Andreas Monitzer wrote: > On Mar 16, 2009, at 12:42, Pedro Melo wrote: > >> I like the framing part, as expected :). >> >> But why such a specific protocol? Why not just open a peer-to-peer >> XMPP stream and route everything between the two endpoints through >> it? You could even reuse end-to-end encryption XEPs. > > Because then you'd have to base64 encode all binary data, making most > of the advantages of this extension mood.
That is one reason, the other one is that a large stanza will block the e2e stream. Having one stream for large stanzas and binary data with framing helps. And you can use xtls over that stream, too. Dirk -- Evolution doesn't take prisoners
