[OTR-users] OTR apps using keyrings/wallets?

[Samuel Carlisle]

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On 21/07/13 06:35, Greg Grossmeier wrote:
> [Sorry if this has been asked before, the only reference I could
> find on this list about "key rings" (or "keyring") was one about
> extracting one's gpg WOT and auto-trusting people in the web. This
> ain't that idea. :-) ]
> 
> Wish: Boy it'd be great if pidgin-otr and jitsi's OTR (whatever it
> uses) used the same backend/db for storing your keys/fps. We have
> this generalized framework of keyrings, why not use them?
> 
> Problem: I'm a user of multiple IM apps, depending on need. Doesn't
> make sense to generate a new OTR key for each app since I'm
> (re)using the same ID (my email, which is my jabber id). If I had
> to, it would make the job of (re)authenticating with people so much
> harder.
> 
> Apologies: Has this been discussed before? What am I missing? Why
> am I wrong? If it is just "patches welcome" well, we'll see :-).
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Greg
> 

Hey Greg, not a direct answer to your question but have you seen this
otr key converter which helps migrating keys between apps?

https://github.com/guardianproject/otrfileconverter

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