Never say never... Isn't that phase 2 of the IM Interop efforts, to allow server to server interop? I would think it WILL happen, just not on any time schedule other than market pressure.
-----Original Message----- From: Michael Hearn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 2:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [JDEV] Distributed Authentication - thoughts people? First, let's sort out a misconception for Jay Curry: Yes, the way chat network compatability is implemented in Jabber might be called a fudge but it is in fact the best anyone will ever get. You must always have an account on the other IM networks for very simple reasons - say the MSN network assumes you have an account with it. It's not possible to send messages to people without being logged in to MSN, and it's not possible to login to MSN without an account. Ditto for all the other platforms. You will never ever be able to remove that requirement. Adam: yes I am well aware of the difference between authorization and authentication, I have put a note to this effect in the JEP I am writing now. I think the proposed protcols will deal with both, but separately so there is no confusion. Finally, I don't think this should be part of the security JIG. Security and authentication are two different things. Security is about ensuring that the network is hacker-proof, and that communications are properly encrypted amongst other things. Authentication is about verifying identity. They do overlap in some areas, but I do think that this needs its own JIG. thanks -mike _______________________________________________ jdev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev _______________________________________________ jdev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev
