Secure Instant Messaging

Presented at The Fifth HOPE (2004), July 11, 2004, 6 p.m. (Unknown duration).

A look at the evolution of secure instant messaging and how AOL tried to shake off open source and non-vanilla clients by altering the AIM (oscar) protocol. The open source community adapted and readapted until AOL finally gave up. Phar, who has written the first secure messaging clients for Unix and Windows (BLAIM and Impasse), will discuss other IM issues, such as the buyout of ICQ by AOL and the subsequent change (and deterioration) of its protocol.

Presenters:

• phar   as Phar
  Phar has been working in the electronic security and telecom fields for most of his life. He is a resident of the Hacker Halfway House and enjoys long walks on the beach and pina coladas.

Links:

• http://v.hope.net/hoop/5hope_speakers.khtml#panel053
• https://infocon.org/cons/2600/The Fifth HOPE (2004)/The Fifth HOPE (2004) - Secure Instant Messaging.mp4
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_ov8Fq0h8U

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• 33C3 (2016) / A look into the Mobile Messaging Black Box: A gentle introduction to mobile messaging and subsequent analysis of the Threema protocol.
• ShmooCon XIII (2017) / (In-)secure messaging with SCIMP and OMEMO
• Summercon 2016 / Not-so-secure Instant Messaging