On 2013-07-12 20:56, Steffen Larsen wrote:
Hi,
I just stumbled upon https://heml.is, which is a new XMPP client for IOS and
Android. Anyone knows these guys?
It uses XMPP and PGP for encryption, but do any of you guys know if they
federate?.. What I can see from skimming their page, its yet another silo, due
to the fact of PGP and their own infrastructure.
So federation and using your own domain does not seem feasible, right? Anyone
want to discuss this and the alternatives besides OTR? Security labels?
When I see something like this I get exited to start with because I actually
want something like this on the client/server part, but then later on gets down
to earth when it seems out of the standards. Or is it just me?
I think the most interesting aspect of projects like this is the
addition of some form of end-to-end encryption. If you want to be
involved in an effort like this, I strongly recommend you get on the
IETF XMPP WG mailing list and discuss Matt Miller's draft [1].
This is basically the result of several attempts to standardize e2s
encryption for XMPP. It needs more eyes, implementations and feedback.
[1] <http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-miller-xmpp-e2e-06>
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ralphm
