-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Almost 15 years have passed since my friend Jeremie Miller released the initial version of the jabberd IM server, launching the Jabber open-source community and the technology we know today as XMPP. Yet, all that time, hop-by-hop encryption using SSL/TLS has been optional on the XMPP network. A number of server operators and software developers in the XMPP community have decided that needs to change for the better. Based on discussions at the XMPP Summit last week in Portland, Oregon, I have drafted a plan for upgrading the XMPP network to always-on, mandatory, ubiquitous encryption. You can find it here:
https://github.com/stpeter/manifesto In short: we owe it to those who use XMPP technologies to improve the security of the network (and thanks to Thijs Alkemade, we now have better ways to test such security, using the newly-launched "IM Observatory" at xmpp.net). Although we know that channel encryption is not the complete answer, it's the right thing to do because it will help to protect people's communications from prying eyes. If you or your organization develop XMPP-compatible software or run a service that's connected to the XMPP network, I encourage you to sign the statement by following the instructions in the README at the URL shown above. Thanks! Peter -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJSbdicAAoJEOoGpJErxa2pQ8sQAKRuGHCXsNou3DJWgRPHpj1J 4j1s4VQPx/lC775IrOajGVPkLz0WXo/5cIQGGPWJLbgUclk3B4rATXClzSjLbk5N WxuOu39molPMrcKNrYem3uiJl8EFyMGlY/Z+dhQ22D8Kv7wlcopERkv2aTn5F1iT WSufb1G3BIALHfKdqHFtyXC5I3yYi0B7F6FZOji6QJ7zjqsPYTRThpZYl8TFpW0y ua0sswqHoldUtK1oCS1IeJzHiEqMQuU4Wc2R1QMjXeJdirnFwfCytoDQ7358dZe8 BG4eBLeU2ysqo8P/iSP/fkmLgCViqYc0ATlDcInpmc5luwQ0SlNqCsxRZKLwZkOK TuKy9GX1VQ/5YHS+UPpmw32kV+HS30dfaVAbte0FdClWnTu3MrvEU92C8RZX0nEj cIvm6NrBa+TbNjG8zgega26Kf+Ypghx9Ql3KiOVBJ4VOmY6stAyQiHve0TX0zX8T 2IBZBQtnFxk9JJaQaVC6PZv4X/uKWcxmb9u6eaB1gnapfrUE+gCoQ/6vdhGLMYwC q7In4C3zgO9zDqqWskCAZbyStIegUViAubGF/WsJbMjSuM6xR5L5f+g4MdQYtl3K yRqvqEjqgLHbuf4F7IqEZoCyyvPM5gFprPvMQvtV4BM5DLVJVa/+K01IiZ1667kW iWwU5eVlFoFopiSS3j5a =nfbh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ JDev mailing list Info: http://mail.jabber.org/mailman/listinfo/jdev Unsubscribe: [email protected] _______________________________________________
