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    6767platform. Any recent version of GLib (2.4 or higher) will work.
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    69 Off-the-Record encryption support can be included if libotr is available on
    70 your 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
    72 distro packages).
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    74 These days, many IM protocols use SSL/TLS connections (for authentication
    75 or for the whole session). BitlBee can use several SSL libraries for this:
    76 GnuTLS, NSS (which comes with Mozilla) and OpenSSL. OpenSSL is not GPL-
    77 compatible in some situations, so using GnuTLS is preferred. However,
    78 especially on *BSD, OpenSSL can be considered part of the operating system,
    79 which eliminates the GPL incompatibility.
     69These days, MSN Messenger clients have to connect to the MS Passport servers
     70through 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
     72situations, so using GnuTLS or NSS is preferred. However, especially on *BSD,
     73OpenSSL can be considered part of the operating system, which eliminates the
     74GPL incompatibility.
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    8176The incompatibility is also the reason why the SSL library detection code
     
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    152 A NOTE ON PASSWORD ENCRYPTION
    153 =============================
     147A NOTE ON ENCRYPTION
     148====================
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    155150There used to be a note here about the simple obfuscation method used to
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