Den 2 okt. 2016 21:22 skrev "Ximin Luo" <<a href="mailto:infinity0@pwned.gg">infinity0@pwned.gg</a>>: > > Tony Arcieri: > > On Sun, Oct 2, 2016 at 2:23 AM, Hanno Böck <<a href="mailto:hanno@hboeck.de">hanno@hboeck.de</a>> wrote: > > > >> * I assume your intention is to standardize an encryption layer only > >> and not a new messaging protocol, right? > > > > Yes > > > > In that case, can we please rename this thread to something that's less confusing? > > I have suggested a name here, but I'm not too attached to it. However, I think most people have generally agreed that what is being discussed here is not a "messaging protocol". I keep thinking that this should be more of a software library than anything else. Like what SSL/TLS is for most regular networked communication, the library would expose a number of standard API:s necessary for secure IM. Then on top of that the client software would add whatever functionality it wants. I feel it likely would get too complex to be one big specification, which nobody ever would get completely right. A reference implementation that you plug into other IM software would probably have much better results.