Re: Jabber in the company

Hallöchen!

Peter Saint-Andre writes:

> On 4/13/10 10:12 AM, Torsten Bronger wrote:
>
>> [...]
>> 
>> Now I plan to suggest an openfire officially here, ideally with
>> S2S communication.  How should I do that?  Does anybody here have
>> experiences?  In particular, the IT department will tell me that
>> they have security concerns.  Is this valid?  Are there studies
>> about virus infections through Jabber in companies?  What are
>> counter-measures?
>
> What are the exact security concerns? XMPP uses TLS to encrypt
> connections, SASL for strong authentication, has a diverse
> ecosystem of clients, no known viruses, etc. It's much safer than
> email. :)

I think malware sent by XMPP is the most important concern.  Of
course, your answer is not suprising for me.  But our IT bans ICQ
and MSN due to malware intrusion.  I think that even for ICQ and MSN
this is a lame argument.  Anyway, "no known viruses" is a clear
quotable statement, thank you.

Tschö,
Torsten.

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Torsten Bronger, aquisgrana, europa vetus
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