[JDEV] DSPS

[Ben Schumacher]

On Sat, 20 Jul 2002, Justin Karneges wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> What is the state of DSPS?  I noticed the JEP, and I toyed with making a
> client interface, but I later realized there doesn't exist a server module
> yet..
>
> On topic of the system itself, it seems DSPS could be the preferred method of
> file transfer (and possibly other OOB activity) in _all_ cases, not just
> NAT/firewall cases.  What do others think?  Could we see DSPS as the standard
> Jabber OOB mechanism?

I, personally, would be against making this the "standard Jabber OOB
mechanism", or even the "preferred." This puts an unreasonable amount of
extra load on a server, when it isn't needed. If clients can make direct
connections to each other, and don't need the benefit of any of the other
features DSPS provides (read: multicast), then they should transfer files
directly.

There is no reason to expect that people running servers are going to be
willing to allow the extra load on their bandwidth.

bs.