Protocols/MSNP/Terms
| MSNP Protocol |
| 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) |
The follow is a list of terms you may see through out these pages, or in the debugging output from the clients.
- DS
- Dispatch server - the initial server the client should connect to. Serves to dispatch users to notification servers.
- NS
- Notification server - handles authentication, notifications from other users, referrals.
- SB
- Switchboard server - like an old switchboard, servers for users to communicate using IMs.
- TWN
- Tweener authentication method, used since MSNP8+. Technically, "Passport SSI Version 1.4"
- RPS
- Relying Party Suite, used since MSNP15+ in most clients