Re: [jdev] manifesto & DANE does not cut it

2013-11-18 Thread Tony Finch
Ralf Skyper Kaiser wrote: > > The user has to trust ALL keys and not just the single ROOT KEY. That's true, but the amount of trust you have to put in high-level DNSSEC keys is relatively limited. DNSSEC is aware of zone cuts, and high-level keys cannot authenticate domain names below a zone cut.

Re: [jdev] IPv6 readyness?

2008-04-18 Thread Tony Finch
that are likely to end up on 4-only and 6-only networks then you need a dual-stack server. > The more interesting problem (which Tony Finch pointed out a while back) is > that on a SRV lookup, you get the A/ records "for free" in the additional > section. But if you only g

Re: [jdev] SRP

2008-04-04 Thread Tony Finch
On Fri, 4 Apr 2008, Jonathan Dickinson wrote: > has anyone considered the SRP (Secure Remote Password) protocol? It's unpopular because it's patented. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://dotat.at/ VIKING NORTH UTSIRE: SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST VEERING NORTHWEST 5 TO 7, OCCASIONALLY

Re: [jdev] JABBERSTUDIO NOTICE -- SITE DEMISE

2007-03-14 Thread Tony Finch
On Wed, 14 Mar 2007, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: > Nicolas V�rit� wrote: > > > > What about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_applications_using_Jabber ? > > I know of UnclassifiedNewsBoard, FlySpray, phpBB3, GForge, LibreSource... > > Do you know more? > > Zimbra, Zabbix, Jaiku, Twitter, etc. ...

Re: [jdev] jabber aliases?

2006-06-19 Thread Tony Finch
On Mon, 19 Jun 2006, Igor Goryachev wrote: > > Could you please explain this moment a bit wider? It might be important > for me. It's from control theory. In an open loop control system I just send the system messages to tell it how to behave, whereas in a closed loop system I get messages back so

Re: [jdev] jabber aliases?

2006-06-19 Thread Tony Finch
On Mon, 19 Jun 2006, Igor Goryachev wrote: > > I have several domains and want to implement something similar to > mail-like aliases (not virtual hosts) in jabber? Is it possible at > all? Forwarding is difficult in Jabber because it is closed-loop whereas email is open-loop. Consider what happens

[jdev] generating XMPP certs with OpenSSL

2006-05-25 Thread Tony Finch
Here's an example of an OpenSSL configuration file that appears to generate the right kind of CSRs and self-signed certs. Note that you need OpenSSL 0.9.8 or newer. oid_section = new_oids [ new_oids ] # RFC 3920 section 5.1.1 defines this OID xmppAddr = 1.3.6.1.5.5.7.8.5 [ req ]

Re: [jdev] cert handling in xmpp server implementations

2006-05-25 Thread Tony Finch
On Thu, 25 May 2006, Justin Karneges wrote: > > And if you're wondering how to do it in code, have a look at the qca-openssl > plugin from the QCA project: > > http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/kdesupport/qca/plugins/qca-openssl/qca-openssl.cpp?rev=540405&view=auto > Search for 'XMPP' in there. Cool,

Re: [jdev] cert handling in xmpp server implementations

2006-05-25 Thread Tony Finch
On Thu, 25 May 2006, Jonathan Siegle wrote: > Tony Finch said the following on 5/25/06 8:08 AM: > > > > Has anyone written a straightforward description of how to generate a > > proper XMPP cert with all of the id-on-xmppAddr stuff using OpenSSL? > > You can put whate

Re: [jdev] MD5 auth problem

2006-05-25 Thread Tony Finch
On Thu, 25 May 2006, Dave Cridland wrote: > > Consider the case where the server is compromised. A client compromise is much more likely :-) > If you use DIGEST-MD5, then the attacker only has a plaintext equivalent good > enough to authenticate with the compromised server, and cannot obtain anyt

