The XMPP Standards Foundation: The XMPP Newsletter March 2024
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The 50th release of the XMPP Newsletter!This is the 50th release of the XMPP Newsletter since it started in February 2019.
We think it is worth to celebrate this achievement and say thanks to all the contributors as well as all our readers!
Back at the Summit in Brussels, JC Brand, Nicolas Vérité (Nyco) and Severino Ferrer (S0ul) prop … ⌘ Read more
Ignite Realtime Blog: Smack 4.4.8 released
We are happy to announce the release of Smack 4.4.8, our XMPP-client library for JVMs and Android. For a high-level overview of what’s changed in Smack 4.4.8, check out Smack’s changelog
Smack 4.4.8 contains mostly small fixes. However, we fixed one nasty bug in Smack’s reactor causing an, potentially endless, busy loop. Smack’s new connection infrastrucutre makes heavy use of the reactor, tha … ⌘ Read more
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XMPP Providers: XMPP Providers Server
Server SetupWe recently started to set up our own XMPP server to provide a support chat.
Our goal was to automate as much as possible to reduce the maintenance effort to a minimum.
While doing that, we also thought about how the experience is for XMPP newcomers to set up their own XMPP server.
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The XMPP Standards Foundation: The XMPP Newsletter February 2024
Welcome to the XMPP Newsletter, great to have you here again! This issue covers the month of February 2024. Many thanks to all our readers and all Newsletter 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 Newslette … ⌘ Read more
ProcessOne: Matrix gateway setup with ejabberd
As of version 24.02, ejabberd is shipped with a Matrix gateway and can participate in the Matrix\
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federation. This means that an XMPP client can exchange messages with Matrix users or rooms.
Let’s see how to configure your ejabberd to enable this gateway.
Configuration in ejabberd HTTPS listenerFirst, add an [HTTP h … ⌘ Read more
@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org Lack of comments are definitely a shortcoming of JSON. I don’t like TOML because it lets you have nested categories ([foo] [foo.bar] [foo.baz]) and it just feels confusing to me, even with indentation. Simple INI files are okay.
The Prosody XMPP server’s configuration file is just a Lua script because Prosody is written in Lua, and that’s excellent.
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
ProcessOne: ejabberd 23.04
This new ejabberd 23.04 release includes many improvements and bug fixes, as well as some new features.
- Many SQL database improvements
mod_mamsupport for XEP-0425: Message Moderation
- New
mod_muc_rtbl, Real-Time Block List for MUC rooms
- Binaries useErlang/OTP 25.3, and changes in containers
A more detailed explanatio … ⌘ Read more
Ignite Realtime Blog: XMPP Summit 26 & FOSDEM
On February 1st and 2nd, the 26th XMPP Summit will take place in Brussels. Immediately afterwards, the FOSDEM event will take place on the 3rd and 4th of February.
I’ll be attending both (although I won’t be present for the second day of FOSDEM). If you happen to be in Brussels, let me know! Maybe we can meet up!
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Ignite Realtime Blog: Non-SASL Authentication Openfire plugin 1.1.0 released!
We’ve just released version 1.1.0 of the Non-SASL Authentication plugin for Openfire! This release fixes a compatibility issue with Openfire 4.8.0.
The Non-SASL Authentication plugin provides an implementation for authentication with Jabber servers and services using the jabber:iq:auth namespace, as specified in XEP-0078: Non-SASL Authentication. … ⌘ Read more
Ignite Realtime Blog: Creating the XMPP Network Graph
At the risk of sounding like an unhinged fanboy: XMPP is pretty awesome!
I’ve been involved in one way or another with XMPP, the network protocol that is an open standard for messaging and presence, for the last two decades. Much of that revolves around development of Openfire, our XMPP-based real-time communications server.
TL;DR:
- I built a thing:[https://xmppnetwork.goodbytes.i … ⌘ Read more
Ignite Realtime Blog: Openfire 4.8.0 Released!
The Ignite Realtime community is happy to be able to announce the immediate availability of version 4.8.0 of Openfire, its cross-platform real-time collaboration server based on the XMPP protocol!
This is the first major release of Openfire in about two years, and that shows: 199 tickets have been closed against this release! As a fun fact: the oldest of these issues was raised in 2015, the youngest: three days ago. Some of the highlights in this relea … ⌘ Read more
ProcessOne: WebPush support on your fluux.io instance
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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
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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
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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
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!
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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
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;
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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
Erlang Solutions: MongooseIM 6.2: Easy to set up, use and manage
MongooseIM, which is our scalable, flexible and cost-efficient instant messaging server, is now easier to use than ever before. The latest release 6.2 introduces a completely new CETS in-memory storage backend, letting you easily deploy it with modern cloud infrastructure solutions such as Kubernetes. The XMPP extensions are also updated, which means that we support new features of the XMPP protocol.
