Erlang Solutions: Enhancing the Efficiency of Erlang and Elixir System Management: WombatOAM Now Accessible on AWS Marketplace
WombatOAM, a well-established tool for operations and maintenance in both proprietary and open-source Erlang and Elixir systems, is here to simplify your monitoring and management tasks, allowing you to concentrate on your business logic while benefiting from decades of operational expertise in Erlang-based systems. It’s now access … ⌘ Read more
Georg Lukas: Converse.js webchat for prosody-hosted chatrooms
The goal of this post is to make an easily accessible (anonymous)
webchat for any chatrooms hosted on a prosody XMPP
server, using the web client converse.js.
There are two use cases:
Have an easily accessible default support room for users having trouble with
the server or their accounts.Have a working “Join using browser” button on
[search.jabber.network … ⌘ Read more
JMP: Newsletter: JMP Data Plan
Hi everyone!
Welcome to the latest edition of your pseudo-monthly JMP update!
In case it’s been a while since you checked out JMP, here’s a refresher: JMP lets you send and receive text and picture messages (and calls) through a real phone number right from your computer, tablet, phone, or anything else that has a Jabber client. Among other things, JMP has these features: Your phone number on every device; Multiple phone numbers, one app; Free as in Freedom; Share one … ⌘ Read more
ProcessOne: WebPush support on your fluux.io instance
We’re excited to announce the latest enhancement to Fluux.io services – the integration of WebPush support. This significant update extends our services beyond
FCM/APNs, enabling push notifications for XMPP across various platforms. Now, our push notification capabilities are not li … ⌘ Read more
The XMPP Standards Foundation: XMPP Summit 26
The XMPP Standards Foundation (XSF) will hold its 26th XMPP Summit in Brussels, Belgium this year again!
These are the two days preceding FOSDEM 2024.
The XSF invites everyone interested in development of the XMPP protocol to attend, and discuss all things XMPP in person and remote!
The venue will take place at the Thon Hotel EU including coffee break (from 08:30 o’clock) and lunch (12:00 to 14:00 o’clock) paid b … ⌘ Read more
Ignite Realtime Blog: Happy Birthday, Jabber!
Today marks the 25th birthday of Jeremie Miller’s announcement of “a new project to create a complete open-source platform for Instant Messaging” on Slashdot.
How have things progressed since then!
By far most of the projects that we maintain here in the IgniteRealtime.org community make direct use of the XMPP protocol, which is the name used for t … ⌘ Read more
The XMPP Standards Foundation: XMPP at FOSDEM 2024
We’re very excited to be back at FOSDEM in person in 2024.
Once again, many members of the XSF and the XMPP community will be attending, and we hope to see you there!
As usual, we will host the Realtime Lounge, where you can come and meet community members, project developers, see demos and ask us questions.
We’ll be in our traditional location - find us on the K building 2nd floor, [beside the elevator](https://fosdem.o … ⌘ Read more
JMP: SMS Censorship
Since almost the very beginning of JMP there have been occasional SMS and MMS delivery failures with an error message like “Rejected for SPAM”. By itself this is not too surprising, since every communications system has a SPAM problem and every SPAM blocking technique has some false positives. Over the past few years, however, the incidence of this error has gone up and up. But whenever we investigate, we find no SPAM being sent, just regular humans having regular conversations. So what is happening here? Are … ⌘ Read more
JMP: SMS Censorship
Since almost the very beginning of JMP there have been occasional SMS and MMS delivery failures with an error message like “Rejected for SPAM”. By itself this is not too surprising, since every communications system has a SPAM problem and every SPAM blocking technique has some false positives. Over the past few years, however, the incidence of this error has gone up and up. But whenever we investigate, we find no SPAM being sent, just regular humans having regular conversations. So what is happening here? Are … ⌘ Read more
XMPP Providers: XMPP Providers Fully Automated
Automate all the ThingsDuring the past year, the team behind the XMPP Providers project worked on automating the process of gathering data about XMPP providers.
