Off-the-Record Instant Messaging for Group Conversation
Off-the-Record Instant Messaging for Group Conversation
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用于群组对话的非记录即时消息传递
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2007
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通讯作者：
U. Topaloglu
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作者：
J. Bian;R. Seker;U. Topaloglu
即时通讯（IM）正在成为社会和商业生活中不可或缺的一部分。即时通讯系统的主要问题是所传输的信息易于访问。虽然使用安全隧道（即VPN等）可以实现一些保护，但它们不提供端到端保密。非正式记录（OTR）是一种协议，它使IM用户能够在开放和不安全的公共互联网上进行私人对话。然而，OTR协议目前不支持多用户聊天室。需要这样一种产品，为用户提供在基于im的虚拟加密聊天室中见面的机会。该项目实现了两方OTR协议的扩展，命名为Group OTR- gotr。GOTR使用户拥有一个自由和安全的多用户通信环境，不需要专有软件。案例研究描述了为GAIM开发的GOTR的概念验证插件，以及插件的实现细节。这样的产品被认为有利于小企业保护他们的隐私和竞争力。
Instant messaging (IM) is becoming an integral part of social as well as business life. The main concern with IM systems is that the information being transmitted is easily accessible. Although some protection could be achieved with the use of a secure tunneling (i.e. VPN etc.), they do not provide end-to-end secrecy. Off-the-record (OTR) is a protocol which enables IM users to have private conversations over the open and insecure public Internet. However, the OTR protocol currently does not support multi-user chat rooms. There is a need for such a product that provides users an opportunity to meet in an IM-based, virtual, and encrypted chat room. This project implements an extension of the two-party OTR protocol, named Group OTR-GOTR. GOTR enables users to have a free and secure multi-user communication environment with no proprietary software requirement. The case study describes a proof of concept plug-in of GOTR developed for the GAIM, as well as the plug-in implementation details. Such a product is believed to be beneficial to small businesses to keep their privacy and their competitiveness.