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Good Open Source, Multi-Platform, Secure IM Client?

Posted by Soulskill on from the real-time-tps-report-updates dept.

Phil O. writes "I work for a company with 30+ locations across North America. Some offices have hundreds of employees; some only a dozen. We're looking for a secure, multi-platform IM client we could implement across the organization. One group is pushing for Microsoft's solution, but it has a number of drawbacks (including cost). What other options are out there, and what has worked well in similar situations? Security is a big concern for the company."

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  1. Multi-platform by jkinney3 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Microsofts solution is NOT multiplatform. Anything that runs jabber protocol has a multiplatform client.

  2. Re:jabber by rlp · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I agree - not too hard to set up your own jabber server with an SSL connection. If you REALLY want to be secure, you won't rely on someone elses server.

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  3. Re:Pidgin + OTR by Bert64 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Most likely the MSN bug in pidgin is due to having to reverse engineer the protocol every time it gets changed...

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  4. Re:jabber by Britz · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If the clients use end-to-end encryption and share the password through a secure different channel (e.g. encrypted email) does it really matter if the server is your own?