Trillian Secure IM
Steven M. Bellovin
smb at cs.columbia.edu
Mon Oct 8 16:17:40 EDT 2007
On Mon, 8 Oct 2007 09:17:48 -0700
"Alex Pankratov" <ap at poneyhot.org> wrote:
>
> I am actually curious to see what was the DH modulus size in
> T's versions that were blocked by AOL. Given T's installation
> base, strong SecureIM would've dramatically complicated "lawful
> intercepts", which AOL is probably required to implement.
>
They're not required to decrypt anything unless they're providing the
keys. The lawful intercept requirement is to deliver the ciphertext in
this case.
--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
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