On 2 April 2014 20:12, Peter Waher <peter.wa...@clayster.com> wrote: > Hello > > I have some questions regarding the Jabber Components protocol. Couldn't > find anything about it in the XEP. It would be great if somebody with some > insight could answer: > > 1) Regarding TLS: > 1a) How is starttls used together with the component protocol and stream > initiation? > 1b) When? Before or after the handshake? > > Components are a "XMPP/0.9" protocol, in as much as they lack stream features. I think some servers will provide you stream features, including TLS, if you give a version number (but that's beyond what XEP-0114 discusses). Typically, they're deployed across loopback, so TLS is of limited use.
> 2) Regarding port number: > 2a) Is there a default port for this protocol? Is it the same as > client-to-server communication? Or another? > 2b) OpenFire seems to use 5275, is this common? > > There is no default port. Some servers use a distinct port, others use S2S (or C2S, or both). > 3) How about other stream initiation elements, like: > 3a) features? > Features are not discussed by XEP-0114 at all; see above. > 3b) sessions? > > No, there's no sessions. There aren't, really, in anything. > XEP-0114 just terminates after the handshake element. > Think of XEP-0114 as a sort of relaying, simplified, S2S. > > Best regards, > Peter Waher >
