Encryption in aMSN2

[olskar]

For the sake of all Swedes, please implement some kind of encryption-option in aMSN2! Thanks!

http://www.thelocal.se/12534.html

[H@t Trick]

anything already implemented in aMSN 0.x would be duplicated in aMSN2, there is already SSL support but it has the same limitations that any MSN/WLM client would have with regard to what can and is encrypted and what is not. I think thats been mentioned before in the forum. please search first.

[Toma]

Wow that sucks!
Heres something every swede should be running then.
http://www.torproject.org/
http://wiki.torproject.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorifyHOWTO/InstantMessaging

Perhaps a single click 'Enable Tor' option would be good that simply sets the proxy to 127.0.0.1:9050?
Or, just add an extra 'amsn' guide to the existing Tor docs!
Stay safe  

[kakaroto]

for the sake of peace of mind, please wait until we can actually do send a message in aMSN2 before talking about encryption :p
anyways, it's probably gonna be done, and probably using OTR to be compatible with pidgin, etc..

[WM-666]

an msn client that has (almost) all the functions of the official client AND with (standard) encryption  
Bye bye WLM !
aMSN2 will take over much WinLiveMessenger users !

[H@t Trick]

I thought there were limitations with connecting to the servers with encryption, has this changed, or did I misinterpret what I have read here on the forums?

[kakaroto]

no, you would use encryption between you and the other user... just like you send a normal message, OTR would send a special message that if the other user also has OTR, it will answer it, then handshaking, etc.. and the text will be sent encrypted.. something like :
MSG ....
Mime-Type: ...
Destination : email
Font: ....

<encrypted data>

so the protocol would still be plain text, but your message would be encrypted...

[H@t Trick]

ahh ok I see, that makes sense then, so the protocol  and the servers wouldn't know it's encrypted, sort of tunneling encrypted data over an unencrypted link basically?

[kakaroto]

yep

[Hardy]

Hello:

I am quite sure you will never implement an encryption system.

There must be some interests behind that, cause the encryption should be the defect method of messaging in Live msn, and in Amsn. If it is not, I think it's because you work in the direction delimited by US goverment, or someshit like that.

I've seen messages  in this forum asking for encryption since 2006 !!!!

We must be spied if it is neccesary, and it seems amsn won't change it.

Thanks

[kakaroto]

@Hardy, welcome to the forums and screw you!
If you don't like msn then stop using it and use jabber or whatever, then come in our forums to piss us off by stating bullshit like that. Oh, and there is encryption already, you're just too stupid to know it...