[JDEV] Jabber Transports - Security issues

[Peter Saint-Andre]

Well, you can always run your own server. :)

Mark Zamoyta wrote:

> Hello, AOL always brings up security issues when it comes to allowing
> open access to its IM system.  How does Jabber, or Jabber.org in
> particular deal with this? Obviously AOL / AIM passwords are stored on
> the server, but how are they encrypted, and who has access to them on
> the Jabber.org server?   ie. Can any programmer working on transport
> related code for jabber.org get their hands on thousands of AOL
> passwords?  Can anyone setting up their own Jabber system get access
> to all the AOL passwords stored on their system? Mark

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Peter Saint-Andre
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