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| author | Guillermo Bonvehi <gbonvehi@gmail.com> | 2010-05-11 20:01:41 +0200 |
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| committer | Robby Workman <rworkman@slackbuilds.org> | 2010-05-11 20:01:41 +0200 |
| commit | 8c7dd59abf863eeff9d397e73303e707486ba18c (patch) | |
| tree | 1bfc649bb364644bf18b37a23acb83c0ce747f26 /network/pidgin-otr/README | |
| parent | 979595b4a729f63a3266f095dbcbf4c8ae57f3cb (diff) | |
network/pidgin-otr: Added to 12.0 repository
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diff --git a/network/pidgin-otr/README b/network/pidgin-otr/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..bd8a5e51afc0 --- /dev/null +++ b/network/pidgin-otr/README @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +Off-the-Record (OTR) Messaging for Pidgin + +Allows you to have private conversations over instant messaging when +talking on Pidgin 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. +- Perfect forward secrecy: If you lose control of your private keys, + no previous conversation is compromised. + +In order to use this plugin, you need libotr, which is also available +at SlackBuilds.org. |