[OTR-users] OTR suddenly not connecting

Fri Jun 27 17:19:38 EDT 2014

On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 05:10:54PM -0400, Bits wrote:
> I tried a Wireshark packet capture and got some strange results.
> Wireshark says the protocol is "SSL", but the data doesn't look encrypted
> to me.
> Here's the output, with my ICQ# replaced with "888888" and the recipient's
> replaced with "999999".
> What is the number "003112075"?  Somehow it looks like an ID# that should
> refer to me, but I don't have that in my records.
> And why does it say "OTRv23"? Is that the protocol version while 4.0 is
> the plugin version?

Yes, that's correct.  "?OTRv23?" means the client is willing to support
protocol versions 2 and 3.  plugin 4.0 supports those two protocol
versions.

> -----
> *..0.T.........00312075....888888...1........(....<HTML><BODY>?OTRv23?
> <b>888888</b> has requested an <a
> href="http://otr.cypherpunks.ca/">Off-the-Record private conversation</a>.
>  However, you do not have a plugin to support that.
> See <a href="http://otr.cypherpunks.ca/">http://otr.cypherpunks.ca/</a>
> for more information.</BODY></HTML>....*..T.....
> ................0.............P...............
> ....p...p..T.......P...................p...p..V................................."............|.......h....... at ...@..V.......
> ....|.......h....... at ...@..V..*..U.I.........00312075....999999...$56803284-fe3e-11e3-bc61-6431504adae8.
> .....*..1..
> -----

Is the above what you're sending, or what you're receiving?  Can you
arrange for your buddy to similarly capture the packets at his/her end?

   - Ian