25.09.2015 17:42
The specialists of the social network “VKontakte” developing a new encryption protocol. After that, “VKontakte” is planning to launch its own messenger.
The work of the social network on a new messenger based on the new protocol for encrypted told” Izvestia “several sources familiar with the company’s plans, and was confirmed by representatives of the social network. « We are really engaged in the development of new mobile protocol to accelerate our applications and ensure a high level of safety user data », – told the publication COO “VKontakte” Andrew Rogozov.
The objective of the new protocol : increase the speed of communication between users of social networks. The source of “Izvestia” claims that after the work on the protocol is complete, “VKontakte” will release its own messenger. This will create an application for iOS and Android, as well as versions for installation on computers running on Windows and MacOS.
According to the developer messenger Actor Stepan Korshakova, there are two things that can be optimized in the protocol: the response time and the speed of information transfer.
« When transferring data server three times agree on a secure connection. Establishing the connection will last a few seconds , – says Korshakov. – And then may reduce the time of the request three times ».
The new product will use return data transfer protocol Mobile Telecommunication Protocol (MTProto), designed by brother Pavel Durov, Nikolai, former technical Director of “VKontakte”. According to a source of “Izvestia”, the specialists of “VKontakte” working on a stripped-down version of the protocol MTProto, which will speed up the sending and receiving messages.
The founder of “VKontakte” Pavel Durov after his dismissal from the post of director of the company has created its own service messaging – messenger Telegram.
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