Automating this process reduces manual work significantly (for example, checking websites by hand, verifying information, listing sources, etc.) and helps to sustain the team’s efforts.
Automation also enables the project to be up to date – every day!
[ … ⌘ Read more
ProcessOne: Matrix protocol added to ejabberd
ejabberd is already the most versatile and scalable messaging server. In this post, we are giving a sneak peak at what is coming next.
ejabberd just get new ace in it sleeve – you can now use ejabberd to talk with other Matrix servers, a protocol sometimes used for small corporate server messaging.
Of course, you all know ejabberd supports the XMPP instant messaging protocol with hundreds of XMPP extensions, this is what it is famous for.
The second ma … ⌘ Read more
ProcessOne: Automatic schema update in ejabberd
ejabberd 23.10 has a new feature that is currently in beta testing:
Automatic relational schema creation and update.
Previously, if you were using ejabberd with an external relational database, you might have to manually apply some schema changes that come with new features when you upgrade to a new ejabberd release. ejabberd can now handle this schema upgrade automat … ⌘ Read more
ProcessOne: Happy New Year: Celebrating 21 Years of Innovation with ejabberd
Time flies, and it’s hard to believe that ejabberd, our beloved open-source project, celebrated its 21st anniversary last November 16th! It’s a milestone that we’ve proudly highlighted over the years – remember the 4th, [10th](https://www.process-one.net/blog/close … ⌘ Read more
Remko Tronçon: Uxn in WebAssembly
While watching a Strange Loop talk on concatenative\
programming,
I learned about Uxn,
a small virtual machine that runs games, editors, drawing programs, … Uxn has been ported to various platforms, including classic consoles such as the Nintendo DS … ⌘ Read more
Ignite Realtime Blog: Dan is voted in the XSF’s Council!
Our very own @danc was voted into the XMPP Standards Foundation Council not to long ago!
The XMPP Standards Foundation is an independent, nonprofit standards development organisation whose primary mission is to define open protocols for presence, instant messaging, and real-time communication and collaboration on top of the IETF’s Extensible Messagin … ⌘ Read more
ProcessOne: Instant Messaging: Protocols are “Commons”, Let’s Take Them Seriously
TLDR;
**Thirty years after the advent of the first instant messaging services, we still haven’t reached the stage where instant messaging platforms can freely communicate with each other, as is the case with email. In 1999, the Jabber/XMPP protocol was created and standardized for this purpose by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Since then, proprietary messaging services ha … ⌘ Read more
ProcessOne: Instant Messaging: Protocols are “Commons”, Let’s Take Them Seriously
TLDR;
**Thirty years after the advent of the first instant messaging services, we still haven’t reached the stage where instant messaging platforms can freely communicate with each other, as is the case with email. In 1999, the Jabber/XMPP protocol was created and standardized for this purpose by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Since then, proprietary messaging services ha … ⌘ Read more
ProcessOne: Instant Messaging: Protocols are “Commons”, Let’s Take Them Seriously
TLDR;
**Thirty years after the advent of the first instant messaging services, we still haven’t reached the stage where instant messaging platforms can freely communicate with each other, as is the case with email. In 1999, the Jabber/XMPP protocol was created and standardized for this purpose by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Since then, proprietary messaging services ha … ⌘ Read more
ProcessOne: Instant Messaging: Protocols are “Commons”, Let’s Take Them Seriously
TLDR;
**Thirty years after the advent of the first instant messaging services, we still haven’t reached the stage where instant messaging platforms can freely communicate with each other, as is the case with email. In 1999, the Jabber/XMPP protocol was created and standardized for this purpose by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Since then, proprietary messaging services ha … ⌘ Read more
Isode: Red/Black – 2.1 New Capabilities
OverviewThis release adds important new functionality and adds further device drivers to Red/Black, a management tool that allows you to monitor and control devices and servers across a network, with a particular focus on HF Radio Systems. A general summary is given in the white paper Red/Black Overview.
 through a real phone number right from your computer, tablet, phone, or anything else that has a Jabber client. Among other things, JMP has these features: Your phone number on every device; Multiple phone numbers, one app; Free as in Freedom; Share one num … ⌘ Read more
The XMPP Standards Foundation: The XMPP Newsletter November 2023
Welcome to the XMPP Newsletter, great to have you here again! This issue covers the month of November 2023 and will be the last publication for 2023.
