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Live Messenger Text Conversation Encryption
Hi all,
Recently I heard that there're some sniffer programmes that intercept MSN text conversations. So I'm just wondering how are the latest Live Messenger's text conversations encrypted? Or is it encrypted at all? And how reliable are they? Cheers!! |
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Live Messenger Text Conversation Encryption
Greetings,
With the exception of authentication to the service, Messenger traffic is sent in plain-text, unencrypted. However, no magic program is going to be able to "sniff" traffic unless it's actually following through the sniffer. -- Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger Associate Expert http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/ Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay. You *must* contact me for redistribution rights. -- wrote in message oups.com... Hi all, Recently I heard that there're some sniffer programmes that intercept MSN text conversations. So I'm just wondering how are the latest Live Messenger's text conversations encrypted? Or is it encrypted at all? And how reliable are they? Cheers!! |
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