[JDEV] Multicast support

[David Waite]

Actually, there are several instances of this already in Jabber:
groupchat is one example: by joining the room, you are joining a list of
messaging for that room. Rosters are the same - by subscribing to
someone, you are set up to receive their presence whenever it changes.

I am wondering what it would take to alter the existing 'conference'
module to support a 'messaging-list' application - a transport that
allows you to register an existing room or sign up for an existing one,
much like the mailing list we are on now. There would need to be some
sort of extension present for clients to understand the 'reply to
sender/reply to list' method, but it seems like a different user
interface on the already existing conference methods.

-David Waite

David Iodice wrote:

> Pardon me if this seems off the wall, but I was wondering if
> Jabber can support messaging to a multicast session.
>
> On a separate internal network, we are going to be using
> multicast to disseminate some information common to everyone
> and we want everyone to be able to receive the data.
>
> So, in an abstract way, I was thinking that everyone would
> have this multicast "buddy" and receive information from
> him/her/it. That information can be received without having
> to have multiple messages sent to each and every person on
> the LAN -- its sent only once to the multicast buddy and
> everyone receives it.
>
> Is this feasible within the current Jabber architecture?
>
> David
>
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