Good point. One more question:  In which format should I send the base64 information ? I tried : <auth xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-sasl"mechanism="PLAIN">'+Base64.Encode("<username>adi</username><password>secret</password>")+"</auth> I guess the nodes <username> and <password> are not the right ones but I can't find anywhere the right syntax for the auth node. Thank you. Norman Rasmussen <norman@rasmussen.co.za> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> you should be sending: <auth xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-sasl"> </auth> <pre><tt><auth xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-sasl" mechanism="PLAIN">{base64 data here}</auth></tt></pre> That's the way PLAIN works, DIGEST-MD5 doesn't have an initial client to server payload, so that's why it's empty in the examples. On 3/22/06, Adrian Adrian <flashbk2003 @yahoo.com=""> wrote: > Hey Normann, > > No, I don't think so. > According to the xmpp RFC3920 specifications > (http://www.xmpp.org/specs/rfc3920.html#tls ) > I need to select the mechanism first. The credentials are sent through an > iq packet after the negotiation ended. > > Adrian. > > > > > > > > > Norman Rasmussen <norman @rasmussen.co.za=""> wrote: > > shouldn't you be sending the PLAIN data in the auth request? i.e. > take the username and password, base64 encode them, and send them as > part of the auth stanza. > > -- > - Norman Rasmussen > - Email: norman@rasmussen.co.za > - Home page: http://norman.rasmussen.co.za/ > > > > ________________________________ > Yahoo! Mail > Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. > > -- - Norman Rasmussen - Email: norman@rasmussen.co.za - Home page: http://norman.rasmussen.co.za/ </norman></flashbk2003></blockquote> <hr size=1> Yahoo! Mail <a href="http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=38867/*http://photomail.mail.yahoo.com">Use Photomail</a> to share photos without annoying attachments.