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Fedora EPEL Update Notification
FEDORA-EPEL-2013-10841
2013-07-13 18:57:29
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Name : pidgin-sipe
Product : Fedora EPEL 5
Version : 1.16.1
Release : 1.el5
URL :
http://sipe.sourceforge.net/
Summary : Pidgin protocol plugin to connect to MS Office Communicator
Description :
A third-party plugin for the Pidgin multi-protocol instant messenger.
It implements the extended version of SIP/SIMPLE used by various products:
* Microsoft Office 365
* Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS)
* Microsoft Lync Server
* Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS 2007/2007 R2)
* Microsoft Live Communications Server (LCS 2003/2005)
* Reuters Messaging
With this plugin you should be able to replace your Microsoft Office
Communicator client with Pidgin.
This package provides the icon set for Pidgin.
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Update Information:
Fast-forward to latest upstream release:
* a lot of things have changed since 1.11.2
* **PLEASE MAKE SURE TO CHECK YOUR ACCOUNT SETTINGS AFTER UPDATING**
* **NOTE:** if SSO has been selected then Login & Password will be **ignored**!
* new HTTP stack: reduced network traffic, no more crashes
* added support for Kerberos & Negotiate authentication in HTTP connections
* added support for DNS A record search in server auto-discovery
* added setting to suppress calendar information publishing
* unified Single Sign-On (SSO) handling in all places
* added support for Web Ticket authentication using ADFS
* added support for buddy photos
* added support for call to Audio Test Service
* reduced network traffic for acquiring Web Tickets
* support for Lync & Office365
* added [MS-SIPAE] TLS-DSK authentication scheme
* added [MS-DLX] based Get Info/Contact Search
* added experimental media TCP transport
* added support for OCS2007R2 Group Chat
* plus a lot of minor new features
* plus a lot of bugfixes
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update programs. Use
su -c 'yum update pidgin-sipe' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.
All packages are signed with the Fedora EPEL GPG key. More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/keys
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