[49248] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: How important is IM? was RE: How important is the PSTN
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Scott Weeks)
Wed Jun 26 21:03:53 2002
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 15:01:20 -1000 (HST)
From: Scott Weeks <surfer@mauislanwanman.com>
To: Rizzo Frank <frank.rizzo@ghettocolo.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <3D1A60CD.8050803@ghettocolo.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Wed, 26 Jun 2002, Rizzo Frank wrote:
: Chris,
:
: By "IM" I assume you're referring to Instant Messaging as an ideal, not
: any particular protocol or vendor implementation. Which begs the
: question, is "IM" is a risk because Christopher J. Wolff, VP CIO a
: self-proclaimed tier 1 provider, says so, or because you have facts to
: prove it, which you neglected to post? IRC and AIM have been
: scrutinized pretty heavily and I can't think of any inherent flaws
: (other than lack of out-of-box for support for encryption... but is the
: PSTN really any more secure?). Just buggy clients under-educated users
: opt to install.
Your proprietary information is on someone else's server and it's up to
them not to 'use' it. PSTN doesn't keep your info on a server or backed
up somewhere. Don't be so snippy in public. Do it in private if you
must do it...
scott
