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r04f0c10 rb925666 67 67 platform. Any recent version of GLib (2.4 or higher) will work. 68 68 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). 73 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. 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. 80 75 81 76 The incompatibility is also the reason why the SSL library detection code … … 150 145 151 146 152 A NOTE ON PASSWORDENCRYPTION153 ==================== =========147 A NOTE ON ENCRYPTION 148 ==================== 154 149 155 150 There used to be a note here about the simple obfuscation method used to
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