Package: pidgin-otr (4.0.2-6)

Off-the-Record Messaging plugin for Pidgin

OTR allows you to have private conversations over IM by providing:

 - Encryption
   - No one else can read your instant messages.
 - Authentication
   - You are assured the correspondent is who you think it is.
 - Deniability
   - The messages you send do _not_ have digital signatures that are
     checkable by a third party.  Anyone can forge messages after a
     conversation to make them look like they came from you.  However,
     _during_ a conversation, your correspondent is assured the messages
     they see are authentic and unmodified.
 - Perfect forward secrecy
   - If you lose control of your private keys, no previous conversation
     is compromised.

This is a Pidgin plugin which implements Off-the-Record (OTR) Messaging.

Tags: Implemented in: C, User Interface: Graphical User Interface, interface::x11, protocol::jabber, Network Protocol: MSN Messenger, protocol::yahoo-messenger, role::plugin, Role: Program, Security: security::authentication, security::cryptography, Privacy, Interface Toolkit: uitoolkit::gtk, use::chatting

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