The defaults for the jabber servers are really nice for the Jabber network that contained a bunch of geeks that are interested in the technology but at the moment we have lots and lots of clueless/bored/insane teenagers on the network. Just checkout [EMAIL PROTECTED], really creepy people there some of the time :D
Jabber is getting bigger so IMO we can't sustain this 'freedom for all, everyone can be trusted' mentality. This <iq type="set"> is a nice example but the same goes for roster size, connection rates and (IMO the potential nr1 problem) 0.1 second registration of new accounts.
It takes approx 5 minutes to write a script that creates thousands and thousands of new accounts on a server that has inband registration enabled (all the public servers).
With a bit of luck this won't happen in the next few months but if it happens when Jabber is massively gaining popularity then it will become a _big_ problem for Jabber/XMPP, especially when it comes to the perception of the stability/security of Jabber/XMPP.
Jesper Krogh wrote:
Is there currently any limitations on Jabberd handling of peoples
xml-file.
Bart
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