[OTR-users] otr4j: OTR java library

[Ian Goldberg]

On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 06:28:13PM -0400, Paul Wouters wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Sep 2009, Paul Wouters wrote:
>
>> http://code.google.com/p/otr4j/
>> http://otr4sipcomm.blogspot.com/
>>
>> otr4j is an implementation of the OTR (Off The Record) protocol in java.
>
> I should have added: http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2009/09/sip-communicators-summer-of-code.html
>
> George Politis from Greece worked on extending SIP Communicator with
> Off The Record (OTR) message encryption. OTR provides encryption,
> authentication, deniability, and strong forward secrecy. Until now
> SIP Communicator did not have any text message encryption and our
> chats were often unprotected. George started with the implementation
> of our own Open Source native java OTR library, which can also
> be used in other projects. George also implemented all the message
> transformation functionalities and the GUI necessary for us to integrate
> OTR support in SIP Communicator. It is already implemented in many of
> the other popular instant messengers such as Kopete, Pidgin, Adium,
> mICQ, Miranda, and Trillian. SIP Communicator is now able to carry out
> encrypted communications with other SIP Communicator clients and the
> aforementioned messengers.
>
> George's implementation has already been integrated in our source trunk
> and George has achieved committer status for SIP Communicator with a
> strong approval of our community.

Sounds great!  FYI: our own Java version just today entered "package it
for release" status.  So probably tomorrow, but if not, Friday.  Watch
this space.

   - Ian