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Re: [xmpp] the stream negotiation process



2009/10/26 Dave Cridland <dave at cridland.net>:
> On Fri Oct 23 18:58:04 2009, Justin Karneges wrote:
>>
>> I'm not opposed to deferring features from appearing as a way of making
>> other
>> features required.  But first: does anyone know if not offering SASL on
>> the
>> first pass could cause a problem with existing code?  Or if it may violate
>> RFC 3920?
>
> Just to pick up on this point, features can surely only be advertised if
> they're available.
>
> If they're not available - because the client cannot use them in this
> stream, since it needs to do the TLS dance and make a new stream - then they
> shouldn't be advertised.
>
> If you're reading RFC 3920 as saying that all possible features - even those
> not yes available - must be listed, then I'd think that would need
> clarification.
>

Agreed, this is how I interpret it also.

Matthew

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