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| -rw-r--r-- | extensions/Channel_Type_File_Transfer.xml | 18 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/extensions/Channel_Type_File_Transfer.xml b/extensions/Channel_Type_File_Transfer.xml index deb88f5de..a2432f4be 100644 --- a/extensions/Channel_Type_File_Transfer.xml +++ b/extensions/Channel_Type_File_Transfer.xml @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.</ tp:causes-havoc="experimental"> <tp:requires interface="org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel"/> <tp:docstring xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> - <p>A channel type for files offered for transferring. The + <p>A channel type for transferring files. The transmission of data between contacts is achieved by reading from or writing to a socket. The type of the socket (local Unix, IPv4, etc.) is decided on when the file transfer is offered or accepted.</p> @@ -35,14 +35,9 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.</ passes a stream from which the connection manager reads, requiring no further connection to the share. It also allows connection managers to be more restricted in their access to the system, allowing tighter - security policies with eg SElinux, or more flexible deployments which + security policies with eg SELinux, or more flexible deployments which cross user or system boundaries.</p> - <p>If the connection manager relies on a library using file path only for - file transfers, it can use the Socket_Address_Type_Local_Path - <tp:type>Socket_Address_Type</tp:type>. In that case the file will be - read and written directly by the CM.</p> - <p>The Telepathy client should connect to the socket or address that the connection manager has set up and provided back to the clients through the two methods.</p> @@ -204,16 +199,17 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.</ that the connection manager supports for sockets with that address type. For simplicity, if a CM supports offering a particular type of file transfer, it is assumed to support accepting - it.</p> + it. Connection Managers MUST support at least Socket_Address_Type_IPv4.</p> - <p>A typical value for a host that supports only Unix sockets:</p> + <p>A typical value for a host without IPv6 support:</p> <pre> { + Socket_Address_Type_IPv4: + [Socket_Access_Control_Localhost, Socket_Access_Control_Port, + Socket_Access_Control_Netmask], Socket_Address_Type_Unix: [Socket_Access_Control_Localhost, Socket_Access_Control_Credentials] - Socket_Address_Type_Abstract_Unix: - [Socket_Access_Control_Localhost, Socket_Access_Control_Credentials] } </pre> </tp:docstring> |