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Re: [Full-disclosure] Skype chat encryption with OTR

From: Tonnerre Lombard (tonnerre.lombardsygroup.ch)
Date: Thu Jun 19 2008 - 01:28:46 CDT

Salut, rawket,

On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:00:49 +1000, rawket wrote:
> /There is no denying that an OTR Conversation has been encrypted..
> Its because the private keys change ultra-frequently, and the keys
> are short lived that it provides the 'plausible deniability'

Not exactly. The plausible deniability is due to the fact that the
signature is executed using a symmetric key known to both parties, so
that either party (but noone else) could have sent the message.

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