Comments on: Yakkle Lets Users Instant Message and Share Their Desktop with Friends

By: Moto Man

Moto Man — Fri, 02 May 2008 18:07:26 +0000

Not sure I like the idea of anyone taking control of my desktop. What are the security risks?

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By: Jonathon Walden

Jonathon Walden — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:02:08 +0000

@Zenviva

Thanks for clearing that up. I have had others ask the same question, so I will refer them to this comment.

It is always nice to have the people in charge respond to users’ comments. Makes it a little more personal, in my opinion, which is a perk most users want.

Thanks

By: The Zenviva Guys

The Zenviva Guys — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:50:39 +0000

Gary and ATV Parts,

Yakkle uses several security techniques to keep your data private. The first is our peer to peer architecture. This means that none of your data is proxied through a central server or super node.

The next and probably the most important technique is that each new session between peers uses a one time unique security certificate key used
to for communication.

For Yakkle General Availability we will be taking encryption one step
further by dynamically redefining the Yakkle protocol for each new session
between peers.

Regards,
The Zenviva Guys

By: ATV Parts

ATV Parts — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:40:59 +0000

@Gary and let us know how secure it feels. This has huge potential amongst gamers who regularly run third party software to communicate on the go with fellow players.

If it’s secure I may give it a shot too!

By: Jonathon Walden

Jonathon Walden — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:26:15 +0000

@Gary

If you do end up giving it a try please post back on how you like it. Thanks

By: Gary

Gary — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:25:12 +0000

Nice. I use both IM and desktop sharing pretty frequently, so I just might give this a try!