what to install on a secure communication device

Nick nick at lupine.me.uk
Mon Sep 2 08:53:03 PDT 2013


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




More information about the cypherpunks mailing list