Protocols/MSNP/MSNC/Transports
| MSNP Protocol |
| MSNC |
| Overview • MSNObject |
| Client Capabilities |
| P2P protocol |
| Transports • MSNSLP |
| Headers |
| P2Pv1 Binary headers |
| P2Pv2 Binary headers |
| Transfers |
| Display Pictures |
| Custom Emoticons |
| File Transfer |
| Overview |
| Introduction • Terms • Clients |
| Reference |
| Error List • Commands • Relying Party Suite • Spotlife |
| Services |
| XMPP • HTTP Gateway • Tabs • Activities |
| Documentation |
| Development Tools • MSNP Grid |
| Polygamy • URLs used by MSN |
| Documents |
| Protocol Versions |
| Version 21 |
| Version 18 |
| Version 16 |
| Version 15 |
| Version 14 |
| Version 13 |
| Version 12 |
| Version 11 |
| Version 9 |
| Version 8 |
| Version 2 |
| MSNC |
| Introduction • P2P • Object Descriptor • Display Pictures • File Transfer |
| Scenarios |
| Microsoft Messenger for Mac |
| MSNP on WebTV (MSNTV) |
Transports
The P2P protocol is designed to work independently of the "transport" - the way a message is sent. There are three known transports: switchboard, direct connection and TURN
Switchboard
Initially, P2P messages are sent over the same switchboard used by conversations, inside MSG messages with the following:
- Acknowledge type set to D
- Header Content-Type: application/x-msnmsgrp2p
- HeaderP2P-Dest set to the p2p message recipient passport address.
A sample P2P message with the message header can look like this:
MSG 1 D 143 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: application/x-msnmsgrp2p P2P-Dest: buddy1@hotmail.com
[52 bytes binary data]
Implementation details:
- You should be able to request another switchboard if the switchboard is closed and there is a p2p conversation alive before sending a message, and continue the conversation.
- Never hardcode the MSG headers in the p2p code, it's a big design mistake and you won't be able to switch transports.
This transport allows up to 1202 bytes per chunk (with a payload size near 1343 bytes)
Direct connection
After a negotiation, based on INVITE MSNSLP messages, a direct connection may be established.
That negotiation is described in File transfer
This transport allows up to 1352 bytes per chunk.
TURN
The Traversal Using Relay NAT (TURN) transport was added in MSNP15.