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Re: How important is IM? was RE: How important is the PSTN

  • From: Anthony Pardini
  • Date: Tue Jun 25 17:34:54 2002 
Jabber supports SSL connections
We run an internal Jabber server which all employees log into. This eliminates the reliance on an outside server (AOL/Yahoo/etc) as well as the security concerns of same outside servers.

Of course it's still cleartext over TCP, so it's not 100% secure but it's localized traffic.

We find it invaluable especially since our department has become geographically diverse. To be able to pop "Can you look at TT#XYZ?" vs an email or phone call is quite nice.

-Scott



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