Re: [Operators] upgrade xmpp.net

2014-08-23 Thread Moonchild
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2014-08-22 23:33, Skhaen wrote: Ohai everybody! We need an upgrade for xmpp.net: if a server is running with SSLv3 or without PFS, the score *must* be downgraded to B. I also wanted to chime in and say that you shouldn't be punishing

[Operators] Prosody vs. spammers - security measures?

2014-02-03 Thread Moonchild
Hey folks, I've been running prosody for a little while now, and although I'm happy with the c2s/s2s security of the connections it makes, I'm running into a different security issue which is potentially a much larger problem. The problem is: spammers and otherwise abusive users. There is no

Re: [Operators] Prosody vs. spammers - security measures?

2014-02-03 Thread Moonchild
On 03/02/2014 14:54, Simon Tennant wrote: If would help if you could describe the abusive behavior you are seeing. I was sure fellow operators would be familiar with the normal range of abuse an XMPP server sees, but maybe a few examples are in order: * Automated registrations by bots (in-band

[Operators] palemoon.net transitioned from Openfire to Prosody

2014-01-06 Thread Moonchild
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi folks, Despite the lack of configurability comfort, I've transitioned from Openfire to Prosody to fix outbound S2S and cipher limitations. I still hate manual editing of config files with a passion, but I think user's security and proper

Re: [Operators] Chatme.im to prosody

2014-01-05 Thread Moonchild
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/01/2014 20:39, Leho Kraav wrote: I'm also considering OpenFire - something move, because for one crucial feature OpenFire doesn't support being logged in with multiple resources. http://issues.igniterealtime.org/browse/OF-103 seems

Re: [Operators] Chatme.im to prosody

2014-01-05 Thread Moonchild
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/01/2014 21:15, Leho Kraav wrote: Maybe it's a stale bug status, but logging in with multiple resources on a single account most *definitely* works on OpenFire - I use it all the time on my 3.8.2 install, no issues. It even nicely lists the

[Operators] Future of the XMPP network vs. individual operators

2013-12-03 Thread Moonchild
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sorry if I'm sidestepping here but in the end, reading all the recent discussions about bandwidth, parsers, Google not cooperating with encryption of traffic, etc., I'll have to let go here. Until things are sorted at the political/XMPP-net

Re: [Operators] Future of XMPP Re: The Google issue

2013-11-28 Thread Moonchild
On 28/11/2013 13:44, Solomon Peachy wrote: The second is that every XMPP service operator is required to pay for a third-party for a TLS certificate. This isn't a large cost in absolute terms, but does raise the bar for entry, and represents an ongoing cost. (Anectdotally, most smaller

Re: [Operators] The Google issue

2013-11-25 Thread Moonchild
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2013-11-22 7:31 AM, Solomon Peachy wrote: But I can't sign the manifesto, because I strongly believe committing to a hard cut-off date for non-encrypted S2S traffic is counterproductive. I agree that a hard cut-off date needs to be carefully

Re: [Operators] IM Observatory @ xmpp.net

2013-11-01 Thread Moonchild
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Folks, Although there's some merit to Aryo's suggestions, there's a problem with it: Most people should primarily be looking for an XMPP server that is in their region of the world, not necessarily one that scores highest. Sorting by

Re: [Operators] R: Re: IM Observatory @ xmpp.net

2013-11-01 Thread Moonchild
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Marco, On 01/11/2013 14:02, Marco Cirillo wrote: Security is not favoritism, you can suitably support 112/128 bits ciphers I wasn't debating that. I was saying that using one single criterion (in this case the security score) to push servers to

[Operators] Listing update

2013-09-09 Thread Moonchild
://palemoon.net) for it, instead of just the related forum post. Might want to update my listing request with that data. TIA, Moonchild/Mark. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (MingW32) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJSLX9hAAoJEKxqDlWrbd266YIH/jfF78lpfv3ZaVzeGuDYaY36