Comments on: XMPP Is Better With BOSH http://metajack.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/xmpp-is-better-with-bosh/ a blog about startups and code Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:41:49 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: metajack http://metajack.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/xmpp-is-better-with-bosh/#comment-223 metajack Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:57:15 +0000 http://metajack.wordpress.com/?p=62#comment-223 Very long packet length is not a limitation of BOSH, but is usually a restriction of the server. The restriction is a very necessary one, and I've written about this before here: http://metajack.wordpress.com/2008/06/10/binary-data-is-xmpps-achilles-heel/ We use a custom web service to handle avatar uploads in both our native and web Chesspark clients. Of course this doesn't solve the problem for all servers, but most users at Chesspark are using local accounts so far. The real issue needs to be addressed in the specifications, and I hope to work on this soon. Very long packet length is not a limitation of BOSH, but is usually a restriction of the server. The restriction is a very necessary one, and I’ve written about this before here:
http://metajack.wordpress.com/2008/06/10/binary-data-is-xmpps-achilles-heel/

We use a custom web service to handle avatar uploads in both our native and web Chesspark clients. Of course this doesn’t solve the problem for all servers, but most users at Chesspark are using local accounts so far.

The real issue needs to be addressed in the specifications, and I hope to work on this soon.

]]> By: Augustus Thoo http://metajack.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/xmpp-is-better-with-bosh/#comment-218 Augustus Thoo Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:54:05 +0000 http://metajack.wordpress.com/?p=62#comment-218 There is one more downside to BOSH: very long XMPP packet length. I tried sending a avatar+vcard update XMPP packet (20000+ bytes) using BOSH and got my session terminated by HTTP-Bind BOSH servlet running from my Openfire server. There is one more downside to BOSH: very long XMPP packet length.

I tried sending a avatar+vcard update XMPP packet (20000+ bytes) using BOSH and got my session terminated by HTTP-Bind BOSH servlet running from my Openfire server.

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