[JDEV] File transfers

[Peter Millard]

Right now, most clients use the jabber:iq:oob namespace and use HTTP to do
file transfers. So if you do "pure" peer to peer, it would involve enabling
a "mini http-server" into your client to serve the files. This topic has
been a frequent topic of discussion on this list, so you might want to
search the archives for "file transfer" and possibly "http transfer" or
something related.

The 2 clients that I actively work on (Winjab and Jabber Ins. Messenger)
also have the capability of using the "store and forward" features of WebDAV
enabled web servers. This allows clients which are behind NAT boxes or other
certain types of firewalls to still be able to send files.

For more info on protocol, consult
http://docs.jabber.org/proto/html/jabber:iq:oob.html which details the
actual protocol elements.

Peter
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From: <travis at thinkvirtual.com>
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Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 11:22 PM
Subject: [JDEV] File transfers


> Is there anything in the protocol that will deal with file transfers?
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