In that case, the IPv6 network would have the same problem with SMTP and NNTP servers, wouldn't it ? I don't think that HTTP tunneling of SMTP/NNTP is planned, but perhaps I'm wrong...
I don't think that HTTP-tunneling of everything is a good thing. The point is : firewalls were "created" to filter access to network ressources. The HTTP port is opened on most of them to allow web-surfing and webserver hosting. If every protocols get HTTP-tunneled, the firewall becomes completely useless, because all protocols will go through the HTTP port. So, what you'll get will be HTTP-level firewalls that will filter the tunneled protocols... I really think that HTTP-tunneling is a short-time workaround to solve the current firewall problems. Making Jabber accepted as a standard protocol like SMTP or HTTP by network administrators will perhaps take time, but it's probably the only good solution... St�phane. -----Message d'origine----- De : Dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Envoy� : vendredi 8 mars 2002 22:37 � : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: [JDEV] jabberd and Proxies : leave AOL alone Before we go picking at AOL, it's worth noting that an IPv6 network has no way of accessing our IPv4 internet without proxies, unless your IPv6 network also has a valid IPv4 block mapped to it. In that case, putting your server on the Internet will be impossible, even if you aren't using AOL. Having an HTTP-based s2s sidesteps all these issues in a very convenient way. - Dave _______________________________________________ jdev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev
