Protocols/MSNP/Documents
| MSNP Protocol |
| Introduction • Terms • Clients |
| Reference |
| Error List • Commands • Relying Party Suite • Spotlife |
| Services |
| XMPP • HTTP Gateway • Tabs • Activities |
| Documentation |
| Development Tools • MSNP Grid |
| Polygamy • URLs used by MSN |
| Documents |
| Protocol Versions |
| Version 21 |
| Version 18 |
| Version 16 |
| Version 15 |
| Version 14 |
| Version 13 |
| Version 12 |
| Version 11 |
| Version 9 |
| Version 8 |
| Version 2 |
| MSNC |
| Introduction • P2P • Object Descriptor • Display Pictures • File Transfer |
| Scenarios |
| Microsoft Messenger for Mac |
| MSNP on WebTV (MSNTV) |
Here is a misc. list of documents that may prove useful.
Client
- Microsoft Messenger:mac v5.1 - Deployment Guide: Messenger51_NetAdminGuide_2.pdf
- Microsoft Messenger for Mac 8 Beta Build 08.00.00.100305 - Release Notes: Messenger8Beta_ReleaseNotes_1.pdf
- MSN Messenger on PocketPC - Help: 2003_MSN_20Messenger_PPC_1.pdf
Activities
- MCG APIs for MSN Games and Messenger: MCG_20APIs_20for_20MSN_20Games_20and_20Messenger.zip
Web
- Live Connect Preliminary - Documentation (November 2012): LiveSDK.chm
- A Guide to MSN Communication Services: MSN Spaces, MSN Messenger, MSN Hotmail - Reviewers Guide (December 2004): MSNWave10RG_1.doc
- A Guide to MSN Integrated Communication Services: MSN Spaces, MSN Messenger, MSN Hotmail (April 2005): MSNWave10RG_5.doc
Captures
If you have pcap files from Messenger, it would be interesting to share them as they will be useful in order to understand the protocol.
On pcapr.net (now defunct), a search for "msnms" gave these files:
- 91a4d900-9804-012b-b2a6-0016cb8cea27.pcap
- Authentication_MSNM1.0.pcap
- 1-500.pcap
- oicq.pcap
- On this webpage (https://seginfo.com.br/2011/11/01/demonstracoes-e-gabarito-do-desafio-pratico-analise-forense-em-trafego-de-rede-2/), you can find this file:
- In this github project (https://github.com/hc9725/my_etherdump), you can find these files:
- msn.pcap
- msn_test.pcap
- In this github project (https://github.com/markofu/pcaps), you can find this file:
- On the WireShark website (https://wiki.wireshark.org/MSNMS), you can find this file: