Re: Microsoft Instant Messenger

["Chris Berry" <compjma () hotmail com>]

> From: Juraj Ziegler <e () hq sk>
> On 6 Aug 2003 12:43:29 -0000 Shelina Samji <shelina.samji () cibc com> wrote:
> > What are the security risks in implementing an Instant Messaging
> > Infrastructure for internal use only?  Can it be secured?
>
> Though I have zero experience with MSN, I would recommend using Jabber
> (http://www.jabber.org)
>
> * open source - you can audit the source
> * source for both client and server side - that means you can run you own
> internal jabber server.
> * support for SSL encryption

We use Jabber here internally and we're very happy with it.

Chris Berry
compjma () hotmail com
Systems Administrator
JM Associates

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