[JDEV] jabberd and Proxies : leave AOL alone

[Dave]

That may very well be the only long-term solution, but we can't just sulk in the meantime, refusing to piggyback on an existing protocol.

 - Dave


=?iso-8859-1?Q?Riviere_St=E9phane_Jean?= wrote:
> 
> In that case, the IPv6 network would have the same problem with SMTP and
> NNTP servers, wouldn't it ? I don't think that HTTP tunneling of SMTP/NNTP
> is planned, but perhaps I'm wrong...
> 
> I don't think that HTTP-tunneling of everything is a good thing.
> The point is : firewalls were "created" to filter access to network
> ressources. The HTTP port is opened on most of them to allow web-surfing and
> webserver hosting. If every protocols get HTTP-tunneled, the firewall
> becomes completely useless, because all protocols will go through the HTTP
> port. So, what you'll get will be HTTP-level firewalls that will filter the
> tunneled  protocols...
> 
> I really think that HTTP-tunneling is a short-time workaround to solve the
> current firewall problems. Making Jabber accepted as a standard protocol
> like SMTP or HTTP by network administrators will perhaps take time, but it's
> probably the only good solution...
> 
> 
> Stéphane.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Dave [mailto:dave at dave.tj]
> Envoyé : vendredi 8 mars 2002 22:37
> À : jdev at jabber.org
> Objet : Re: [JDEV] jabberd and Proxies : leave AOL alone
> 
> 
> Before we go picking at AOL, it's worth noting that an IPv6 network
> has no way of accessing our IPv4 internet without proxies, unless your
> IPv6 network also has a valid IPv4 block mapped to it.  In that case,
> putting your server on the Internet will be impossible, even if you
> aren't using AOL.  Having an HTTP-based s2s sidesteps all these issues
> in a very convenient way.
> 
>  - Dave
> 
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