[TriLUG] Jabber server outage
Joel Ebel
jbebel at ncsu.edu
Fri Jun 10 01:49:57 EDT 2005
Sure enough, there's a new version of GAIM now (1.3.1), and it appears
registration works properly. I don't know about adium, but if it
suffers from the same bug, it will likely take a bit before the fix
makes it into adium.
Joel
Joel Ebel wrote:
> According to Nathan Walp (faceprint) of GAIM, this bug is fixed in CVS,
> so the next release will be able to register with a jabber server.
>
> Joel
>
> Joel Ebel wrote:
>
>> The status of my investigation shows that GAIM is broken for
>> registration. Despite having a register button, it doesn't even try.
>> It just tries to auth, obviously fails, and just gives up. According
>> the RFC and JEP-0077, the jabber server is doing all of its duties,
>> GAIM just isn't trying to register. Adium, I imagine, suffers from
>> the same problem. I'll communicate with the jabberd maintainer to see
>> if he has thoughts about what's wrong, but GAIM's jabber support
>> leaves something to be desired. Try a non-broken client like Psi. It
>> works on a Mac too. Other decent clients are Tkabber, Gossip, and
>> maybe Kopete, but I don't have much experience with them to know if
>> they register properly.
>>
>> Joel
>>
>> Joel Ebel wrote:
>>
>>> I'm looking into this. GAIM appears to be doing something wrong when
>>> registering a jabber account. I'm investigating exactly what that
>>> is, but for now, the best I can suggest is to try a different client.
>>>
>>> Joel
>>>
>>> Benjamin Reed wrote:
>>>
>>>> Joel Ebel wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> The jabber server is now running version 1.4.4 which has a number of
>>>>> improvements. Most notably it supports TLS on port 5222 now. If your
>>>>> client supports this, I highly recommend you use it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I've been unable to register a new account; GAIM spits back a "401 not
>>>> authorized" response, and Adium just gives back a generic error
>>>> message.
>>>>
>>>> What am I supposed to do to re-register an account?
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