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authormathieui <mathieui@mathieui.net>2014-02-17 19:59:26 +0100
committermathieui <mathieui@mathieui.net>2014-02-17 19:59:26 +0100
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Add some note about gmail being crap (again)
-rw-r--r--doc/source/misc/ssl.rst5
-rw-r--r--doc/source/misc/troubleshooting.rst2
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/source/misc/ssl.rst b/doc/source/misc/ssl.rst
index 0f7ecd52..3c2a591a 100644
--- a/doc/source/misc/ssl.rst
+++ b/doc/source/misc/ssl.rst
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ case, you should notify the administrator that his XMPP server configuration
is probably not great), or if you want to be even more restrictive (only allowing
256 bits of security *and* forward secrecy, for example).
+For example, gmail.com (and subsequent XMPP services) only support RC4-MD5 and RC4-SHA,
+so you will want to set the option to ``RC4`` (or the default with ``:RC4`` appended,
+just in case they upgrade their service, though that is very unlikely). Please consider
+moving to a better XMPP service provider.
+
Certificate validation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/doc/source/misc/troubleshooting.rst b/doc/source/misc/troubleshooting.rst
index ae2494d2..f3684dce 100644
--- a/doc/source/misc/troubleshooting.rst
+++ b/doc/source/misc/troubleshooting.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ I cannot connect.
1. Check that you are still connected to the internet.
2. Double-check your credentials.
-3. Check the :ref:`security settings <security settings>`, maybe your server does not support encryption, or only with weak parameters.
+3. Check the :ref:`security settings <security settings>`, maybe your server does not support encryption, or only with weak parameters (like gmail).
4. Maybe your DNS are wrong, try setting the :term:`custom_host` option with the server IP.
5. Overzealous firewall?
6. Running poezio with -d file.txt (debug mode) might reveal your issues.