On Friday, June 22, 2012 09:48:18 AM Todd Herman wrote:
> We are currently looking into implementing serverless messaging.  The
> specification (and the XMPP:  The Definitive Guide) both mention that
> serverless messaging does not use SASL or TLS by default so it isn't
> secure.  Has anyone looked into an appropriate way to implement this
> functionality?  I get TLS but I am a little confused by SASL since it
> would require having user names and passwords stored which seems to almost
> contradict the point of serverless messaging.
> 
> Any thoughts?

If both the client and server authenticate via TLS, then the SASL EXTERNAL 
mechanism can be used.

Justin

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