On 8/04/2014 03:13 am, Pranesh Prakash wrote:
> Dear all,
> In the March IETF 89 meeting in London, there were renewed discussions
> around end-to-end encryption in XMPP.
> 
> Here is the recording of the session:
> 
> http://recordings.conf.meetecho.com/Recordings/watch.jsp?recording=IETF89_XMPP&chapter=part_5
> 
> 
> There was basic agreement that OTR is a horrible fit for XMPP since it
> doesn't provide full stanza encryption.  The very reasons for the
> benefits of OTR (its ability to be protocol-agnostic) are the reasons
> for its shortfalls too.
> 
> However, there is no clear alternative.  The closest is
> draft-miller-xmpp-e2e.  The one clear verdict was that more contributors
> are required.


Has anyone got a text-based summary of what this is about?   I'm happy
to read, but I find listening to recordings doesn't really work.


> The discussions are happening at:
> 
> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/xmpp
> http://mail.jabber.org/mailman/listinfo/standards
> 
> If anyone has the time to make contributions, please do jump in (and
> spread the word).



iang
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