From 06dbd196364bdfeeca0c5739b206521b8b0ce423 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tails developers Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2013 20:18:31 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify Pidgin's behavior. --- wiki/src/contribute/design.mdwn | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/wiki/src/contribute/design.mdwn b/wiki/src/contribute/design.mdwn index 9ff1a7fd9b7..cfa89d94a6a 100644 --- a/wiki/src/contribute/design.mdwn +++ b/wiki/src/contribute/design.mdwn @@ -1003,8 +1003,10 @@ nickname from the 2000 most common U.S. names (according to the U.S. social security administration in the 1970's), which results in something Englishesque sounding. The nickname is further made to look like a typical IRC nickname by prefixing it with ^ or _ with probability 0.05, and changing it to leet speak -with probability 0.05. Pidgin does not leak any information apart from the -name when answering to CTCP requests. +with probability 0.05. When answering to CTCP requests, Pidgin does +not leak any information apart from PING and VERSION (`Purple IRC`), +which is deemed acceptable as there are probably other weirdness in +how the protocol is implemented, that discloses as much. - [[!tails_gitweb config/chroot_local-includes/lib/live/config/201-pidgin]] - [[!tails_gitweb_dir config/chroot_local-includes/etc/skel/.purple]] -- 2.11.4.GIT