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diff --git a/libraries/libotr/README b/libraries/libotr/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..b9555d2aaa491 --- /dev/null +++ b/libraries/libotr/README @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +libotr (OTR Messaging Library and Toolkit) + +This is the portable OTR Messaging Library, as well as the toolkit to +help you forge messages. +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 + - Perfect forward secrecy: If you lose control of your private keys, + no previous conversation is compromised. |