <irc-nick>@<irc-server> as accountname for
generation, also see the README or "/otr help" or just let irssi-otr do the
right thing.

Uli