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. 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]. > 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.
