On February 26, 2014 6:55:50 PM EST, Nicholas Merrill <[email protected]> wrote: > > >The Calyx Institute has been doing some work promoting adding Tor >hidden >service protocol to XMPP servers, to improve security, privacy and >anonymity. > >Along those lines, I wanted to send a quick update: > >1) There is now a list of XMPP servers that are reachable via Tor >hidden >services at this URL: >https://xmpp.net/reports.php#onions > >2) Also, XMPP.net's server scanner now works with servers that are >reachable via .onion addresses >Here is an example: >https://xmpp.net/result.php?domain=jabber.calyxinstitute.org&type=client > >Unfortunately it's still not that easy for average Internet users to >connect to services ( other than websites ) over Tor, but we will be >releasing some how-to documentation shortly. I'll report back when >that's ready for peer review.
ChatSecure on Android (and soon iOS) automatically uses onion addresses if the user selects "Use Tor" in the account setup, so this work is greatly appreciated. Anyway that XMPP.net could publish a JSON version of their listings that we could automatically import? -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at [email protected].
