Modern XMPP project discussion - 2023-08-06

i don't see any mention of starttls on https://docs.modernxmpp.org/client/protocol/#encryption (which has rfc 6920 instead of 6120), so should it be implemented or just aim for normal tls connections?

Heh, whoops, I'll fix that, thanks

The current RFC only defines starttls, but the network is gradually shifting to "direct TLS" and it's likely that a future RFC will formalize that

For now the canonical reference is https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0368.html

MattJ: thanks, I was really just seeing if I could skip that part, but looks like no :-D

also I'm realizing I don't have xmpps srv records set up..

grim, if you wanted to go direct TLS only, I wouldn't blame you. If I was working on a client today (which I may be soon) I would be very tempted

Of course if you want Pidgin 2.x users to be happy with upgrading to 3.x and have everything still working, you probably don't want to make such a bold move

MattJ: good point on the upgrade path..