On Wed, May 05, 1999 at 08:02:07PM +0100, Ian Lynagh wrote: > >ICQ is a _DOCUMENTED_ protocol. > > By Mirabilis or still by the guy who worked it out by sniffing packets?
IIRC, the answer is at this point "both"... Mirabilis did release
documentation on the protocol. That's what led to discovery of a couple
of security holes in their server (which were fixed of course, but would
have been fixed a lot sooner had they published their server...)
You could ask AOL to publish their server's source if you want to, but I
doubt they will. The fact that AOL now owns both standards in instant
messaging has sparked a project to create a free ICQ server. I'm glad a
little good old fashioned paranoia in response to a potentially
monopolist action is going to result in us getting another piece of free
software. =>
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