I agree, it will happen. When is another story. ;) Peter
On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, Max Metral wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ jdev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev
