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diff --git a/doc/guide.tex b/doc/guide.tex index b0dd921e..ca8eeec5 100644 --- a/doc/guide.tex +++ b/doc/guide.tex @@ -896,8 +896,14 @@ This is a detailed description of each option allowed by the listening modules: You should also set the \option{certfile} option. You can define a certificate file for a specific domain using the global option \option{domain\_certfile}. \titem{tls} \ind{options!tls}\ind{TLS}This option specifies that traffic on - the port will be encrypted using SSL immediately after connecting. You - should also set the \option{certfile} option. + the port will be encrypted using SSL immediately after connecting. + This was the traditional encryption method in the early Jabber software, + commonly on port 5223 for client-to-server communications. + But this method is nowadays deprecated and not recommended. + The preferable encryption method is STARTTLS on port 5222, as defined + \footahref{http://www.xmpp.org/specs/rfc3920.html\#tls}{RFC 3920: XMPP Core}, + which can be enabled in \ejabberd{} with the option \term{starttls}. + If this option is set, you should also set the \option{certfile} option. \titem{web\_admin} \ind{options!web\_admin}\ind{web admin}This option enables the Web Admin for \ejabberd{} administration which is available at \verb|http://server:port/admin/|. Login and password are the username and @@ -907,7 +913,7 @@ This is a detailed description of each option allowed by the listening modules: option specifies that Zlib stream compression (as defined in \xepref{0138}) is available on connections to the port. Client connections cannot use stream compression and stream encryption simultaneously. Hence, if you - specify both \option{tls} (or \option{ssl}) and \option{zlib}, the latter + specify both \option{starttls} (or \option{tls}) and \option{zlib}, the latter option will not affect connections (there will be no stream compression). \end{description} |