I'm writing a secure IM application, but it's for Windows. If
anyone wants to volunteer to port to linux (or any other platform),
I'd love you for it. And would vastly prefer that to doing a new
effort since the port would be compatible with the Windows version,
(the protocol is designed to be platform and language independent).
Documentation is at http://www.spod-ware.com/, but don't download
the code. It does not work. It does not work because I am waiting
for a CD from Microsoft with a fix to their Winsock control (fixes
a communication bug, not related to security.). Actually you can look
at the source code, it just won't actually work yet. Any other
feedback is also welcome.
Thanks, Wayne
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>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Secure Instant Messaging
>Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 15:39:31 -0800 (PDT)
>
>It boggles my mind that there is STILL no multi-platform secure instant
>messaging application that I can install without running an obscure form
>of Linux or installing (at the expense of every working application
>currently
>on my machine) Python or some crap like that?
>
>All I want is to send secure IMs to my AOL / ICQ contacts. The PGP ICQ
>plugin stinks and crashes half the time.
>
>If I could code I'd just make one myself. But I can't.
>
>How hard can it really be to just write a plug-in to do symmetric key
>encryption
>for AIM / ICQ / Yahoo and use out-of-band methods (PGP?) to exchange
>passwords?
>
>Sheesh.
>Free, encrypted, secure Web-based email at www.hushmail.com
>
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