[OTR-users] encrypted file transfer
Ian Goldberg
ian at cypherpunks.ca
Mon Jun 29 09:45:01 EDT 2009
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 03:05:55AM +0200, Markus Krainz wrote:
> Hi!
>
> If someone wants to send me a sensitive file over IM this is what I
> usually do: I paste them my pgp public key in ascii format over an
> encrypted OTR session. They then encrypt the file with pgp for me
> before sending and vice versa.
That solution doesn't provide for authentication or integrity of the
file, though. [And if your public key is tens of kilobytes, it's also a
bit annoying. ;-) ]
- Ian
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