[JDEV] Which to pick, "HTTP proxy passthrough" or JEP-0025?

[Hiroaki Nakamura]

Hi,
I am trying to let a jabber client make a connection via a http proxy.
Also I would like messages to be protected by SSL.

I found there are two options out there.

- "HTTP proxy passthrough"
    http://oid.jabber.org/?oid=971&all=1
- JEP-0025
    http://www.jabber.org/jeps/jep-0025.html

I think the former is simpler, also preferrable since no extra port
for http is needed.  You just need the port for jabber protocol (with
the support for ignoring HTTP PUT headers, which was implemented in
jabberd-1.4.1).

I have three questions about these specs.

Q1) What status are these two specs in?  Which to pick one?  Or keep
these two and let users select one when they run clients?

Q2) I also ask that this is possible with the former spec when a proxy
allows a https connection with the port number other than 443?
1.client -"connect jabber.org:5223"-> HTTP proxy 
2.proxy --> jabber.org:5223

If it is possible, I think this is the simplest.

Q3) In JEP-0025, why POST request contents are not URL-encoded?
I think is is no problem if they are URL-encoded and also think
they should be.  Is there a reason for that they are not?

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)Hiroaki Nakamura) hnakamur at v003.vaio.ne.jp