Hi, It seems all the client I've look at generate a key per account that I have. Is this intentional? Why?
I would expect that if I talk to what I believe is the same person, even if it's an other protocol that I'm using to talk, that that person would use the same key and that I didn't have to authenticate the person anymore. The same of course works in both ways. If the same key is used, I can actually be sure that I'm talking to the same person. The only good reason I can see to have a different key is that you don't want people to know that it's the same person. A related issue seems to be that none of the clients I've used seem to have a way to import or export keys. They all seem to be using their own way to store things, and don't even seem to have an option to protect it with a password. So it basicly means if I have 2 applications or 2 devices, I even and up with 2 keys for the same protocols, which to me makes little sense. Kurt _______________________________________________ OTR-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.cypherpunks.ca/mailman/listinfo/otr-dev
