[jdev] Custom authentication errors

[Peter Saint-Andre]

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Vinod Panicker wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a use case where the server needs to return specific messages
> to the client in case of authentication failures.  I looked at the
> schema and it's pretty restrictive in what is being allowed during the
> sasl handshake.
> 
> Would it make sense to relax the schema to allow text between the
> error conditions, say like this -
> 
> <failure xmlns='urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-sasl'>
>  <temporary-auth-failure>Server under maintenance, please try after
> some time.</temporary-auth-failure>
> </failure>
> </stream:stream>

I think is would be better to emulate the structure of stanza errors:

<failure xmlns='urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-sasl'>
 <temporary-auth-failure/>
 <text>Server under maintenance, please try after
some time.</text>
</failure>
</stream:stream>

Peter

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

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