[JDEV] connection between client/server using udp

[kadokev at msg.net]

> AFAIK, Jabber is using TCP for connection at this moment. 
> Is it possible to use UDP instead? / Will Jabber support
> UDP in the future?

Is there a particular reason you are looking for UDP? I am not clear on why
you would prefer a connectionless protocol for the client connection to the
jabber server.

One of the features that attracted me to Jabber is that it uses a fixed TCP
port from the client to a single server for all transports, which makes it
much easier to open minimal firewall ports for jabber and/or run the client
through a proxy.

In general, UDP is much more difficult to allow through a firewall securely,
and is probably not an appropriate protocol for the client-to-server Jabber
communications.

Kevin Kadow
MSG.Net, Inc.