Category: Standards
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Did Google REALLY Kill Off All XMPP/Jabber Support In Google+ Hangouts? It Still Seems To Partially Work
Continue Reading: Did Google REALLY Kill Off All XMPP/Jabber Support In Google+ Hangouts? It Still Seems To Partially WorkDid Google really kill off all of their support for XMPP (Jabber) in Google+ Hangouts? Or is it still there in a reduced form? Will they be bringing back more support? What is really going on here?
In my excitement yesterday about Google Voice now being integrated with Google+ Hangouts, I missed a huge negative side of the new Hangouts change that is being widely reported: the removal of support for the XMPP (Jabber) protocol and interoperability with third-party clients.
But yet a few moments ago I did have a chat from an external XMPP client (Apple’s “Messages” app) with Randy Resnick who received the message in a Google+ Hangout. I opened up a Google+ window in my browser and I could see the exchange happening there as well. Here’s a side-by-side shot of the exchange in both clients:
So what is going on here?
Reports Of Google Removing XMPP
This issue has been widely reported in many of the tech blogs and sites. Matt Landis covered this issue very well in his post: Hangouts Won’t Hangout With Other Messaging Vendors: Google’s New Unified Messaging Drops Open XMPP/Jabber Interop which then generated long threads on Reddit and Slashdot.
The Verge in…
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Video Interview: Emil Ivov about how the Jitsi softphone works with IPv6 and DNSSEC
Continue Reading: Video Interview: Emil Ivov about how the Jitsi softphone works with IPv6 and DNSSECHow does the Jitsi softphone work with IPv6? And what role could DNSSEC play with VoIP? At IETF86 earlier this month, I sat down with Emil Ivov, project leader of the Jitsi Project to talk about a wide range of topics including how Jitsi got started and why it does so much with IPv6 (interesting reason!), what they are looking to do with Jitsi now, the role of DNSSEC and why they added that support to Jitsi… and much, much more… I quite enjoyed talking to Emil and the Jitsi project is certainly one that I will continue to watch – and use!If you found this post interesting or useful, please consider either:
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June 23 Deadline For Submissions to Invite-Only WebRTC/RTCWEB Congestion Control Workshop
Continue Reading: June 23 Deadline For Submissions to Invite-Only WebRTC/RTCWEB Congestion Control WorkshopHow do we manage network congestion as we move real-time voice, video, chat and data communication into web browsers? How do we make sure browser-based voice/video doesn’t overwhelm the local network?If you’ve been following the excellent work of the WebRTC/RTCWEB initiative you’ll know that developers are already using developer builds of browsers like Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox to move real-time communications (RTC) directly into web browsers – without using Flash or Java plugins.
It’s a powerful step to bake real-time communications into the very fabric of the Web. It stands to open up a zillion new opportunities for innovative uses of voice and video… and can fundamentally disrupt so many aspects of today’s telecommunications.
It also stands a chance of completely swamping today’s networks with RTC traffic!
So what do we do? How do make sure that browser-based RTC plays nice with other traffic? How do we help it succeed?
Those are the type of topics to be discussed and debated in a “Workshop on Congestion Control for Interactive Real-Time Communication” taking place on Saturday, July 28, 2012, in Vancouver, British Columbia, on the weekend before the start of the week-long IETF 84 standards meeting.…
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Video: What is the role of the IETF? How does it help the Internet and open standards?
Continue Reading: Video: What is the role of the IETF? How does it help the Internet and open standards?What does the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) do? What role does it play in setting Internet standards?As readers are probably aware, I’ve been a long-time supporter and advocate of the IETF’s work on open standards, writing about it both here on Disruptive Telephony and previously quite extensively over on Voxeo’s Speaking of Standards blog. In my new role with the Internet Society Deploy360 Programme, of course, I’m even more directly involved and am now regularly attending IETF meetings.
For those who aren’t familiar with the IETF, I recently came across this great video that explains the basics of what the IETF does:
The IETF is a great organization that is truly open to anyone to get involved. All you need to do is sign up for one of the mailing lists for one of the working groups and start reading and then participating. You can also attend one of the face-to-face IETF meetings to get even more involved.
Anyway, if you’re not familiar with the IETF, do check out this video as it is a great intro!
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WebRTC + Phono SDK = Browser Phone Calls WITHOUT A Plugin
Continue Reading: WebRTC + Phono SDK = Browser Phone Calls WITHOUT A PluginCalling people using your browser – but without a Flash or Java plugin? That's been the mission of the WebRTC initiative for some time now with efforts underway in both the IETF and the W3C to standardize the work so that it can be broadly implemented.