Re: [jdev] cert handling in xmpp server implementations

2006-05-25 Thread Tony Finch
On Wed, 24 May 2006, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: > > I am working with a certification authority on adding XMPP support to > the certificates they issue. Has anyone written a straightforward description of how to generate a proper XMPP cert with all of the id-on-xmppAddr stuff using OpenSSL? Given t

Re: [jdev] How to handle SRV lookups when the root domain is referenced

2006-05-04 Thread Tony Finch
On Wed, 3 May 2006, Matthias Wimmer wrote: > > The s2s component in jabberd 1.4.4 will merely ignore the "." entry. It will > try to finde a A record for "." and as this does not resolve skip to the next > resolved entry, if there are entries with lower priority for the same service. That's really

Re: [jdev] virtual hosting and certificate checking

2006-03-03 Thread Tony Finch
On Fri, 3 Mar 2006, Justin Karneges wrote: > > IMO, a better way would be to use RFC 2817, which allows upgrading a plaintext > HTTP connection to TLS dynamically. It works essentially the same way as > XMPP's "starttls". Sadly, no one actually uses this great spec. I get the impression that tha

Re: [jdev] virtual hosting and certificate checking

2006-03-03 Thread Tony Finch
On Fri, 3 Mar 2006, Jesus Cea wrote: > > In current TLS, client gives the host it is trying to connect, BEFORE > negociating crypto. So if you are using a modern webserver and a modern > browser, you can share the IP. > > I just don't remember if this feature is present in TLS 1.0 or in the > curre

Re: [jdev] virtual hosting and certificate checking

2006-03-01 Thread Tony Finch
On Wed, 1 Mar 2006, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: > > 2. Clients open TCP connections to shakespeare.lit (rather than > denmark.lit etc.) but specify the desired virtual hostname in the 'to' > address of the stream header, then check the certificate presented by > the server as either 'shakespeare.lit'

Re: [jdev] Jabber-ID email header

2006-03-01 Thread Tony Finch
On Wed, 1 Mar 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > 1. The protocol standard is XMPP (and not Jabber) However the term that RFC 3920 uses for an XMPP address is "Jabber Identifier or JID". Tony. -- f.a.n.finch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://dotat.at/ FISHER: CYCLONIC 5 TO 7. SNOW SHOWERS. GOOD OCCASI

Re: Stream feature negotiation ordering. Was: Re: [jdev] S2S questions - from attribute and version support

2006-01-10 Thread Tony Finch
On Tue, 10 Jan 2006, Joe Hildebrand wrote: > > I want to note here that JEP-0138, Stream Compression, should be done > > after TLS negotiation. The JEP does not mention that it should also go > > before SASL but that seems fairly logical. > > why before SASL? It seems like the restart of the stre

Re: [jdev] Thoughts on Interplanetary Jabber System ?

2005-11-19 Thread Tony Finch
On Sat, 19 Nov 2005, Ulrich Staudinger wrote: > > i am just wondering if someone expenses thoughts on an interplanetary IM > system, similar to the interplanetary Mail system: Isn't "instant" messaging fundamentally incompatible with 30 minute round-trip times? Tony. -- f.a.n.finch <[EMAIL PROT

subdomains, was Re: [jdev] SASL EXTERNAL for s2s in jabberd14

2005-11-07 Thread Tony Finch
On Sat, 5 Nov 2005, Matthias Wimmer wrote: > Justin Karneges schrieb: > > > > - If the certificate is for "example.com", do you accept this > > > certificate to be used for "service.example.com" as well? Currently I > > > don't. But I am not sure if this is correct/intended by RFC3920. > > > > You

Re: [jdev] Problem Connecting to GoogleTalk using my custom client

2005-10-20 Thread Tony Finch
On Thu, 20 Oct 2005, Mukil Kesavan wrote: > > SENT: http://talk.google.com>" > xmlns="jabber:client" xmlns:stream="http://etherx.jabber.org/streams";> > > RECEIVED: http://talk.google.com>" > id="E6DB0DD7" xmlns:stream="http://etherx.jabber.org/streams"; > xmlns="jabber:client"> xmlns:str="urn:ietf