There’re many instant messaging softwares: AIM, Ichat, MSN messenger. Most of them send clear text packet, easy to sniff.
What about a light client using rijndael algorithm and command line?

It might sound ugly but in fact it offers easy and safer (not safe) to chat from various plateforms: UNIX, Linux, *BSD and MacosX!
Icmp-Chat will compile just doing a “make”. Don’t exepect a GUI it’s just a console mode software.

All communications use sha256 for password hashing and it’s optimized for rijndael algorithm.

Binaries for OS X can be downloaded [url=http://deepquest.code511.com/os_X_tools/icmpchat-0.6.sit]here[/url] and signature [url=http://deepquest.code511.com/os_X_tools/icmpchat-0.6.sig]here[/url]

Official site : [url=http://icmpchat.sourceforge.net/]ICPM-Chat[/url] by Martin J. Muench

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Filed under: OSX security tools - @ April 18, 2003 9:09 pm