Re: Changes for Kopete in KDE Applications 16.12

On Saturday 19 November 2016 12:49:00 Pali Rohár wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> New feature in Kopete 1.11 (part of KDE Applications 16.12) is
> support for X-OAUTH2 SASL authentication in jabber protocol. It is
> alternative to clear-text password based authentication.
> 
> Currently it is possible to do X-OAUTH2 authentication either via
> Access Token or via Refresh Token. In second case it is needed to
> provide also Client ID, Client Secret Key and Request URL (for HTTP
> request which will generate Access Token from provided Refresh
> Token).
> 
> X-OAUTH2 authentication and its tokens can be configured in
> Connection tab in Edit Account settings dialog.
> 
> Note that it is not possible to do X-OAUTH2 authentication via
> Application Code. If such feature is needed and authentication via
> Refresh Token or Access Token is not enough then let me know and we
> can discuss about it.
> 
> X-OAUTH2 was tested also with Google's XMPP server and it is working
> fine. So it can be useful for google accounts with disabled (or not
> available) clear-text password authentication. Or for people who do
> not want to send clear-text password in TLS tunnel to google servers
> (as google does not support SCRAM)...

Just to add information, Kopete in 16.12 branch has fixed problems with 
OTR encryption plugin, namely show correct icon of encryption status 
(enabled/disabled) and fixed crash after generating encryption key.

-- 
Pali Rohár
[email protected]

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