Hi Steffen, please refer to this thread [1] to go on with further discussions. I am too looking for a standard and interoperable way of doing e2e encryption, but the current situation is still a bit confusing.
[1] http://mail.jabber.org/pipermail/standards/2013-July/027731.html On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 10:42 PM, Ralph Meijer <[email protected]> wrote: > 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> > > -- > ralphm -- Daniele
