Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Xianwen Chen <xianwen.chen@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Network message encryption
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:08:15
Message-Id: 9c74dfeb0908170807m395e0262r93782d11966ebba5@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Network message encryption by Thomas Kahle
1 Hi Thomas,
2
3 Thanks for your information. I would love to have a try on Kopete once
4 it supports QQ protocal.
5
6 Best regards,
7
8 Wen
9
10 On 8/17/09, Thomas Kahle <tom111@×××.de> wrote:
11 >
12 > Kopete with the otr use flag supports Off The Record Encryption. This is
13 > THE method when communicating over a totally open channel like the
14 > internet. The message is encrypted on your computer and decrypted on the
15 > receivers computer. A drawback is that you have to "handshake" with each
16 > of the receivers first. New keys are generated on the fly (off the
17 > record) such that if your secret key is compromised no old messages can
18 > be decrypted still. Wikipedia has a small article about it and it works
19 > quite easily once set up in kopete.
20 >
21 > Best
22 > Thomas
23 >
24 >>
25 >> Best regards,
26 >>
27 >> Wen
28 >>
29 >
30 >
31 > --
32 > Thomas Kahle
33 >
34 > The fundamental theorem of algebra is open source. Like any other
35 > mathematical theorem it can be applied free of charge and everybody
36 > has access to its proof and can convince himself how it works. Why
37 > should software be any different?
38 >
39 >
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43 Xianwen Chen
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45 Mobile: +86 13774 228909
46 Email: cxi000@××××××××.no; xianwen.chen@×××××.com