> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 5:47 AM, kevin gill <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > My own experiences of OTR (over a few years) are that it is great when >> > it works, but a royal pain in the ass when it breaks. Since it layers >> > on top of other protocols, it's easy to get into a situation where the >> > peer you're talking to is receiving junk, and the two of you are >> > unable to communicate. It is inherently difficult to tell when this is >> > happening. >> > >> > SILC is another alternative, but the clients for it universally suck. >> > The most reliable 'secure IRC' I've seen is literally just running IRC >> > over SSL, which modern ircds support, and nearly all >> > modern/usable/desirable clients also support. >> > >> > SSL IRC is also very easy to set up. >> > >> >> My problem is not to avoid intercepts, but to avoid a record. I was kind >> of looking for some sort of web-based product where we could delete the >> transcript after. I simply want to avoid comments ending up on a public >> record at some point in the future. >> >> I don't know anything about IRC. I just worry that when I visit #zope or >> similar it all ends up on google. >> > > I trust you know this is impossible? With any sort of protocol, if the > client can decode it, they can store it - the only way around this would > be > to have a secret protocol, with a proprietary, closed-source client, and > rely on the obfuscation to make it harder for someone to figure out how to > extract the text. >
Thanks for the warning... I am not trying to stop the CIA from monitoring it. I just want to not store the transcript. It would be best to have a web-interface rather than install irc or something similar. Given the lack of an 'instant and simple' answer, I think I will go check out harlem jazz rather than spending and evening google-ing. Kevin > >> Kevin >> >> >> > >> > David >> > >> > On 11 March 2010 17:53, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I used to live in Addis. You have to try Castelli's Italian >> restaurant >> >> while you are over there. >> >> >> >> Regarding IRC etc. There is a plugin for Pidgin called Off the record >> >> or OTC http://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr/ . >> >> >> >> J >> >> >> >> On Mar 11, 5:46 pm, "kevin gill" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> OT >> >>> >> >>> I am in Ethiopia a the moment. Yesterday, I was introduced to the >> girl >> >>> Rohama, who assuming that the bureaucratic processes move smoothly, >> >>> will >> >>> be my daughter in a month or two. >> >>> >> >>> Very OT >> >>> >> >>> Does anyone know of a secure alternative to IRC. Specifically, what >> I >> >>> am >> >>> interested in is that the transcript is not kept. In IRC channels >> that >> >>> I >> >>> participated in in the past, the transcript is online etc. I don't >> want >> >>> to >> >>> control access. I want to avoid google knowing what I said in 20 >> years. >> >>> >> >>> Thanks >> >>> >> >>> Kevin >> >> >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> >> Groups "Python Ireland" group. >> >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> >> [email protected]<pythonireland%[email protected]> >> . >> >> For more options, visit this group at >> >> http://groups.google.com/group/pythonireland?hl=en. >> >> >> >> >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> > "Python Ireland" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > [email protected]<pythonireland%[email protected]> >> . >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/pythonireland?hl=en. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> "Python Ireland" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<pythonireland%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/pythonireland?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Python Ireland" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/pythonireland?hl=en. > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python Ireland" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pythonireland?hl=en.
