[jdev] dialback question

[Peter Saint-Andre]

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Ben Turner wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> We are implementing an XMPP server-to-server stack that supports dialback
> authentication.
> 
> Step five of chapter 8.3 of RFC3920 states that an implementation may re-use an
> existing connection for dialback.
> 
> Step nine however, states that the Authoritative Server should terminate the
> stream between itself and the Receiving Server after dialback.
> 
> What connections should step five re-use? I have been sniffing jabberd traffic
> to figure out how it behaves, and as far as I can see it does not close the
> dialback connection after authentication has happened, and subsequently re-uses
> it. Can I assume that if I close the the dialback streams after authentication,
> my partner will create a new stream for authetication in the other direction?

Step 5 talks about re-using an existing TCP connection, whereas Step 9
talks about terminating an XML stream. So these are two different levels
(you can terminate the XML stream but keep the TCP connection open).

Peter

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Peter Saint-Andre
Jabber Software Foundation
http://www.jabber.org/people/stpeter.shtml

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