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Intrepid: Pidgin can't connect to MSN - lack of TLS

Asked by StoatWblr

Pidgin 1:2.5.0-0ubuntu2 cannot connect to MSN. Previous versions have had the same problem for about a month. Other packages have the same issue.

Connections can be made using HTTP method, but this is _unreliable_ due to bad responses from the HTTP servers.

Reason: MSN now _requires_ TLS.

Pidgin has been compiled without TLS:

  Arguments to ./configure: '--build=i486-linux-gnu' '--prefix=/usr' '--includedir=${prefix}/include' '--mandir=${prefix}/share/man' '--infodir=${prefix}/share/info' '--sysconfdir=/etc' '--localstatedir=/var' '--libexecdir=${prefix}/lib/pidgin' '--disable-maintainer-mode' '--disable-dependency-tracking' '--enable-gevolution' '--enable-cap' '--with-system-ssl-certs=/etc/ssl/certs' '--enable-perl' '--with-zephyr=/usr' '--enable-dbus' '--enable-gnutls=no' '--enable-nss=yes' '--enable-cyrus-sasl' 'build_alias=i486-linux-gnu' 'CC=cc' 'CFLAGS=-fstack-protector' 'LDFLAGS=-Wl,--as-needed' 'CPPFLAGS=' 'CXX=g++' 'CXXFLAGS=-g -O2 -g -Wall -O2' 'FFLAGS=-g -O2'

The fix is to recompile with --enable-gnutls=yes and reissue the package.

Can this be done asap?

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#1

Please report a bug about this issue from here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/+filebug

Thank you

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JazzyPenguin (jazzy-clarinet) said : 		#2

I have never been able to get pidgin to reliably connect to MSN, either under Hardy or Intrepid. I have however managed to find a way that allows allows MSN to connect. It is really a practical solution but may point those that know in the right direction. In Intrepid I have been trying to set up a stable VPN connection to my works router (using the PPTP protocol). The default connection settings allow a VPN connection to be made but it is unstable, and loading pidgin reliably casues the VPN connection to fail. If I change the default MTU for the ppp0 connection from 1496 to 1400. This stabilises the VPN connection (i.e. loading pidgin does not cause the VPN to fail). In addition, MSN connects with no problem at all. If I can be of any help to anyone in solving the generalised MSN connectivity issue do please get it touch.

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