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The external link to "criticism" is uninformed. From the SILC FAQ:

"Q: Is anyone outside a channel able to see the channel messages? A: A short answer is simply No. A longer answer involves assumptions about security conditions. Initially channel keys are generated by the server, so if the server would get compromised it would be possible for an adversary to see the messages. However, users on the channel can prevent this even if the server would be compromised. It is possible to set so called channel private key that only the users on the channel know about. The servers does not know about the key, and therefore cannot see the messages even if they would be compromised. So, the longer answer results into same as the short one: No."

This makes sense. Clearly there is no way to secure a channel unless there is an out-of-band exchange of crypto keys. Otherwise, there can always be "Man in the Middle" attacks. I am therefore removing the link. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DiagonalArg (talk • contribs) 16:07, 20 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

How it works?[edit]

asit has it server and client where it used actually? is there any use SILC? how? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 223.232.218.57 (talk) 15:17, 23 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]