[JDEV] Patch for recent Yahoo Transport problems

[Lucas Nussbaum]

On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 11:36:44AM +0100, Matthias Wimmer <m at tthias.net> wrote:
> Hi Lucas!
> 
> Lucas Nussbaum schrieb am 2004-01-11 01:20:07:
> > > I'm assuming that this diff is for Yahoo-t 2.3.
> > I wrote it against the CVS version, but it applies against 2.3.
> 
> Just a note ... not critics ... it seems that the transport needs more
> computing power with that patch than before.

It does.

> I guess it's the strange
> calculations that have to be made!? Have you an idea if these are
> something really useful or if they are just to obfuscate the login
> procedure?

No, they are just here to obfuscate the login procedure. Basically they
aren't used for anything else than get a magic number that the server
will like. It's a shame and it clearly shows that Yahoo doesn't like
third-party clients.

Lucas