Re: [secdir] [xmpp] SecDir review of draft-ietf-xmpp-3920bis-17

Philipp Hancke <fippo@mail.symlynx.com> Thu, 04 November 2010 20:56 UTC

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Subject: Re: [secdir] [xmpp] SecDir review of draft-ietf-xmpp-3920bis-17
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Yaron Sheffer wrote:
> Hi Peter,
>
> yes, these seem reasonable. Is there a "converse" to the rewriting of
> the client's From header before forwarding to other servers, i.e. is
> there a server-side check on stanza From headers received from other
> servers?

Yes, see 8.1.2.2. Server-to-Server Streams (or search for the associated 
invalid-from stream error).