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"" wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> Of course this really depends how your network is made, but,
> there's no encryption using the
> public .NET Messenger service and messages are sent in
> plain-text.
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> "Confused" <confused@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:e3cVAudiFHA.1412@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > Is there any security built into Windows Messenger (I'm
> using 4.7.3001 on XP with .NET
> > Service) to prevent someone on the same LAN from
> intercepting and reading others' messages?
> >
> > If not, is this easy for a savvy hacker to do and should I
> assume everybody can see the
> > Windows Messenger messages I type?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
How ever you could use IMsecure which alows you to sent messages
encypted, how ever i much prefer the combined efectivness of GAIM and
GAIM Encyption.
IMSecure:
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/catalog/products/sku_list_ims.jsp
GAIM: http://gaim.sourceforge.net/
GAIM Encyption: http://gaim-encryption.sourceforge.net/
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