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what to install on a secure communication device
- To: [email protected]
- Subject: what to install on a secure communication device
- From: [email protected] (Nick)
- Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2013 16:53:03 +0100
- In-reply-to: <20130902150722.GA11669@plebeian>
- References: <[email protected]> <1378071891.11504.9.camel@anglachel> <20130902150722.GA11669@plebeian>
On Mon, 2013-09-02 at 12:37 -0230, Damian Gerow wrote:
> Ted Smith wrote:
> > > Pidgin/OTR
> >
> > OTR is good, but libpurple is a "rat's nest of zero days" according to
> > many (notably Jacob Applebaum), so I think I'd avoid it. Not sure what's
> > better though. Maybe irssi+otr?
>
> libpurple may be a "rat's nest of zero days", but irssi+otr is a nightmare
> to get working properly. I've given up on it, and I've started using
> mcabber+otr instead.
>
> bitlbee+otr might be a better choice, and might provide the same network
> access as libpurple, with irssi as the interface. However, I can't comment
> as to the usability of such a configuration.
Last I looked, Bitlbee used an in-tree fork of an ancient version of
libpurple for its protocol support. That may have changed since.
/Nick