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Re: Skype chat encryption with OTR


From: Tonnerre Lombard <tonnerre.lombard () sygroup ch>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:28:46 +0200

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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