On 4/12/11 1:33 PM, Daniel Dormont wrote: > Hi folks, Howdy!
> I'm developing an XMPP application that heavily uses MUC. I have a > use case where I would specifically like an Admin to be able to send > a private message to a Participant in the MUC, even if that Admin > user is currently not an occupant of the room. XEP-0045 says this: > > "If the sender is not an occupant of the room in which the intended > recipient is visiting, the service MUST return a <not-acceptable/> > error to the sender." The intent is to thwart attacks from outside the room. But perhaps it's acceptable for admins to be exempted from that rule. > and the specific XMPP server I'm using (ejabberd) implements this > correctly. My question is, what's the reason for this rule? Is there > another way to achieve the use case I'm interested in, short of > hacking the code to take it out of compliance? The spec is currently (although slowly) being revised, and I think could be relaxed on this point. Peter -- Peter Saint-Andre https://stpeter.im/
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