[jdev] XMPP Compliance

rek2 GNU/Linux LO LO LO rek2 at binaryfreedom.info
Mon Nov 21 15:28:11 CST 2005


jabber.org have not updated their list in a long time so xmpp.net have 
the most recent one.
so that is why more do pass the test. but in any case I think your idea 
is good.

Chris Fernandez

Stephen Pendleton wrote:
> That server does pass the tests, however some on that list do not - mostly
> because they do not offer SASL. If you are interested you can run the tests
> yourself at http://www.movsoftware.com/XMPPComplianceChecker/
>
> The list at xmpp.net does seem to have more compliant servers listed. It
> would be nice if xmpp.net also listed which transports each server was
> running, and for bonus points it could show the uptime of the each transport
> as well!
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rek2 GNU/Linux LO LO LO [mailto:rek2 at binaryfreedom.info] 
> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 12:21 PM
> To: pendleto at movsoftware.com; Jabber software development list
> Subject: Re: [jdev] XMPP Compliance
>
>
> try the servers at:
> http://www.xmpp.net/
>
> specially binaryfreedom.info I'm using jabberd 2.x
>
> Chris
>
>
> Stephen Pendleton wrote:
>   
>> I recently wrote a program to test XMPP servers for basic compliance
>> to the IETF XMPP RFC. When I mean "basic" I mean it only tests the 
>> following:
>>  
>> 1) Does the server return "version = '1.0'" in their <stream:stream>
>> element?
>> 2) Does the server offer the <stream:features> stanza?
>> 3) Does the server offer SASL as a authentication mechanism?
>>  
>> I've been testing the servers at http://www.jabber.org/servers and a
>> few other servers I know about and so far I have only found 
>> talk.google.com, jabber.ru, jivesoftware.com and soapbox.net to 
>> meet this basic level of compliance. I am assuming jabber.ru is using 
>> ejabberd as the server, soapbox.net is using SoapBox Server 
>> and jivesoftware.com is using Jive Messenger. I'm not sure about the 
>> other servers, perhaps they are just running old versions of server 
>> software.
>>  
>> So would it be unreasonable to ask that the Jabber servers on both
>> http://www.jabber.org/servers and xmpp.net that do not meet at least 
>> this level of compliance be removed from the listings? I would be 
>> happy to run the tests myself, or is there a compliance group that is 
>> active in this area?
>>  
>> Stephen
>>     
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