Messaging Client

The messaging client is a BSP client that synchronises private messages between pairs of devices.

Identifier

The client's identifier is org.briarproject.briar.messaging. The major version is 0.

Groups

The client uses a separate BSP group for communicating with each contact. The group descriptor is a BDF list containing the unique IDs of the contacts' identities, sorted in ascending order as byte strings.

Message types

PRIVATE_MESSAGE - The message body is a BDF list with one element: text (string).

Validity policy

A private message is valid if it is well-formed.

Storage policy

All messages are stored.

Sharing policy

All local messages are shared.