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    6767platform. Any recent version of GLib (2.4 or higher) will work.
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    69 These days, MSN Messenger clients have to connect to the MS Passport servers
    70 through HTTPS. BitlBee can use several SSL libraries for this: GnuTLS, NSS
    71 (which comes with Mozilla) and OpenSSL. OpenSSL is not GPL-compatible in some
    72 situations, so using GnuTLS or NSS is preferred. However, especially on *BSD,
    73 OpenSSL can be considered part of the operating system, which eliminates the
    74 GPL incompatibility.
     69Off-the-Record encryption support can be included if libotr is available on
     70your machine. Pass --otr=1 to configure to build it into BitlBee, or
     71--otr=plugin to build it as a separate loadable plugin (mostly meant for
     72distro packages).
     73
     74These days, many IM protocols use SSL/TLS connections (for authentication
     75or for the whole session). BitlBee can use several SSL libraries for this:
     76GnuTLS, NSS (which comes with Mozilla) and OpenSSL. OpenSSL is not GPL-
     77compatible in some situations, so using GnuTLS is preferred. However,
     78especially on *BSD, OpenSSL can be considered part of the operating system,
     79which eliminates the GPL incompatibility.
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    7681The incompatibility is also the reason why the SSL library detection code
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    147 A NOTE ON ENCRYPTION
    148 ====================
     152A NOTE ON PASSWORD ENCRYPTION
     153=============================
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    150155There used to be a note here about the simple obfuscation method used to
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