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👥kind protocolusage messagingenc contenttopology federatedentity transportid pubkey
- started
- 2004
- by
- Nikita Borisov, Ian Goldberg, Eric Brewer
- homepage
- https://otr.cypherpunks.ca
- wikipedia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-the-Record_Messaging_protocol
Off-the-Record Messaging — protocol layered on top of instant-messaging transports (XMPP, AIM, etc.) providing end-to-end encryption with perfect forward secrecy and message deniability. The Signal Protocol's Double Ratchet directly descends from OTR's design.