Presence and IntComm WG

[Ben Teitelbaum <>]

Five months after Neal sent the last message to this list, Google
Talk's open XMPP federation is live [1]!

Who from the I2MM group is still running a Jabber server?  What has
been the experience interop'ing with Google Talk thus far?

-- ben

1. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/01/open-federation-for-google-talk.html

Neal McBurnett 
<>
 writes:

> Google has stepped into the IM and voice call markets, using
> XMPP/jabber, with SIP support on the way.  They're working on a
> federation with policies to allow open interoperability but curtail
> spam and protect privacy.  It will be interesting to follow this.
>
> Neal McBurnett                 http://bcn.boulder.co.us/~neal/
> Signed and/or sealed mail encouraged.  GPG/PGP Keyid: 2C9EBA60
>
> http://www.google.com/talk/about.html
>
> http://www.google.com/talk/developer.html
> excerpts:
>
>  "Google Talk uses the standard XMPP protocol for authentication,
>  presence, and messaging"
>  TLS is required   The only supported authentication mechanism is SASL PLAIN
>  We plan to support SIP in a future release
>
>  Google Talk currently does not encrypt chats or calls. But we are
>  working hard to make many improvements to Google Talk while it is in
>  beta, and we plan to fully support encryption of chats and calls
>  before our official release.
>
>  What protocols are used for voice calls?
>  Google Talk supports a custom XMPP-based signaling protocol and
>  peer-to-peer communication mechanism. We will fully document this
>  protocol. In the near future, we plan to support SIP signaling.
>
>  Today, Google Talk supports the following standard voice codecs:
>  PCMA, PCMU, G.723, iLBC. We are also evaluating the Speex codec. We
>  also support codecs from Global IP Sound: ISAC, IPCMWB, EG711U, EG711A
>
>  We are working closely with Earthlink and Sipphone to federate
>  EarthLink's Vling service and Sipphone's Gizmo Project with the
>  Google Talk service as quickly as possible
>
>  it is important to balance openness with ensuring that we
>  maintain a safe and reliable service that protects user privacy and
>  blocks spam and other abuses. We are using the federation opportunity
>  with EarthLink and Sipphone to develop a set of guidelines by which
>  all members of the federated network can work together to ensure that
>  we protect our users while maximizing the reach of the network. We
>  are also eager to hear from other people in the industry about how
>  best to build a federation model that is open, scalable, and ensures
>  best-in-class user experiences. If you have thoughts on federation or
>  suggestions for how we can better enable open communications, please
>  share them with us at the Google Talk Interoperability Google Group.
>
>   http://groups.google.com/group/google-talk-open
>
>

-- 
Ben Teitelbaum   http://people.internet2.edu/~ben/