Many thanks to all our readers and all contributors!
Like this newsletter, many projects and their efforts in the XMPP community are a result of people’s voluntary work. If you are happy with the services and software you may be using, please consider saying thanks or help these projects! Interes … ⌘ Read more
Ignite Realtime Blog: Smack 4.5.0-alpha2 released
We are happy to announce the release of the second alpha release of Smack’s upcoming 4.5 version.
This version fixes a nasty bug in Smack’s reactor, includes support for XMPP over WebSocket connections and much more. Even though Smack has a good test coverage, due its comprehensive unit test suite and integration test framework, we kindly ask you to test pre-releases and report feedback.
As always, [this Smack release is available via Maven C … ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: Reimplementing Technical Debt with State Machines
In the ever-evolving landscape of software development, mastering the art of managing complexity is a skill every developer and manager alike aspires to attain. One powerful tool that often remains in the shadows, yet holds the key to simplifying intricate systems, is the humble state machine. Let’s get started.
State machines can be seen as models that represent system behaviour. Much like a flowchart on steroids, these … ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: Advent of Code 2023
Hello! I’m Piotr from Erlang Solutions Poland and I have the pleasure of saving Christmas this year with the power of Erlang for you!
This is the second time we participate in the amazing event called the Advent of Code. Last year’s edition was solved by my colleague Aleksander and as far as I know – many of you enjoyed following his efforts. I hope you’ll like my tale of helping S … ⌘ Read more
Ignite Realtime Blog: More Openfire plugin maintenance releases!
Following the initial batch of Openfire plugin releases that we did last week, another few have been made available!
Version 1.0.1 of the Spam Blacklist plugin was released. This plugin uses an external blocklist to reject traffic from specif … ⌘ Read more
yaxim: Planned downtime + Happy 10th anniversary, yax.im!
Our Android XMPP client yaxim was created in 2009. A decade later,
we celebrated its round birthday.
To make the user
experience more straightforward, we launched the
yax.im public XMPP service
in November 2013, to become the default server in yaxim. Now, ten years later,
it’s time to recap and to upgrade the hosting infrastructure.
Ignite Realtime Blog: New Openfire plugin: Reporting Account Affiliations
I’m excited to announce a new Openfire plugin: the Reporting Account Affiliations Plugin!
This plugin implements a new prototype XMPP extension of the same name.
To quote the specification:
In practice, a server may not trust all accounts equally. For example, if a server offers anonymous access or open registration, it … ⌘ Read more
Ignite Realtime Blog: Smack 4.4.7 released
We are happy to announce the release of Smack 4.4.7. For a high-level overview of what’s changed in Smack 4.4.7, check out Smack’s changelog
As with the last release, 4.4,6, parts of the release where driven by feedback from the Jitsi folks.
Due to SMACK-927, we had to change the behavior of a certain kind of incoming stanzas listeners, namely the ones added with XMPPCo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://discourse.igniterealtime.org/t/smack-4-4-7-released/93357)
Ignite Realtime Blog: External Service Discovery plugin 1.0.2 released!
Version 1.0.2 of the External Service Discovery plugin has been released!
This Openfire plugin allows your users to use external STUN and TURN services, optionally making use of temporary credentials for those services. It often is a prerequisite for being able to set up audio or video calls with Openfire.
This version brings better compatibility with TURN services other than those implemented by CoTur … ⌘ Read more
ProcessOne: Automatic schema update in ejabberd
ejabberd 23.10 has a new feature that is currently in beta testing:
Automatic relational schema creation and update.
