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Double Ratchet Algorithm
8 mentions on Hacker News by 7 people: 0 stories, 8 comments · first 2014-11-19 · latest 2016-04-05
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…must NOT re-use previous session key to derive a new one ... I'm wrong ? (1) Quoted from https://github.com/trevp/axolotl/wiki (2) see session_cipher_get_or_create_message_keys ( https://github.com/WhisperSystems/libaxolotl-c/blob/0640b5ac.…
comment by defiancedigital · 2016-04-05 · in WhatsApp's Signal Protocol integration is now complete -
Is Signal's crypto really "well-reviewed"? The best description of it seems to be at https://github.com/trevp/axolotl/wiki and it's not really understandable by someone who doesn't already know the protocol, so I doubt many people that…
comment by devit · 2015-11-23 · in Please Stop Writing Secure Messaging Tools -
…Golang implementation[2] that Moxie even references in the Axolotl announcement blog post. 1: https://github.com/trevp/axolotl/wiki 2: https://github.com/agl/pond/tree/master/client/ratchet
comment by Rafert · 2015-07-15 · in Show HN: Actor Messaging platform -
…it's important at this point to say that this mechanism is the Axolotl ratchet (more details here: https://github.com/trevp/axolotl/wiki ). It only describes how to exchange encrypted messages between two DH keys, asynchronously, and with…
comment by rakoo · 2015-02-25 · in PGP: There’s Life in the Old Dog Yet -
…private-key (or break the crypto) which never leaves the phone, hence the E2E property. [0] https://github.com/trevp/axolotl/wiki
comment by gsbabil · 2015-01-01 · in Ask HN: How can I verify that WhatsApp uses E2E encryption? -
…by Open Whisper Systems for TechSecure: https://www.whispersystems.org/blog/advanced-ratcheting/ https://github.com/trevp/axolotl/wiki With Axolotl Ratchet, you get: * forward secrecy - disclosure of private keys doesn't let an attacker in…
comment by substack · 2015-01-01 · in Dark Mail Technical Alliance -
Also see: [1] - https://github.com/rxcomm/pyaxo [2] - https://github.com/trevp/axolotl/wiki
comment by pmoriarty · 2014-12-23 · in Advanced cryptographic ratcheting -
TextSecure doesn't use OTR, it uses a construction based on the Axolotl ratchet as described here: https://github.com/trevp/axolotl/wiki It's much much better than OTR in that: - Asynchronicity is on by default (you don't need both parties…
comment by rakoo · 2014-11-19 · in Open Whisper Systems partners with WhatsApp to provide end-to-end encryption