Re: IP and MAC address management in Jabber

On 5/30/14, 3:39 AM, Rafael Mirto wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I am wondering how IP addresses and MAC addresses are managed in a
> Jabber server.
>
> I see that for security reason, when user A talks to user B through a
> jabber server, IP address is not shown. Is it the same for the MAC
> address ?

MAC addresses are not communicated at all. The rule about IP addresses 
was a reaction to how IRC works.

> (I guess that if user B perform a netstat -n the IP address shown on
> XMPP port will be the jabber server one, right ?)

Yes.

> When going into a voice chat, is it still using the same security rules
> ? Is voice also transitting through the Jabber server ?

No, the Jabber server is used only for signalling (call setup), not 
voice or video. The signalling is sent via the server between the 
clients and the server just acts as a dumb router for that data.

> Or is there a
> local SIP server created ?

God, no!

> Thanks for your time!

Let us know if you have more questions. :-)

Peter


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