uddeIM 1.0 released

You find the answer in the readme

Miscellaneous questions:

Q: What is "obfuscate", and what is the difference between obfuscate and encyption?

A: All known PMS for Joomla store messages as plain text in the database, so when you backup your
database or use phpMyAdmin to access it you can read all messages without any problems.

When you "obfuscate" a message, this message is encrypted in the database using a key the admin
configures in the backend. It is compareable to ROT13 (see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rot13 ),
so a human user cannot read the massage but since the key is known the admin could decrypt the
message with some effort (the PMS user does not recognize the obfuscating of messages).

When you "encrypt" a message, this message is encrypted with a key the PMS user enters in the
frontend (it is called "password" in the frontend which is actually wrong because it is a key but
users usually do not know the difference so it is easier for them to understand what to do). Since
this key is only known by the sender and the receiver the admin cannot decrypt the message (with
major effort it is still possible because uddeIM does actually not support strong encryption like
AES (symmetric encryption) or RSA (asymmetric encryption) used e.g. in PGP).

bulesz wrote:

The other, when I have got a password protected message, and in the mdule I click on "private message password needed" line, I will be linked to the
"task=show&messageid=7"
I would be forwarded to
"task=showpass&Itemid=0&messageid=6"
I mean with passworded message I would be forwarded to "task=showpass" and NOT "task=show".

Quite easy to fix:

Change line 222 in mod_uddeim (the line contains "$pms_show = ...") to

[code:1]if ($themessage->cryptmode==2) {
$pms_show = sefRelToAbs("index.php?option=com_uddeim&Itemid=".$item_id."&task=showpass&messageid=".$themessage->id);
} else {
$pms_show = sefRelToAbs("index.php?option=com_uddeim&Itemid=".$item_id."&task=show&messageid=".$themessage->id);
}
[/code:1]

Post edited by: slabbi, at: 2008/02/02 11:04

Thanks for both!

I will check it!

Post edited by: bulesz, at: 2008/02/02 11:26

Installed this on my site ( www.elite-eagles.co.uk )
Works well, Integrates with FB.
First class messaging Upgrade from 0.9 went with no hitch (phew).
Many thanks for this.
Dave

The only thing I'd like to see would be the ability to hide "admin" from the user list.

Other than that no problems with this.

Post edited by: Dave_A, at: 2008/02/03 16:20

Great Component. I have discovered a minor cosmetic issue with the connection requested messages via CB. There are multiple "n's" inserted in the text.

Ex:

You have a pending connection from Thomas Anderson!

NOTE: This is a message generated automatically by the Connections system. It has the connecting user's address, so you can conveniently reply if you wish to.nnThomas Anderson is requesting to connect with you and requires your approval. Please accept or deny the connection request accordingly. Thomas Anderson included the following personal message:n
n
Lets connectn

Manage Connectionsn

Perhaps this is a CB issue. Any ideas?

Thomas Anderson

This message is coming from the CB, so the bug should hide there somewhere...