I was very pleased to see the team at Voxeo Labs announce that the Phono SDK can now support WebRTC with the developer build of the Google Chrome browser. They outlined their work in a blog post and produced a video demonstrating the technology and also received a very nice writeup on TheNextWeb:
This is very cool as it has the potential once WebRTC is baked into more browsers to provide us with a very solid browser-based platform for building and deploying real-time communication apps. Kudos to the Voxeo Labs team for what they've done so far!
P.S. Some interesting comments about this topic over on Hacker News…
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IETF Journal for October 2011 Digs into DNSSEC, Port Control Protocol, Internet Evolution
Want to learn more about what is happening with regard to standards in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)? Want to understand the details about new proposals to offer another way to secure domains using DNSSEC? Never heard of the “Port Control Protocol” before and wonder how it may (or may not) help you? Want to understand some of the latest thoughts from Internet leaders about where the Internet is evolving?
The October 2011 edition of the IETF Journal gets into all of that and more. Here’s the Table of Contents (a PDF is also available for printing or ebook reading):/
My Rant: Who Are We Building RTCWEB/WebRTC For? Telephony Developers or Web Developers?
Continue Reading: My Rant: Who Are We Building RTCWEB/WebRTC For? Telephony Developers or Web Developers?Yesterday morning I did something I haven’t done in eons. Many years, probably. (I can’t remember.) I fired off a “rant” on an IETF mailing list.
I’ve been a huge proponent of the “RTCWEB/WebRTC” work going on in the “RTCWEB” Working of the IETF and the “WebRTC” of the W3C. I’ve mentioned it in many of my presentations. I’ve advocated for people to join the mailing lists. I’ve written about it a good bit on Voxeo’s standards blog when I was at Voxeo.
We have an opportunity to make it easy for web developers to add “real-time communications” via voice, video, IM, etc., to web applications. We can make that work from directly within the browser.
Think of it… HTML5 with the ability to quickly add voice, video, chat… and without the need for a browser plugin or extension in Flash, Java, etc. (the limitation of all of today’s proprietary options).
It’s the opportunity to move real-time communications into the very fabric of the Web.
Awesome potential!
The work has been moving along quite rapidly in both the IETF and the W3C. Extremely active (high-volume!) mailing lists. Many Internet-Draft documents being created. Regular conference calls, interim meetings, face-to-face meetings. Some…
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Dilbert Nails One Of The Inherent Challenges of Standards
Continue Reading: Dilbert Nails One Of The Inherent Challenges of StandardsDilbert nails it… (back in August 2011)If you found this post interesting or useful, please consider either:
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The 2 Big, Glaring Failures of the “Voice 3.0” Manifesto
Continue Reading: The 2 Big, Glaring Failures of the “Voice 3.0” ManifestoToday Alec Saunders posted a truly brilliant piece: Voice 3.0: The Emergence of the Voice Web. It’s a much-needed update to his 2005 “Voice 2.0 Manifesto” and very nicely brings together much of the thinking about telecom today. (And yes, I had a chance to review it and provided feedback before it went live.)It’s brilliant. It’s long. You really need to go and read it. It includes many of the themes we’ll be talking about next week at eComm. It’s right about so many things.
IT’S ALSO VERY WRONG.
The document as written has two big, glaring omissions.
Voice Doesn’t Matter… As Much
First off… the piece is all about voice. Which is great. But here’s a reality check:
People do NOT want to communicate by ONLY voice.
I spend my day communicating with people all over the world… in pretty much constant “real-time” communication. But almost NONE of it is by voice.
Instead it is by IM… by Twitter… by Facebook… by SMS… even by email. All text-based mediums.
No voice.
Now occasionally I do actually speak with someone – and usually get startled when my phone or Skype actually rings. But the majority of my…
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How Does IPv6 Impact Telecom Networks? Join This Free Online Session Tomorrow To Learn…
Continue Reading: How Does IPv6 Impact Telecom Networks? Join This Free Online Session Tomorrow To Learn…How does IPv6 impact telecommunications networks? How will IPv6 affect the SIP protocol? If you work in telecom, what should you be aware of with regard to IPv6? With World IPv6 Day only a week away, if you have been wondering about these kind of questions, please feel free to join me live in a free session hosted by the US Telecommunications Association:IPv6 and Telecom Networks
Thursday, June 2, 2011
1:00pm US EasternRegistration is free and if you are unable to attend it will be recorded for later viewing. (And if you register now, you’ll be notified when the archive is available for viewing.) The description of the session is:
The networks that make up the Internet and IP communications are in the middle of a sea-change with the transition to IPv6. What impact will IPv6 have on telecom and communications networks?
Join USTelecom and Voxeo for a look at the various challenges that telecom and broadband services providers face in keeping their communication services working while transitioning to IPv6.
I’ll be explaining briefly why there is all the attention on IPv6 then getting into the basics of IPv6 addressing. After a brief overview, I’ll then dive into…