OMEMO
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OMEMO is an extension to the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP, "Jabber") for multi-client end-to-end encryption developed by Andreas Straub. According to Straub, OMEMO uses the Double Ratchet Algorithm "to provide multi-end to multi-end encryption, allowing messages to be synchronized securely across multiple clients, even if some of them are offline".[1] The name "OMEMO" is a recursive acronym for "OMEMO Multi-End Message and Object Encryption". It is an open standard based on the Double Ratchet Algorithm and the Personal Eventing Protocol (PEP, XEP-0163).[2] OMEMO offers future and forward secrecy and deniability with message synchronization and offline delivery.
History[edit | edit source]
The protocol was developed and first implemented by Andreas Straub as a Google Summer of Code project in 2015. The project's goal was to implement a double-ratchet-based multi-end to multi-end encryption scheme into an Android XMPP-based instant messaging client called Conversations. It was introduced in Conversations and submitted to the XMPP Standards Foundation (XSF) as a proposed XMPP Extension Protocol (XEP) in the autumn of 2015 and got accepted as XEP-0384 in December 2016.[3]
In July 2016, the ChatSecure project announced that they would implement OMEMO in the next releases. ChatSecure v4.0 supports OMEMO and was released on January 17, 2017.[4][5]
A first experimental release of a OMEMO plugin for the cross-platform XMPP client Gajim was made available on December 26, 2015.[6]
In June 2016, the non-profit computer security consultancy firm Radically Open Security published an analysis of the OMEMO protocol.[7]
Client Support[edit | edit source]
- ChatSecure (iOS)[8]
- Conversations (Android)
- Cryptocat - No open XMPP client, works only with Cryptocat server (Linux, OS X, Windows)[9]
- Gajim via plugin (BSD, Linux, Windows)[10]
- libpurple clients such as Pidgin or Finch via experimental plugin [11]
- Adium via an Xtra based on the libpurple plugin[12]
- Profanity via plugin (BSD, Linux, macOS, Windows)[13]
Library Support[edit | edit source]
- Smack supports OMEMO using the two modules smack-omemo and smack-omemo-signal[14]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Andreas Straub (2015-10-25). "OMEMO Encryption". XMPP Standards Foundation website. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ↑ Daniel Gultsch. "OMEMO Multi-End Message and Object Encryption". Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ↑ "[Standards] NEW: XEP-0384 (OMEMO Encryption)". 2016-12-07. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
- ↑ "ChatSecure iOS v3.2.3 - XMPP Push". 2016-07-25. Retrieved 2016-09-07.
- ↑ "ChatSecure v4.0 - OMEMO and Signal Protocol". 2017-01-17. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
- ↑ Bahtiar Gadimov (2015-12-26). "Release 0.1 – kalkin/gajim-omemo". GitHub. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
- ↑ OMEMO: Cryptographic Analysis Report. June 2016
- ↑ "ChatSecure v4.0 - OMEMO and Signal Protocol". chatsecure.org. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
- ↑ "Cryptocat - Security". crypto.cat. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
- ↑ Bahtiar Gadimov; et al. "Omemogajimplugin · Wiki · gajim / gajim-plugins · GitLab". Retrieved 2016-12-04.
- ↑ Richard Bayerle. "lurch - OMEMO for libpurple". Retrieved 2017-02-12.
- ↑ Olivier Mehani. "Lurch4Adium - OMEMO Xtra for Adium". Retrieved 2017-06-08.
- ↑ René Calles. "profanity-omemo-plugin: A Python plugin to use (axolotl / Signal Protocol) encryption for the profanity XMPP messenger". Retrieved 2017-01-10.
- ↑ Schaub, Paul. "Ignite Realtime Blog: Smack v4.2 Introduces OME... | Ignite Realtime". community.igniterealtime.org. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
External links[edit | edit source]
- Homepage
- XEP-0384: OMEMO Encryption (Experimental)
- Python library for implementing OMEMO in other clients
- OMEMO protocol implementation in C
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