[messaging] Axolotl questions

David Leon Gil coruus at gmail.com
Mon Dec 15 06:30:43 PST 2014


Paxoltl in five messages:

A->B: Propose 1
A,B: Learned 0
A->B: Propose 1
A,B: Learned 0
(B receives messages: B: Accept 1)
B->A: Accepted 1, Propose 2
A: Learned 1
(A receives messages: A: Accept 2)
A->B: Accepted 2, Propose 3

Etc.
On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 5:08 AM Ben Harris <mail at bharr.is> wrote:

>
> On 15/12/2014 8:17 pm, "Sunny Marueli" <sunnym at gmail.com> wrote:
> > - If a message is lost, it seems one must try to decrypt an incoming
> message with different keys, one after the other. This seems wasteful - why
> not maintain a "ratchet count" that can map directly to the right root key
> to use?
>
> I'm no expert, but as I understand it the sender only 'turns' the ratchet
> when they receive a confirmation that the receiver has received a message
> with their current ephemeral.
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