[OTR-users] (no subject)

[Ian Goldberg]

On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 04:23:43PM -0400, Greg Reagle wrote:
> I have a suggestion for improving the clarity of the web page at
> http://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr/.  I'll show the current text and
> my proposed text with changes underlined, then the rationale.
> What do you think?  Thanks.
> 
> Current text:
> <<<
> 
> 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.
> 
> Proposed text:
> <<<
> Off-the-Record (OTR) Messaging enables you to have private
> conversations over instant messaging by using encryption to
> provide:
> >>>
> 
> Confidentiality/Privacy
>        No one else can read your instant messages.
> 
> Rationale:
> My change of "allows" to "enables" is cosmetic.  In my opinion,
> it is a more positive and active word.
> 
> The other changes I consider substantive.  Encryption (and the
> specific way it is implemented in OTR) is what provides
> Confidentiality/Privacy, Authentication, Deniability, and Perfect
> forward secrecy.

But it's not encryption that provides authentication, etc.  Or am I
misunderstanding?
-- 
Ian Goldberg
Associate Professor
Cheriton School of Computer Science
University of Waterloo