[asterisk-dev] Deprecate non SASL authentication in res_jabber

[Olle E Johansson]

2 jul 2007 kl. 14.42 skrev Philippe Sultan:

> Hi everybody,
>
> I'd like to have your opinion on deprecating the use of non-SASL
> authentication for res_jabber in Asterisk, as SASL is the way to go.
>
> Currently, res_jabber can be configured to authenticate as a client to
> an XMPP server using SASL (the default) or non-SASL modes, through the
> 'usesasl' option in jabber.conf. However, non-SASL authentication,
> although still supported by most XMPP servers, is now deprecated (and
> *not recommended* for clients) as stated here :
> - http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0078.html (non-SASL  
> authentication)
> - http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0073.html (basic IM protocol  
> suite)
>
> Forcing SASL authentication when connecting Asterisk as a client would
> also simplify the code a little. If we agree on that, I'll modify the
> SVN trunk accordingly, and simply add a warning message to the SVN 1.4
> branch without modifications.
>
> Note : authentication as a component would not be affected by these  
> changes.
>
>
The important question here: Will it break communication with the  
clients that
people use? We need to be compatible with existing clients more than  
future
standards :-)

Jabber clients have very different levels of standard compatibility.

/O