On 7/6/11 2:14 PM, Philipp Hancke wrote:
> Am 06.07.2011 19:30, schrieb XMPP Extensions Editor:
>> Version 0.11 of XEP-0220 (Server Dialback) has been released.
>>
>> Abstract: This specification defines the Server Dialback protocol,
>> which is used between XMPP servers to provide identity verification.
>> Server Dialback uses the Domain Name System (DNS) as the basis for
>> verifying identity; the basic approach is that when a receiving server
>> accepts a server-to-server connection from an originating server, it
>> does not process traffic over the connection until it has verified a
>> key with an authoritative server for the domain asserted by the
>> originating server. Although Server Dialback does not provide strong
>> authentication or trusted federation and although it is subject to DNS
>> poisoning attacks, it has effectively prevented most instances of
>> address spoofing on the XMPP network since its development in the year
>> 2000.
>>
>> Changelog: Per list discussion, reverted the stream features
>> versioning that was added to version 0.10, thus reverting to the
>> format used in versions 0.5 through 0.9 of the spec; corrected several
>> errors in the examples. (psa)
>>
>> Diff: http://xmpp.org/extensions/diff/api/xep/0220/diff/0.10/vs/0.11
>>
>> URL: http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0220.html
>>
> 
> Merely a bug report, more later next week:
> http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0220.html#advertisement-errors
> The text from 0.9 is needed here. Patch attached.

ACK!

Peter

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