[Serusers] SER and MSN Configuration Help

Klaus Darilion klaus.mailinglists at pernau.at
Sun Mar 28 01:33:43 CET 2004


Of course I will post it if I will find it out - I have spent some time 
already but couldn't find such setting.

btw: does somebody knows who to configure Messenger to remember the 
password, to login automatically (if this is possible)?

regards,
klaus

Atle Samuelsen wrote:

>  
> * Klaus Darilion <klaus.mailinglists at pernau.at> [040327 00:17]:
> 
>>The delay is a desing "feature" of Messenger - there is no way you can 
>>change this - maybe there is a registry setting for this- but how to 
>>find that out?
> 
>  
>  .. I'v looked in the registry, could'nt find anything regarding the
>  refresh rate.. So if You find something post it!
> 
> 
>  - Atle
> 
> 
> 
>>klaus
>>
>>Chris Bookholt wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Thanks!  Your advice to enforce authentication was very helpful!  Now MSN 
>>>prompts for a password.  
>>>However, I'm still having issues with one buddy not seeing the other as 
>>>online.  Hmm...  As I wrote that last sentence the missing buddy just 
>>>became visible.  However, it took on the order of 5+ minutes to appear.  
>>>That's not going to be within acceptable limits.  
>>>The delay confuses me because once the buddies can see each other in their 
>>>buddy lists, status updates (away, busy, brb, etc.) happen almost 
>>>instantaneously.  What's causing this delay for sign on?  
>>>Again, thanks in advance!
>>>-Chris B.
>>>
>>>
>>>Daniel-Constantin Mierla wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hello,
>>>>
>>>>On 03/25/04 23:58, Chris Bookholt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Greetings,
>>>>>
>>>>>I'm a new SER user trying to set up a very basic SER configuration
>>>>>with a proxy server and two SIP clients.  I'm running SER on RedHat
>>>>>Linux 7.3 and a pair of MSN 4.6 clients. 
>>>>>I have set up SER with MySQL and digest authentication support (see of
>>>>>of message for ser.cfg) and added a handful of normal users to the ser
>>>>>MySQL db using serctl. 
>>>>>The two clients can sign on and communicate with each other.  However,
>>>>>the weirdness started after I added each client to the other's buddy
>>>>>list.  Even though both users are online and could IM each other, only
>>>>>one of the users were shown as online on the other user's buddy list. 
>>>>>The factor that determines which client is visible in a buddy list
>>>>>seems to be the order in which the users sign on.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>you might need some time until both MSNs refresh the status of buddy
>>>>list. If doesn't work, then watch the network traffic between then and
>>>>see what happens with the SIP requests between them (you can use
>>>>ethereal or ngrep).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Another issues is that a non-existent user can login.  That is, a user
>>>>>that does not have any entry in the ser MySQL database can still login
>>>>>and communicate with other users online.  How do you enforce
>>>>>authentication?   
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>You have to call www_authorize() for each REGISTER request. Better
>>>>change if (uri=~"team3") to if (uri == myself) and put alias="team3" in
>>>>the global configuration parameters.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I'd also be happy to learn of any alternatives to MSN that run on
>>>>>either Windows of GNU/Linux.   
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Linux: KPhone (audio and instant messaging/presence)
>>>>Windows: Xten (audio)
>>>>
>>>>.Daniel
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Any help you can provide would be appreciated.  Thanks in advance.
>>>>>
>>>>>Best Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>>Chris B.
>>>>>
>>>>>P.S. - I did search the serusers archive using Google and it seemed
>>>>>that a similar question had been brought up in the past, but I found
>>>>>no answer.  My apologies if I was too hasty in my search of the
