Opened 14 months ago
Last modified 14 months ago
#21526 new enhancement
Implement the OSCAR protocol
Reported by: | claus | Owned by: | |
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Priority: | Medium | Milestone: | |
Component: | Applications/Tor Messenger | Version: | |
Severity: | Normal | Keywords: | |
Cc: | clokep | Actual Points: | |
Parent ID: | Points: | ||
Reviewer: | Sponsor: |
Description
hello,
we sould implement the ICQ Protocol the Tor Messanger,
it is one of the most used protocols! this would make Tor Messanger more convenient and attractive
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Change History (5)
comment:1 Changed 14 months ago by
comment:2 Changed 14 months ago by
implement the Protocol:
OSCAR (Open System for Communication in Realtime)
for
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) and ICQ.
comment:3 Changed 14 months ago by
Cc: | clokep added |
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Priority: | Very High → Medium |
Severity: | Major → Normal |
Summary: | implement ICQ Protocol → Implement the OSCAR protocol |
This is tracked upstream as https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=799036
It looks like there's a WIP patch there by clokep.
comment:4 Changed 14 months ago by
ICQ:
According to security analyst Jeffrey Carr, use of ICQ may cause security problems because it was purchased by Russian investment company Digital Sky Technologies. ICQ has fallen out of fashion in the US and the UK, but it remains popular in Eastern Europe and Russia. Carr says the new ownership may be used by Russia's powerful secret service, the FSB (formerly the KGB) since Russian law requires ICQ to open its logs whenever they want
comment:5 Changed 14 months ago by
AOL's OSCAR network protocol used by ICQ is proprietary and using a third party client is a violation of ICQ Terms of Service, nevertheless a number of third-party clients have been created by using reverse-engineering and protocol descriptions.
Until that happens, please see:
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorifyHOWTO/InstantMessaging#ICQ