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Message-ID: <6158bb410811261339v2b503febq843625fdae735bf7@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:39:07 -0500
From: Ureleet <ureleet@...il.com>
To: "Andrew Farmer" <andfarm@...il.com>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: does the aim service save chat session
details?
just remember that the ppl u r chatting w/ may b logging the
conversation. id say that aim is the least of ur logging wurries.
On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 3:42 PM, Andrew Farmer <andfarm@...il.com> wrote:
> 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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