>>>>>archives. 
>>>>>--- ser.cfg ---
>>>>>
>>>>>#
>>>>># $Id: ser.cfg,v 1.21.4.1 2003/11/10 15:35:15 andrei Exp $
>>>>>#
>>>>># simple quick-start config script
>>>>>#
>>>>>
>>>>># ----------- global configuration parameters ------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>>#debug=3         # debug level (cmd line: -dddddddddd)
>>>>>#fork=yes
>>>>>#log_stderror=no    # (cmd line: -E)
>>>>>
>>>>>/* Uncomment these lines to enter debugging mode debug=7
>>>>>fork=no
>>>>>log_stderror=yes
>>>>>*/
>>>>>
>>>>>check_via=no    # (cmd. line: -v)
>>>>>dns=no           # (cmd. line: -r)
>>>>>rev_dns=no      # (cmd. line: -R)
>>>>>#port=5060
>>>>>#children=4
>>>>>fifo="/tmp/ser_fifo"
>>>>>
>>>>># ------------------ module loading ----------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>># Uncomment this if you want to use SQL database
>>>>>loadmodule "/usr/lib/ser/modules/mysql.so"
>>>>>
>>>>>loadmodule "/usr/lib/ser/modules/sl.so"
>>>>>loadmodule "/usr/lib/ser/modules/tm.so"
>>>>>loadmodule "/usr/lib/ser/modules/rr.so"
>>>>>loadmodule "/usr/lib/ser/modules/maxfwd.so"
>>>>>loadmodule "/usr/lib/ser/modules/usrloc.so"
>>>>>loadmodule "/usr/lib/ser/modules/registrar.so"
>>>>>
>>>>># Uncomment this if you want digest authentication
>>>>># mysql.so must be loaded !
>>>>>loadmodule "/usr/lib/ser/modules/auth.so"
>>>>>loadmodule "/usr/lib/ser/modules/auth_db.so"
>>>>>
>>>>># ----------------- setting module-specific parameters ---------------
>>>>>
>>>>># -- usrloc params --
>>>>>
>>>>>#modparam("usrloc", "db_mode",   0)
>>>>>
>>>>># Uncomment this if you want to use SQL database # for persistent
>>>>>storage and comment the previous line
>>>>>modparam("usrloc", "db_mode", 2)
>>>>>
>>>>># -- auth params --
>>>>># Uncomment if you are using auth module
>>>>>#
>>>>>modparam("auth_db", "calculate_ha1", yes)
>>>>>#
>>>>># If you set "calculate_ha1" parameter to yes (which true in this
>>>>>config), # uncomment also the following parameter)
>>>>>#
>>>>>modparam("auth_db", "password_column", "password")
>>>>>
>>>>># -- rr params --
>>>>># add value to ;lr param to make some broken UAs happy
>>>>>modparam("rr", "enable_full_lr", 1)
>>>>>
>>>>># -------------------------  request routing logic -------------------
>>>>>
>>>>># main routing logic
>>>>>
>>>>>route{
>>>>>
>>>>>  # initial sanity checks -- messages with
>>>>>  # max_forwards==0, or excessively long requests
>>>>>  if (!mf_process_maxfwd_header("10")) {
>>>>>      sl_send_reply("483","Too Many Hops");
>>>>>      break;
>>>>>  };
>>>>>  if ( msg:len > max_len ) {
>>>>>      sl_send_reply("513", "Message too big");
>>>>>      break;
>>>>>  };
>>>>>
>>>>>  # we record-route all messages -- to make sure that
>>>>>  # subsequent messages will go through our proxy; that's
>>>>>  # particularly good if upstream and downstream entities
>>>>>  # use different transport protocol
>>>>>  record_route();   
>>>>>  # loose-route processing
>>>>>  if (loose_route()) {
>>>>>      t_relay();
>>>>>      break;
>>>>>  };
>>>>>
>>>>>  # if the request is for other domain use UsrLoc
>>>>>  # (in case, it does not work, use the following command
>>>>>  # with proper names and addresses in it)
>>>>>  if (uri=~"team3") {
>>>>>
>>>>>      if (method=="REGISTER") {
>>>>>
>>>>># Uncomment this if you want to use digest authentication
>>>>>          if (!www_authorize("team3", "subscriber")) {
>>>>>              www_challenge("team3", "0");
>>>>>              break;
>>>>>          };
>>>>>
>>>>>          save("location");
>>>>>          break;
>>>>>      };
>>>>>
>>>>>      # native SIP destinations are handled using our USRLOC DB
>>>>>      if (!lookup("location")) {
>>>>>          sl_send_reply("404", "Not Found");
>>>>>          break;
>>>>>      };
>>>>>  };
>>>>>  # forward to current uri now; use stateful forwarding; that
>>>>>  # works reliably even if we forward from TCP to UDP
>>>>>  if (!t_relay()) {
>>>>>      sl_reply_error();
>>>>>  };
>>>>>
>>>>>}
>>>>>
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