[mzamora]

Does anyone know if chats across BlackBerry Messenger are secure? Could it be encrypted like the s/mime emails?

[the maddman]

BB Messenger chats travel over RIM's secure network, so all traffic is encrypted.

Now, who do you want to be secure from? BB Messenger chats are a pain to log for a BES admin, but it's still available to RIM or law enforcement.

[penguin3107]

Originally Posted by the maddman

BB Messenger chats travel over RIM's secure network, so all traffic is encrypted.

Actually, that's not entirely accurate.
BBM is "scrambled" (RIM's terminology) when using BIS. It's secured to a decent extent, but not really encrypted.
BBM can be encrypted in a BES environment using a peer-to-peer encryption key.

Originally Posted by the maddman

BB Messenger chats are a pain to log for a BES admin

That's not true anymore either.
BBM can be logged quite easily by a BES admin in a BES 5 environment.

[the maddman]

Originally Posted by penguin3107

That's not true anymore either.
BBM can be logged quite easily by a BES admin in a BES 5 environment.

I run a Groupwise BES, so my knowledge of BES 5 is zero. That is good to know, I've been asked a few times if we can log BBM and now I have a new answer.

[mzamora]

Thanks for your answers.

Penguin3107, how could it encrypted in a BES environment using a peer-to-peer encryption key?

[penguin3107]

Originally Posted by mzamora

Penguin3107, how could it encrypted in a BES environment using a peer-to-peer encryption key?

You just need to enable a peer-to-peer encryption key on the BES.
Once that's set, your users will only be able to communicate via PIN/BBM with other users on the same BES... but the traffic will be encrypted.