[guardian-dev] OTR and XMPP

[Pranesh Prakash]

Dear all,
In the March IETF 89 meeting in London, there were renewed discussions 
around end-to-end encryption in XMPP.

Here is the recording of the session:

http://recordings.conf.meetecho.com/Recordings/watch.jsp?recording=IETF89_XMPP&chapter=part_5

There was basic agreement that OTR is a horrible fit for XMPP since it 
doesn't provide full stanza encryption.  The very reasons for the 
benefits of OTR (its ability to be protocol-agnostic) are the reasons 
for its shortfalls too.

However, there is no clear alternative.  The closest is 
draft-miller-xmpp-e2e.  The one clear verdict was that more contributors 
are required.

The discussions are happening at:

https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/xmpp
http://mail.jabber.org/mailman/listinfo/standards

If anyone has the time to make contributions, please do jump in (and 
spread the word).

~ Pranesh
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Pranesh Prakash
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