[gnutls-devel] gnutls-cli vs service name

[Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos]

On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 6:41 PM, James Cloos <cloos at jhcloos.com> wrote:
> I tried to use gnutls-cli to test out my xmpp server, but was unable to
> do so because the --starttls-proto=xmpp support uses the server name in
> the jabber:client bit of xml rather than a service name.
>
> And the server vs service issue is more generic.  All of the SRV protos
> of course require supplying both service and server, but even https can
> need both, such as when testing a new server before switching the A RRs.
>
> How do you feel about a --service-name option?  Or maybe just --service?

Would that be useful on any other option than xmpp? If it is only
related with xmpp, would the option of using
--starttls-proto=xmpp:service work?

regards,
Nikos