date: 2009-09-03T00:00:00.000Z
summary: XMPP may not enforce TLS
discoveredBy: bugdave in ticket
#8131 and Paul Aurich
The XMPP protocol plugin can be tricked into establishing an insecure connection
by a malicious man in the middle by causing libpurple to use the older IQ-based
login and then not offering TLS/SSL. The "require TLS/SSL" option was introduced
Respect the "require TLS/SSL" preference for this type of connection.