[tor-teachers] Open, Onion and Off-the-Record == O3? Ozone?

[Tom Leckrone]

Brilliant, Nathan, Paul!

The “zone” nature of “Ozone” could be brought home via a triad-type design, with the Onion bringing Open and OTR together to create the Ozone, a safe haven for all of your communication needs. 

Seems like a great step as we work to illustrate and promote the ways in which Tor is the center of secure communications.

> On Nov 4, 2015, at 7:52 AM, Paul Syverson <paul.syverson at nrl.navy.mil> wrote:
> 
> I like it very much, in many respects.
> Could write it O3 (or O_3 where footnotes are supported), but still
> pronounce it OH-ZONE.
I would suggest using the superscript where available, like the chemical name.
> 
> Ah, I'm suddenly hearing Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
> at the spring weekend outdoor concert from my freshman year (back in
> the pleistocene):
> One drink of wine, two drinks of gin...
> And I'm lost in the Ozone again

Not sure if this is exactly the future you were dreaming of, but it is pretty amazing, nonetheless. : )

Thanks,

Tom


> 
> aloha,
> Paul
> 
> On Wed, Nov 04, 2015 at 07:41:10AM -0500, Nathan of Guardian wrote:
>> 
>> I've been trying to come up with a catchy name for any messaging client
>> that is open-source, supports open protocols, is routed over Tor
>> easily/default, and that employs an openly published/standard
>> Off-the-Record encryption system (meaning perfect-forward secrecy with
>> no plain-text logging like OTR or OMEMO).  This would include Tor
>> Messenger, Conversations, Xabber, Jitsi (maybe), ChatSecure and our
>> forthcoming Zom remix/update of ChatSecure. 
>> 
>> Thus I came up with the basic combination of "Open", "Onion" and
>> "Off-the-record", as the three important aspects to teach, consider,
>> evangelize for messaging apps.
>> 
>> Taking that forward the molecule that has three Oxygen "O" atoms in it
>> is Ozone. Ozone is a trioxidane, and "the ozone layer (a portion of the
>> stratosphere with a higher concentration of ozone, from two to eight
>> ppm) is beneficial, preventing damaging ultraviolet light from reaching
>> the Earth's surface, to the benefit of both plants and animals." I think
>> people understand that the "Ozone Layer" is a helpful thing that
>> protects us, even if we don't totally understand what it is or how it
>> works.
>> 
>> Perhaps, calling it Ozone, is too clever, but just using the phrase
>> "Open, Onion and Off-the-Record" is an easy meme that could stick?
>> 
>> +n
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>>  Nathan of Guardian
>>  nathan at guardianproject.info
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