On 9/30/05, Wendell Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would like to use UDP between two servers, instead of the > current tcp. How difficult is this going to be? (I'm > experimenting with jabberd1.4 now.) > The protocol assumes the features TCP supplies. In particular: - Messages are allowed to be larger than the MTU, meaning you may need to fragment messages across multiple UDP packets. - Messages are required to be processed in-order, and it could be said they are required to be delivered in-order (since XMPP only defines TCP which gives a stream, this is not stated explicitly)
> 2) I see references to tcp in the jabberd1.4 config file > (service="_xmpp-server._tcp), but _tcp seems to be the only > option. Is there already a way to specify another method that > tcp? There is no standard for udp, so you are on your own. P > 3) Can this be a plugin, or do I have to bash the server code > itself? To say you will have to get your hands dirty will be an understatement. > 4) Is there some other ideas for running the servers on a > limited-bandwidth s2s link? Use a SSL connection and negotiate compression? -David Waite
