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Yahoo Restored in Some IM Clients

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the breathe-freely dept.

Sparks23 writes "Third-party instant messaging clients have begun to reconnect to Yahoo. While the authorization scheme has not been completely decoded -- expect some bumps -- Gaim and Trillian have both partially restored connectivity. Gaim has the new authorization scheme in CVS and their new 0.70 release, and Cerulean has made a beta patch available for Trillian Pro 2.0; consider both patches 'beta' for the moment."

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  1. ayttm restored on Sunday by Shin+Dig · · Score: 5, Informative
    Ayttm http://ayttm.sourceforge.net had restored service on Sunday, including a 0.4.2 release that included the new support. I think it was the first of the Open Source clients to make it back on line.

    And for other flame bate, it also support GPG encryption of packets over any IM protocol, and is interoperable with Kopete's encryption as well.

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    There is no silver bullet. Plus, werewolves make better neighbors than zombies or vampires anyway.
  2. For OS X users ... by paxcirca · · Score: 5, Informative

    The latest release of Fire, v.0.32.f, also restored Yahoo! connectivity. The MSN network will be blocked on October 15th, though.

  3. Re:"Cracking" protocoles and DMCA? by headkase · · Score: 5, Informative

    Actually, reverse engineering for the purpose of interoperability is expressly permitted by the DMCA. Under the current laws the best Yahoo! or MSN can hope to do is stay one step ahead in an IM arms race - locking out competing clients until they reverse engineer the protocol again.

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  4. Re:Cooperation (no, QAing) by ChipX86 · · Score: 5, Informative

    You know what they say about "assume."

    We helped Trillian awhile back connect to Yahoo when they changed the protocol. They're returning the favor. We have a good relationship with the Trillian people.

  5. Re:Cooperation by drinkypoo · · Score: 5, Informative
    Try the URL referenced in the title under "Gaim" - http://gaim.sourceforge.net/. The top news item says "Our friends over at Cerulean Studios managed to break my speed record at cracking Yahoo authentication schemes with an impressive feat of hackery. They sent it over and here it is in Gaim 0.70."

    Okay, so a site ain't an article, but all you had to do was follow a link, and there it is. Train harder, grasshopper.

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