TechNote

Replacement file for XMPP Gateway (ColdFusion 8 & ColdFusion MX 7.0.x )

Issue

Several ColdFusion 8 and ColdFusion MX 7 XMPP (Instant Messaging) Gateway problems can be corrected by updating the XMPP Gateway component.

Reason

This TechNote provides a replacement file to update the XMPP Gateway component of ColdFusion 8 and ColdFusion MX 7 as follows:

Adds compatibility with Ignite Openfire XMPP server
Fix for missing realm in SASL/Digest-MD5 challenge response
XMPP/Jabber 1.0 specification compliance
Increased connection timeout from 5 to 15 seconds (helps reduce connection failures for very busy XMPP servers)
Includes SASL/Plain support for servers requesting SASL/PLAIN such as Google Talk
Added SASL/Digest-MD5 support

Solution

In the instructions below, [cf_root] is the ColdFusioninstallation directory. Example installation directories are:

C:\CFusionMX7 or C:\ColdFusion8
/opt/coldfusionmx7 or /opt/coldfusion8
C:\JRun4\servers\cfusion\cfusion-ear\cfusion-war\WEB-INF\cfusion
/opt/jrun4/servers/cfusion/cfusion-ear/cfusion-war/WEB-INF/cfusion

Install the updated smack.jar:

Stop ColdFusion.
Back up the following file before installing the replacement file:

[cf_root]/lib/smack.jar
Download smack.jar(173KB).
(Confirm the extension is .jar after downloading. Web browsers may rename the file as smack.zip.)
Replace the existing [cf_root]/lib/smack.jar with the new file.
Restart ColdFusion.

Note: For the J2EE edition of ColdFusion 8 or ColdFusion MX 7 on WebSphere or WebLogic servers, you must perform these steps before deploying the cfusion.ear or the cfusion.war file to the application server.