Re: Comparison of Yahoo v. MSN Messenger from security standpoint

["Murad Talukdar" <talukdar_m () subway com>]

I could be wrong but as Windows has Messenger services integrated within it
then wouldn't that make it more damaging if used as a source of attack?
Even disabling certain messenger services within windows has caused probs on
Xp machines in our office as it's all so tied up with other services.

Murad Talukdar


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Hardstone" <rhardstone () eudoramail com>
To: <security-basics () securityfocus com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 4:12 AM
Subject: Re: Comparison of Yahoo v. MSN Messenger from security standpoint


> Hello All,
>
> Can somebody out there in the community comment on preference of messenger
service i.e. yahoo v. msn?
> What are the design differences between the two?  Which one would be
relatively better from security perspective? As it well known that all
messengers have certain vulnerabilities. However, I want to know which one
would be have the lesser among the two.
> Any comments would be appreciated.
>
> Many thanks,
> Bill
>
>
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