On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 04:37:37PM +0100, Stefan Schönleitner wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was wondering what the exact purpose of the Diffie-Hellman hash commitment
> in the OTR authenticated key exchange is.
> The paper "Improved User Authentication in Off-The-Record Messaging" says
> that the "initial co
Hi,
I was wondering what the exact purpose of the Diffie-Hellman hash commitment
in the OTR authenticated key exchange is.
The paper "Improved User Authentication in Off-The-Record Messaging" says
that the "initial commitment is used to ensure that
neither party can base their choice of g^x on the