On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 09:18:28 +1200 Matthew Gregan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 07:28:56AM +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > > > so long as the writers of the clone programs can still sniff network > > packets between windows messenger and the server, it shouild be > > possible to emulate the msn package. > > Microsoft could require that certain small parts of the MSN protocol > (e.g. authentication) are encrypted by a public key issued by Microsoft > as part of Windows. > > The clone developers could see the packets passing in clear text (except > for the initial encrypted authentication packets). They could look at > the public key the legitimate MSN client is using, and use it to encrypt > authentication packets. They wouldn't be able to distribute that public > key due to copyright. > > An individual user could copy the public key and provide the key to > the clone MSN client. But to do this, they would either have to obtain > it illegally, or buy Windows. > > Game over. as I pushed "send" before I thought "encryption", but the message and the idea had already gone. OK lets ditch talking to people with msn on their boxes. > > Cheers, > -mjg > -- > Matthew Gregan |/ > /| [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Nick Rout Barrister & Solicitor Christchurch, NZ Ph +64 3 3798966 Fax + 64 3 3798853 http://www.rout.co.nz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
