[jdev] New project (DIAS)

[Richard Dobson]

> The DIAS mechanism is a 3-way communication that allows you to prove that 
> you own a particular JID without disclosing the password. The idea is that 
> you first ask, via XMPP, a unique ticket to a third-party "agent" trusted 
> by the other side, then you show the ticket to the other side when you have 
> it. The other side only has, then, to access the ticket information shared 
> by the agent, in order to trustfully know your JID.
>   
This sounds just like the spec I drew up quite some time ago back in 2003
http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0101.html

Richard