Difference between revisions of "XMPP IM Client Design Guidelines"

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=== Description ===
=== Description ===


Instead of letting the user specify a resource or providing a pre-configured list of possible resource names (e.g. '/home', '/work', '/notebook') [http://xmpp.org/rfcs/rfc6120.html#bind-servergen-success let the server generate a resource for your client]. You may optionally provide a possibility to configure the resource to the user under a "advanced settings" menu (or similar). But a XMPP user should not need to configure or specify a resource.
Instead of letting the user specify a resource or providing a pre-configured list of possible resource names (e.g. '/home', '/work', '/notebook') [http://xmpp.org/rfcs/rfc6120.html#bind-servergen-success let the server generate a resource for your client (RFC 6120 7.6)]. You may optionally provide a possibility to configure the resource to the user under a "advanced settings" menu (or similar). But a XMPP user should not need to configure or specify a resource.


=== Rationale ===
=== Rationale ===


Resource names should not be guessable to prevent [http://xmpp.org/rfcs/rfc6120.html#security-leaks-presence presence leaks].
Resource names should not be guessable to prevent [http://xmpp.org/rfcs/rfc6120.html#security-leaks-presence presence leaks (RFC 6120 13.10.2)].


== Show the type of a remote source (mobile, pc, home, work, etc.) by means of Service Discovery and not the resource ==
== Show the type of a remote source (mobile, pc, home, work, etc.) by means of Service Discovery and not the resource ==
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