Shoutbox

Is there a plugin which will encode your messages then automatically decode when the message reaches the contact(so they don't have to have it)?

Thanks
James

If the contacts don't have that supposed plugin, it'd be impossible to decode the message when it's received, so if that plugin exists (in don't think so), both parties would have to have it.

If it were possible to decode it when it's received without a plugin, then it'd be pretty useless, don't you think?

Well is there one which both of you need?

But you can have an option to activate it when you want.
Something like "Encrypt conversation".

It's an Idea for a plugin... Encrypt messages ...

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Originally posted by jameslives
Well is there one which both of you need?

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Well, once i made one, but now it doesn't work. Anyway, now I think that messenger sends the messages using a secure protocol (i'm not very sure), so there's no need to have encrypted conversations.

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Originally posted by saurius
But you can have an option to activate it when you want.
Something like "Encrypt conversation".

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that's a bit more complex for a plugin. Using a /xcommand is easier.

I'm intending to make an encryption plugin, however as of yet I cant find a way to parse all the outgoing messages without making a Stuffplug-NG talker, which I dont really want to do as part of a plugin, (eg have a talker to do the encoding and a plugin to do the decoding at the other end.)

So if I find a way to parse all the outgoing messages without using a talker then there is a fairly good chance I'll turn it into an Encryption plugin. Probably implememnting 1024-bit RSA public key encryption to negotiate a 128-bit AES synchonous key that would be used for the rest of the convo.

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Originally posted by Choli
Well, once i made one, but now it doesn't work. Anyway, now I think that messenger sends the messages using a secure protocol (i'm not very sure), so there's no need to have encrypted conversations.

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Not true I'm affraid, anyone with a packet sniffer can read your convos.


Edit: Although packet sniffing on the WWW is rather inpractical (if at all possible, I've never researched the idea) But Microsoft can still read all your convos should they have the desire to do so. If they are encrypted then you prevent Microsoft (and anyone else who transfers the data, eg ISP's) from reading them, thus improving your privacy.

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Originally posted by guesswho
So if I find a way to parse all the outgoing messages without using a talker then there is a fairly good chance I'll turn it into an Encryption plugin. Probably implememnting 1024-bit RSA public key encryption to negotiate a 128-bit AES synchonous key that would be used for the rest of the convo.

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If you acomplish to do that, implement the Rinjdael encryption

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Originally posted by guesswho
Not true I'm affraid, anyone with a packet sniffer can read your convos

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oh, well, thanks for the info

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Originally posted by Choli
If you acomplish to do that, implement the Rinjdael encryption

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AES is an implementation of the Rinjdeal Algorithm with certain variables set to fixed values as far as I know.

There are (commercial) addons/standalone tools which encrypt messages send by IM-software like MSN Messenger... search with google...