The new version of MongooseIM is very easy to tr … ⌘ 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The XMPP Standards Foundation: The XMPP Newsletter September 2023
Welcome to the XMPP Newsletter, great to have you here again! This issue covers the month of September 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 more
The XMPP Standards Foundation: The XMPP Newsletter August 2023
Welcome to the XMPP Newsletter, great to have you here again! This issue covers the month of August 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 more … ⌘ Read more
The XMPP Standards Foundation: The XMPP Newsletter June & July 2023
Welcome to the XMPP Newsletter, great to have you here again! This issue covers the month of June & July 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 te … ⌘ Read more
The XMPP Standards Foundation: Elbe-Sprint Hamburg 2023: Post-Sprint Summary
Elbe-Sprint 2023: Post-Sprint SummaryIn June the Elbe-Sprint 2023 took place in Hamburg and it was a great first experience after all the pandemic in the past years for many participants.
In this blog post we want to summarize progress we’ve made during the sprint.
First of all, many thanks to the CCCHH and their members for offerin … ⌘ Read more
Ignite Realtime Blog: Jabber Browsing Openfire Plugin 1.0.1 released
The Ignite Realtime community is happy to announce a new release of the Jabber Browsing plugin for Openfire.
This is a plugin for the Openfire Real-time Communications server. It provides an implementation for service discovery using the jabber:iq:browse namespace, as specified in XEP-0011: Jabber Browsing. Note that this feature is considered obsolete! The plug … ⌘ Read more
Isode: Cobalt 1.4 – New Capabilities
Cobalt proides a web interface for provisioning users and roles in an LDAP directory. It enables the easy deployment of XMPP, Email and Military Messaging systems.
Listed below are the changes brought in with 1.4.
HSM SupportCobalt is Isode’s tool for managing PKCS#11 Hardware Security Modules (HSM) which may be used to provide improved server security by protecti … ⌘ Read more
hrxi: Windows support for Dino
Hello, I’m back!
It’s been four years since I participated in my first Google Summer of\
Code. I’m hrxi, a mathematics student from Germany. I got accepted
into this year’s Google Summer of Code program with the XMPP software\
foundation as the mentoring
organisation. I chose the extended\
timeline, so I am
going to work on [ … ⌘ Read more
The XMPP Standards Foundation: The XMPP Newsletter May 2023
Welcome to the XMPP Newsletter, great to have you here again! This issue covers the month of May 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 more [at the … ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: MongooseIM 6.1: Handle more traffic, consume less resources
MongooseIM is a highly customisable instant messaging backend, that can handle millions of messages per minute, exchanged between millions of users from thousands of dynamically configurable XMPP domains. With the new release 6.1.0 it becomes even more cost-efficient, flexible and robust thanks to the new arm64 [Docker containers](https://hub.docker. … ⌘ Read more
Kaidan: Kaidan 0.9: End-to-End Encryption & XMPP Providers
It’s finally there: Kaidan with end-to-end encryption via OMEMO 2, Automatic Trust Management and support of XMPP Providers!
Most of the work has been funded by NLnet via NGI Zero PET and NGI Assure with [public … ⌘ Read more
ProcessOne: ejabberd 22.10
This ejabberd 22.10 release includes six months of work, over 140 commits, including relevant improvements in MIX, MUC, SQL, and installers, and bug fixes as usual.
This version brings support for latest MIX protocol version, and significantly improves detection and recovery of SQL connection issues.
There are no breaking changes in SQL schem … ⌘ Read more
ProcessOne: ejabberd 23.04
This new ejabberd 23.04 release includes many improvements and bug fixes, as well as some new features.
- Many SQL database improvements
mod_mamsupport for XEP-0425: Message Moderation
- New
mod_muc_rtbl, Real-Time Block List for MUC rooms
- Binaries useErlang/OTP 25.3, and changes in containers
A more detailed explanatio … ⌘ Read more
ProcessOne: ejabberd 23.04
This new ejabberd 23.04 release includes many improvements and bug fixes, as well as some new features.
- Many SQL database improvements
mod_mamsupport for XEP-0425: Message Moderation
- New
mod_muc_rtbl, Real-Time Block List for MUC rooms
- Binaries useErlang/OTP 25.3, and changes in containers
A more detailed explanatio … ⌘ Read more
The XMPP Standards Foundation: Elbe-Sprint Hamburg 2023
Elbe-Sprint Hamburg 2023 - _Source: Wiki Commons, Container terminals in port of Hamburg_
A new sprint is being organised within the XMPP Community: The Elbe-Sprint Hamburg!
We will have several days of good and fruitful exchange … ⌘ Read more