The XOR method is disabled in family_auth.c

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:17:45 +0000

author
Paul Aurich <darkrain42@pidgin.im>
date
Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:17:45 +0000
changeset 27614
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parent 27613
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The XOR method is disabled in family_auth.c

libpurple/protocols/oscar/oscar.c file | annotate | diff | comparison | revisions
--- a/libpurple/protocols/oscar/oscar.c	Sun Jul 05 19:07:06 2009 +0000
+++ b/libpurple/protocols/oscar/oscar.c	Sun Jul 05 19:17:45 2009 +0000
@@ -1548,9 +1548,8 @@
 	 * authenticate.
 	 *
 	 * AIM 5.9 and lower use an MD5-based login procedure called "BUCP".
-	 * Note that some people were unable to log in to ICQ using the MD5
-	 * method, and so ICQ, when not using clientLogin, is still using a
-	 * very insecure XOR-based login scheme.
+	 * This authentication method is used for both ICQ and AIM when
+	 * clientLogin is not enabled.
 	 */
 	if (purple_account_get_bool(account, "use_clientlogin", OSCAR_DEFAULT_USE_CLIENTLOGIN)) {
 		send_client_login(od, purple_account_get_username(account));

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