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The iChat service is actually really badly set up. It authenticates through AOL's servers, which then proxy back to Apple's servers. It's possible that the glitch was at the AOL end - you auth on AIM, the AIM radius server tries to get credentials from Apple, and due to a error in that part of the process fails. Looks like Apple's at fault, but it might have been a network issue with AOL's provider and out of their hands.
Of course, the big question (other than why don't they build their own bloody infrastructure with a gateway to AIM) is why they don't acknowledge service outages and let customers know that they are working on a resolution. It's very poor service for the dosh we throw at them.
The irony of the much-loathed free Mickey Mouse provider working while the Apple 'geniuses' are unable to provide an expensive service is not lost on me.
Here's the ultimate solution - set up your own XMPP server and use iChat with that instead.
http://www.jivesoftware.org/wildfire/
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DrGoon
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