From 6292f83fc82b25a4c95c7846f5f87d40fb824abb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mathieui Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 19:59:26 +0100 Subject: Add some note about gmail being crap (again) --- doc/source/misc/ssl.rst | 5 +++++ doc/source/misc/troubleshooting.rst | 2 +- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) 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 `, maybe your server does not support encryption, or only with weak parameters. +3. Check the :ref:`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. -- cgit v1.2.3