Secure IM?

[Justin R. Miller]

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Said C Chadwick on Mon, Jul 22, 2002 at 03:12:06PM -0500:

> Has anyone created an application or plugin that uses GnuPG to encrypt
> messages sent through an instant messenger? Trillian used to have a
> secure option for ICQ chatting, but I don't know what type of
> implementation it used. 
> 
> People have been burned by logged chat messages (on their own machine)
> too many times. You'd think a IM client would be part of the GnuPG
> project.
> 
> Would it make more sense to use something similar to SSH or SSL to do
> the secure IM or would a per message encrypting be more portable?

Check out gaim-e for gaim -- seems to be moving along nicely. 

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[!] Justin R. Miller <incanus@codesorcery.net>
    Encrypted email preferred (key 0xC9C40C31)
    Mutt/GnuPG guide at http://codesorcery.net

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