Re: [Fed-Talk] iChat Encryption in Lion
Re: [Fed-Talk] iChat Encryption in Lion
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] iChat Encryption in Lion
- From: "Pike, Michael (IHS/HQ)" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:04:35 +0000
- Thread-topic: [Fed-Talk] iChat Encryption in Lion
but it is safe to say that local sniffing is not possible?
On Dec 20, 2011, at 7:52 AM, Danziger, Alan D. wrote:
> 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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