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otr-message

otr-message is a set of parsers for the message format used in the Off-the-Record Messaging instant messaging encryption system, version 2.

Installation

Coming soon. FIXME

Dependencies

Javascript: jsparse. Or, rather, it will be when I rewrite it; the version in lib/ was written with ReParse but that wasn't robust enough.

C: hammer.

API

Coming soon. FIXME

Grammar

otr-message uses the following (incomplete!) grammar to describe the format of OTR messages:

BASE_64(...) is a base64 representation of its arguments VALUE(field[n]) is the value of the nth field in this rule, to be used as an attribute. n indexes from 0. AES128_CTR(...) is the AES-128 encryption of its arguments in counter mode. I don't know whether we should represent encryption parameters in this attribute representation or not; "generation is parsing backward" doesn't exactly apply when your attribute functions are one-way :(

otr ::= query | error | encoded | tagged_plaintext
query ::= otr_prefix versions '?'
versions ::= v1_p vN_p
v1_p ::= ['?']
vN_p ::= 'v' *otr_byte
tagged_plaintext ::= [string] whitespace_tag [string]
whitespace_tag ::= 'x20\x09\x20\x20\x09\x09\x09\x09\x20\x09\x20\x09\x20\x09\x20\x20' [v1_tag] [v2_tag]
error ::= error_prefix string
error_prefix ::= '?OTR Error:'
plaintext ::= utf8 [otr_byte(0x00) *tlv]
tlv ::= base_tlv | smp_tlv
base_tlv ::= otr_short(0x0000 | 0x0001) otr_short VALUE(field[1])*VALUE(field[1])otr_byte
smp_tlv ::= otr_short(0x0002 | 0x0003 | 0x0004 | 0x0005 | 0x0006) otr_short smp_tlv_data
// the length of smp_tlv_data is tlv_length
smp_tlv_data ::= otr_int VALUE(field[0])*VALUE(field[0])otr_mpi
tlv_length ::= otr_short
encoded ::= otr_prefix BASE64(dh_commit_msg | dh_key_msg | reveal_signature_msg | signature_msg | v1_ke_msg | data_msg) '.'
otr_prefix ::= '?OTR'
otr_byte ::= char
otr_short ::= 2*2byte
otr_int ::= 4*4byte
otr_mpi ::= otr_int VALUE(field[0])*VALUE(field[0])otr_byte([^\x00])
otr_data ::= otr_int VALUE(field[0])*VALUE(field[0])otr_byte
otr_ctr ::= 8*8byte
otr_mac ::= 20*20byte
otr_pubkey ::= otr_short(0x0000) otr_mpi otr_mpi(20) 2*2otr_mpi
otr_sig(k) ::= otr_data(AES128_CTR(k, otr_pubkey otr_int 2*2(VALUE(field[0][1])*VALUE(field[0][1])otr_byte)
dh_commit_msg ::= otr_short(0x0002) otr_byte(0x02) otr_data(AES128_CTR(otr_mpi)) otr_data(32)
dh_key_msg ::= otr_short(0x0002) otr_byte(0x0a) otr_mpi
// TODO: g^y, the MPI in dh_key_msg, is supposed to have a y at least 320 bits. meaningful here?
reveal_signature_msg ::= otr_short(0x0002) otr_byte(0x11) otr_data(16) otr_sig(c) otr_mac
// the third field of reveal_signature_msg is a 128-bit value, so 16 bytes encoded as otr_data
// the key c is computed from the Diffie-Hellman shared secret s, which we compute from the value we got in step 2 of the AKE.
signature_msg ::= otr_short(0x0002) otr_byte(0x12) otr_sig(c') otr_mac
// the key c' is computed from s, but with a different procedure than for reveal_signature_message
v1_ke_msg ::= otr_prefix BASE_64(otr_short(0x0001) otr_byte(0x0a) otr_byte(0x01 | 0x00) 4*4otr_mpi otr_int otr_mpi 2*2byte(VALUE(field[4]))
// The second otr_byte of v1_ke_msg is 0x01 if this message is being sent in reply to a key exchange message that was just
// received. That probably belongs in the state machine.
data_msg ::= otr_short(0x0002) otr_byte(0x03) otr_byte(0x00 | 0x01) otr_int(>0) otr_int(>0) otr_mpi otr_ctr otr_data(AES128_CTR(plaintext) otr_mac(VALUE(field[0...7])) otr_data(0*2otr_mac)
// The third field is for flags, of which one is defined, IGNORE_UNREADABLE (0x01)
// The fourth field must increment by 1 with each key change

License

Copyright (c) 2011-2012, Meredith L. Patterson <[email protected]> All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

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