Subj : Re: Multi-Relay Chat (MRC) Goes Secure
To   : warmfuzzy
From : k9zw
Date : Thu Mar 23 2023 13:49:03

On 22 Mar 2023, warmfuzzy said the following...
 
 wa> There has been a lot of drama in the MRC scene as of late.  People have
 wa> been having serious conversations as to how MRC should go down the
 wa> line... whether chat rooms are to be considered secure or totally open. 
 wa> Anyhow, MeaTLoTioN has implemented a new cryptographic scheme into MRC
 wa> so that PrivMsgs can be thought of as at least marginally more secure

As the present MRC uses stackfault's servers, rather than Meatlotion's, will these two efforts be unified.  Stackfault has also announced a series of MRC V2 features in an effort to make the experience less a wild west adventure.

Additionally Roovis previously successfully demonstrated encrypted private messages as part of the mrcX project, where the server end never apparently has an unencrypted copy, but rather the encryption was client to end client.

Seems there is at least three overt approaches competing.

Might be a while for some harmony?

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