Am Tuesday 06 January 2009 17:34:38 schrieb Marcel Holtmann:
> Hi Hendrik,
>
> > > I have been searching about the OBEX authentication implementation
> > > around the open source communities and found the source code by Hendrik
> > > Sattler in one of openobex mailing archives and obexpushd project.
> > >
> > > I wonder why those codes are not included in the current openobex
> > > version. According to the OBEX spec, the implementation of OBEX
> > > authentication is mandatory though its adoption is depending on each
> > > profile. For the FTP, this feature should be implemented.
> > >
> > > I see no codes about OBEX authentication in openobex 1.4 except two
> > > header type constant declarations. Do you have a plan for the
> > > implementation or any reasons for excluding this feature?
> >
> > I am working on making the implementation better and integrate it. You
> > will find it in my git tree when done.
> > However, no device known to me actually uses this form of authentication
> > but use transport authentication instead (e.g. bluetooth pairing).
>
> for some really strange reasons it is mandatory for the Bluetooth
> Phonebook Access profile. So you do pairing and then have to support
> OBEX authentication. It is not useful, but mandatory to support (if the
> other side initiates it).

I have it almost completely integrated, currently doing the doxygen stuff.
IIRC, it is also mandatory for a file browsing service server.

Someone needs to review it, though, as it is completely untested. A public 
domain MD5 implementation comes with it (written in 1993).

The patch is now in the updates branch of my git tree at gitorious.org. You 
can view it here:
http://gitorious.org/projects/openobex/repos/mainline/commits/69af139c5e719df2eb289ca003b70ae0bef56922

HS

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