[JDEV] Question on file transfer in Jabber

[Peter Saint-Andre]

Hi Daniel,

Did you see the recent thread on JDEV about this? You might want to check out
this post and the follow-ups:

http://mailman.jabber.org/pipermail/jdev/2000-November/003869.html

Hope this helps.

Peter

"Sokolov, Daniel" wrote:

> Hi Everybody!
>
> I am a novice to Jabber and I have faced the problem of how to implement the
> binary file transfer in jabber.
>
> I have studied the documentation on Jabber and this mailing list and
> understood that there is no standard solution for this problem. I understood
> that there are three possible approaches to this problem:
>
> 1) To implement  "peer-to-peer" file transfer.
> 2) To implement file transfer via an intermediate fileserver. One client
> uploads a file on some server and notifies the second client. The second
> client then downloads the file.
> 3) To "insert"  the file into the Jabber's XML protocol (possibly by means
> of MIME)
>
> Could anybody please answer my questions:
> 1) Are there any other possible solutions?
> 2) Is any of the above solution better or more standard than all the others?
> 3) Where can I find any information on implementing the file transfer in
> jabber?
>
> Thank you very much in advance.
>
> Daniel Sokolov
>
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