On 3/12/09 4:45 PM, Jack Moffitt wrote:
> So RFC 2831 says:
> 
> digest-uri-value  = serv-type "/" host [ "/" serv-name ]

DIGEST-MD5 is being deprecated by the IETF:

http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-sasl-digest-to-historic

> and RFC 3920 does not seem to specify anything else.
> 
> Implementations seem to expect xmpp/DOMAIN whre DOMAIN is the domain
> part of the JID.
> 
> One reading of 2831 might lead one to implement something like:
> xmpp/talk.google.com/gmail.com

I think that everyone does "xmpp/domain.tld", but what you mention is
possible, for example this is supported in ejabberd:

https://support.process-one.net/browse/EJAB-569

> This is actually bad news, because BOSH clients will not be able to
> get this extra SRV information, unless the connection manager returns
> it somehow.
> 
> Should we add some language to 3920bis to lock this down so that we
> don't have implementations that are incapable of BOSH?

We're hoping that rfc3920bis will recommend the use of SCRAM:

http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-newman-auth-scram

Peter

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