On 23 March 2013 09:25, ianG <[email protected]> wrote: > Someone on another list asked an interesting question: > > Why did OTR succeed in IM systems, where OpenPGP and x.509 did not?
Because Adium built it in? > > > > (The reason this is interesting (to me?) is that there are not so many > instances in our field where there are open design competitions at this > level. The results of such a competition can be illuminating as to what > matters and what does not. E.g., OpenPGP v. S/MIME and SSH v. secure telnet > are two such competitions.) > > > > iang > _______________________________________________ > cryptography mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography _______________________________________________ cryptography mailing list [email protected] http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography
