[JDEV] Encryption on client - key on server

[Thomas Charron]

> I would like to implement this encription schematic on our private jabber
> based message
> system, with Visual Basic client. Client uses encryption (twofish or
> blowfish) with simmetric key.
> It is possible to hardcode key into client exe file, but to be able
changing
> it from time to time,
> I think it will be better to place it on jabber server and clients will
get
> it after authentication.
> How it can be done? Through jabber.xml?
> May be sombody successed in this?

    Ok, Devils Advocate point of view here..

    You have a client, that wants to encrypt data sent to other clients.
You want to encrypt to keep traffic confidential.  Yet, you want to be
storing and transmitting the key?  Isn't that kinda defeating the purpose?