What does the lock icon next to an AIM buddy mean? The lock icon indicates that the buddy has an AIM Personal Digital Certificate installed and can support encrypted conversations. If you have such a certificate too, then instant messages you exchange with this buddy can be encrypted (scrambled), signed (verifiable as coming from you), or both. (Note that I'm just going to call these things encryption certificates even though they can be used for more than just encryption.)
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~jjlin/aim-certs.html On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Tony <[email protected]> wrote: > > hey guys/gals. > > a friend who uses aol mail has asked me what the little lock next to > some contacts is... any idea? > verified senders?? i havent a clue, and i told her id figure it out for her > :) > > a cursory googling, led me to "g-lock" something, but i have no idea. > > > thanks! > tony > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:313052 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
