RE: AIM Security?

["matt willson" <mwillson () sbcglobal net>]

I have been using A digital certificate thru verisign now for AIM, going
on 2 months now. In todays age of anonymous pranksters, and the growing
rate of instant messaging users, I believe everyone should be required
to obtain even a minimal form of identification.  While I have always
used aim and msn, yahoo should focus on similar principals. Upon
sniffing my networks on a regular basies for fun, I've noticed yahoo
doesn't use encryption, much less not send cleartext passwords when
checking webmail. 

-----Original Message-----
From: John Sec [mailto:john_sec_lists () hotmail com] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 2:16 PM
To: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: AIM Security?

It looks like they have incorporated digital certificates into the
latest 
version of AIM.  Has anybody tried this yet?  Any thoughts on their 
implementation?

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