full-disclosure - Re: does the aim service save chat session details?

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Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:42:12 -0800
From: Andrew Farmer <andfarm@...il.com>
To: AMILABS <amilabs@...online.net>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: does the aim service save chat session
	details?

On 26 Nov 08, at 11:17, AMILABS wrote:
> Is AIM IM purely peer to peer or a store and forward type protocol?

It is neither. In most cases, the server forwards messages from client  
to client, but does not retain them. The client also supports a peer- 
to-peer mode, but it's rarely used.

> We need
> to determine if we can recover a past IM chat conversation that  
> occurred
> over two weeks ago. Our chat client did not have IM logging enabled  
> so we
> need to know if the "service" archives all chat conversations for law
> enforcement and legal purposes.

You'll have to ask AOL about that. If there are server-side logs, they  
are not exposed to users.

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