Previously, if you were using ejabberd with an external relational database, you might have to manually apply some schema changes that come with new features when you upgrade to a new ejabberd release. ejabberd can now handle this schema upgrade automat … ⌘ Read more
Ignite Realtime Blog: Openfire plugin maintenance release galore!
After I performed a release of an Openfire plugin yesterday, @akrherz apparently had a ‘hold-my-beer’ moment, and apparently went through all of our plugins source repositories, creating maintenance releases for pretty much every one of them that had outstanding changes.
Wow!
As I do not believe we’re doing anyone a favor with 16 individual blog posts, I have com … ⌘ Read more
Ignite Realtime Blog: REST API Openfire plugin 1.10.2 released!
Earlier today, we have have performed a maintenance release for the REST API plugin for Openfire. In this release, version 1.10.2, we have made a warning in documentation more visible. This is aimed at reducing confusion around installation with Openfire 4.7.5.
Also in this release a translation into Ukrainian, gracefully provided by community member Yurii Savchuk (svais) and his son Vladislav Savchuk (Bruhmozavr)!
Th … ⌘ Read more
Ignite Realtime Blog: Openfire 4.8.0 beta release!
It is exciting to be able to announce the immediate availability of the beta release of Openfire 4.8.0!
It has been 667 days ago since we released the 4.7.0. That was the last time that a release was made from the same source code branch. And, that shows: we have closed almost 180 issues against this release! I’ll reserve the details for a blogpost on the 4.8.0 (non-beta) release, but some of the highlights are:
- We’ve dropped support for Jav … ⌘ Read more
Sam Whited: Software is Political
IntroductionI recently attended the inaugural Free and Open Source Software Yearly ( FOSSY)
conference where I gave a talk in the XMPP track.
Though my talk was just a brief technical overview of the XMPP protocol, I also
gave some quick ending remarks about why I think it’s the correct choice to use
as a universal standardized chat protocol.
The closing remarks were written … ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: The Power of Green Coding: Erlang and Elixir Leading the Charge
In the era of the green revolution, industries across the board are gravitating towards sustainable solutions. The software realm is no exception, striving for efficient code that optimises resource utilisation. This not only conserves energy but also minimises the environmental impact of server farms and data centres. Leading the charge in this green coding initiative are Erlang and Elixir.
These two languages, both runn … ⌘ Read more
Gajim: Gajim 1.8.3
Just after the release of Gajim 1.8.2, we’re releasing Gajim 1.8.3 with improvements for the profile window, fail-safes for anonymous accounts, bug fixes for the account wizard, and several other fixes. Thank you for all your contributions!
Several issues with anonymous accounts should be resolved by improved account handling in general.
Gajim’s main window can now be closed by pressing the Esc key, if you enable closing windows via Esc in Gajim’s preferences.
What el … ⌘ Read more
The XMPP Standards Foundation: The XMPP Newsletter October 2023
Welcome to the XMPP Newsletter, great to have you here again! This issue covers the month of October 2023.
Many thanks to all our readers and all contributors!
Like this newsletter, many projects and their efforts in the XMPP community are a result of people’s voluntary work. If you are happy with the services and software you may be using, please consider saying thanks or help these projects! Interested in supporting the Newsletter team? Read m … ⌘ Read more
Isode: M-Link 19.4 Limited Release
M-Link 19.4 provides a very significant update and in particular provides the M-Link User Server product. It also provides M-Link MU Server, M-Link MU Gateway and M-Link Edge. It does not provide M-Link IRC Gateway, which remains M-Link 17.0 only.
