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multi-end to multi-end encryption, allowing messages to be synchronized
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securely across multiple clients, even if some of them are offline. The SignalProtocol
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is a cryptographic double ratched protocol based on work by Trevor Perrin
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and Moxie Marlinspike first published as the Axolotl protocol. The protocol is not fully
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documented in public domain and only exists in GPLv3-licensed implementations maintained
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by OpenWhisperSystems.
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and Moxie Marlinspike first published as the Axolotl protocol. While the
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protocol itself has specifications in the public domain, the
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protobuf-based wire format of the signal protocol is not fully
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documented. The signal protocol currently only exists in GPLv3-licensed
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implementations maintained by OpenWhisperSystems.
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</p>
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</section2>
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<section2 topic='Overview' anchor='intro-overview'>
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