O 2 TR: Offline Off-the-Record (OTR) Messaging

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Abstract

Off-the-record (OTR) is a security protocol that can be used in privacy preserving instant messaging (IM) systems. However, the conventional OTR is not applicable in some practical scenarios (e.g., when communication network became disconnected) because OTR requires both parties to be online at the same time. To address this limitation, we extend the conventional OTR into a new protocol named offline OTR (O 2 TR). O 2 TR makes the conversation parties be able to handle an offline message even when a session connection is lost. To show the feasibility of the proposed protocol, we implemented a prototype to support O 2 TR based on the Gajim XMMP instant messaging platform. Our experiments showed that O 2 TR can reliably be used when a network party is broken down. Moreover, O 2 TR provides an efficient session refreshment which is about 34 % faster than the original OTR.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInformation Security Applications - 18th International Conference, WISA 2017, Revised Selected Papers
EditorsBrent ByungHoon Kang, Taesoo Kim
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages61-71
Number of pages11
ISBN (Print)9783319935621
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018
Event18th World International Conference on Information Security and Application, WISA 2017 - Jeju Island, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 24 Aug 201726 Aug 2017

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume10763 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference18th World International Conference on Information Security and Application, WISA 2017
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CityJeju Island
Period24/08/1726/08/17

Keywords

  • Instant messaging
  • Key exchange
  • OTR

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