Re: [Fed-Talk] iChat Encryption in Lion
Re: [Fed-Talk] iChat Encryption in Lion
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] iChat Encryption in Lion
- From: "Danziger, Alan D." <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:52:38 +0000
- Thread-topic: [Fed-Talk] iChat Encryption in Lion
Not really - you're conflating "travels over encrypted pipe" (SSL) vs.
"Contents are encrypted between sender and recipient" (secure chat).
Misleading would be implying that you ARE fully secured, just because the
pipe between you and the chat server is secure. If a vendor is to err, I
strongly prefer they imply something is less secure than it actually is,
than the vice versa.
-=Alan
On 12/19/11 11:04 PM, "Pike, Michael (IHS/HQ)" <email@hidden>
wrote:
>The why does it communicate with Oscar.aol.com<http://Oscar.aol.com> on
>SSL? Port 443?
>
>Isn't that misleading?
>
>Transcribed by Siri on my iPhone 4S
>
>On Dec 19, 2011, at 7:19 PM, "Ruben Brochner"
><email@hidden<mailto:email@hidden>> wrote:
>
>For OS X Lion, see:
>"MobileMe: 'Secure iChat' is unavailable in OS X Lion"
>http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3902
>
>For 10.4.3 through 10.6.8, see:
>"MobileMe: Setting up and troubleshooting secure iChat"
>http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1952
>
>- Ruben
>
>On Dec 19, 2011, at 5:42 PM, Pike, Michael (IHS/HQ) wrote:
>
>I looked all around, and there was a support article on Apple¹s website
>which is now gone, so I am hoping someone here can answer it.
>
>iChat used to have an encryption mechanism, however, since upgrading to
>Lion it is gone. I did however notice SSL on port 443 is used for the
>Oscar aim serverŠ
>
>Can anyone on here confirm or deny that traffic is being encrypted
>between chats? Or is it subject to network sniffing?
>
>Thanks,
>Mike
>
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