[jdev] Custom authentication errors

[Peter Saint-Andre]

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Vinod Panicker wrote:
> On 5/30/06, Peter Saint-Andre <stpeter at jabber.org> wrote:
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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>
> 
> Sounds good to me.  Could we also have the <text/> element within a
> <success/> element too?  Thats another use case that I have.  

Yes, I think we would add an OPTIONAL <text/> element in both.

> Would
> you be pushing these changes in 3920bis?

That's where they will go, yes.

Peter

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Peter Saint-Andre
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