M-Link 19.4 Limited Release is provided ahead of the full M-Link 19.4 release. M-Link 19.4 Limited Release is fully supported by Isode for production deployment. There is one significant difference with a standard Isod … ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: The Future Trends of Sustainability in Programming Software
As sustainable programming practices continue to become the norm across the software development industry, we take a look at the future sustainability trends all businesses should be aware of.Future sustainability changes are now impacting almost every sector worldwide, and both the wider tech sector and programming as a profession aren’t exempt from this trend. As everyone continues to … ⌘ Read more
Gajim: Gajim 1.8.2
Two months after the last release, Gajim 1.8.2 comes with better support for gateways, improved group chats, an easy way to change the font size, and many small fixes. Thank you for all your contributions!
Gateways can (if offered by your server) bridge your XMPP chat to other chat networks. This could be WhatsApp, Telegram, SMS or others, depending on the gateway service. This release improves support for data forms (service configuration), brings better avatars for gatewa … ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: The Power of Green Coding: Erlang and Elixir Leading the Charge
In the era of the green revolution, industries across the board are gravitating towards sustainable solutions. The software realm is no exception, striving for efficient code that optimizes resource utilisation. This not only conserves energy but also minimises the environmental impact of server farms and data centers. Leading the charge in this green coding initiative are Erlang and Elixir.
These two languages, both runn … ⌘ Read more
JMP: CertWatch
As you may have already seen, on October 21st, it was reported that a long-running, successful MITM (Machine-In-The-Middle) attack against jabber.ru had been detected. The nature of this attack was not specific to the XMPP protocol in any way, but it was of special interest to us as members of the XMPP community. This kind of attack relies on being able to present a TLS certificate which anyone trying to connect will accept as valid. In this case, it was done b … ⌘ Read more
Snikket: On the jabber.ru MITM attack
This post is about a recent security incident on a public XMPP service, which
provides jabber.ru and xmpp.ru. We have received a few questions from Snikket
users about whether they should be concerned about the security of their own
servers (Snikket also uses XMPP).
The good news is that Snikket was not affected by this incident - this was a
targeted attack against the jabber.ru/xmpp.ru service specifically. Later in
the post we’ll share more information about what we’ve done, and … ⌘ Read more
ProcessOne: ejabberd 23.10
A new ejabberd release, ejabberd 23.10, is now published with more than 150 commits since the previous 23.04. It includes many new features and improvements, and also many more bugfixes.
- Support for XEP-0402: PEP Native Bookmarks
- Support for XEP-0421: Occupant Id
- Many new options and features
A more detailed explanation of improvements and features:
Added support for XEP-0402: PEP Native Bookmarks[XEP-0402 … ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: Erlang Security Audit
Unlock the Power of Secure Erlang CodeCybersecurity is a non-negotiable aspect of business. The need for robust protection extends to all aspects of your operations, including the security of your Erlang-based code.
At Erlang Solutions, we recognise the vital importance of safeguarding your code from potential vulnerabilities and security threats. We are thrilled to introduce our latest offering – the … ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: MongooseIM Health-Check
Optimise Your Current Deployment with a MongooseIM Health CheckMongooseIM plays a key role in today’s evolving digital landscape. For businesses, it ensures seamless communication within your organisation or application. However, like any other system, it requires regular check-ups to maintain peak performance.
Enter the MongooseIM Health Check from our team at Erlang Solutions – your ticket to a more efficient messaging environment.
**What is a Mo … ⌘ Read moreSam Whited: Co-Op Ideas
This is a list of co-ops I’d like to start one day and where (if applicable).
DIY Bike Kitchen (Cobb County, GA)There is a DIY bike shop, Sopo Bike Co-op in Atlanta, but Cobb has
historically been very transit-averse and it’s hard to get into Atlanta by
bike if you need to get it worked on. Having something local to Cobb could
encourage biking and start to change attitudes to biking on the local city
councils and among the county commissioners.Traditional bik … ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: tryMongooseIM: MongooseIM is now easier than ever!
Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you wanted to check the capabilities of MongooseIM, but you were overwhelmed by the sheer amount of configuration of the service itself, or how to deploy it easily?
Imagine you are working on a project and one of the tasks is to evaluate XMPP servers.
You do some res … ⌘ Read more