There's a plugin for Gaim, too, and support for other platforms and chat programs (Trillian, Adium, etc).
[robg adds: I haven't tested this one...]
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The free and open source Off-the-Record Messaging program offers a proxy for iChat that allows encrypted private messages, without requiring a .Mac account.
There's a plugin for Gaim, too, and support for other platforms and chat programs (Trillian, Adium, etc). [robg adds: I haven't tested this one...]
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Enable encrypted iChats without using .Mac
I've been using this a little bit lately. It is fairly straightforward to set up and use by following the instructions. You have to remember to start it prior to starting iChat. It always hangs on quit after having run iChat on my Powerbook G4 titanium requiring a force quit. I run OS 10.4.5.
Enable encrypted iChats without using .Mac
Good hint, but there is no need what-so-ever to use some sort of proxy. All you need to use iChat's and AIM's BUILT-IN encryption is to have a certificate with your chat name as the "common name". For conversations on the AIM network, its your screen name. This is exactly what .Mac does, it issues you a certificate with yourmembername as the common name.
Enable encrypted iChats without using .Mac
Obviously I don't know, I haven't tested it, but still, I thought I'd ask...
Enable encrypted iChats without using .Mac
Where do you get the certificate and where would you put it?
Enable encrypted iChats without using .Mac
That's right, but the installation is a bit of a hassle. It's not a plugin, it's not plug-and-play.
Enable encrypted iChats without using .Mac
With Panther there was an iChat encryption Framework that offered AES128 encrpytion by simply dropping in a Plug-In. It worked completely transparent, there was nothing to enable or configure. If both sides chatting ahd the Plug-In it would encrypt the whole conversation with one-time-keys. If not, it would stay silent. |
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