Re: [Operators] s2s connectivity to jabber.ru -- dh key too small

2019-08-09 Thread Solomon Peachy
vestigages of its XMPP federation out of its misery, and I don't know if it's because nobody out there wants to talk to me, or because my "spimmy domains" blocklist is getting depressingly long. (And FWIW, jabber.ru was one of the first I added...) - Solomon -- Solomon Peachy

Re: [Operators] List of spam servers for ejabberd - new YAML format

2017-09-02 Thread Solomon Peachy
ed. Or, for that matter, keeping it running at all. - Solomon -- Solomon Peachy pizza at shaftnet dot org Delray Beach, FL ^^ (email/xmpp) ^^ Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur. signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [Operators] List of spam servers for ejabberd - new YAML format

2017-09-01 Thread Solomon Peachy
ou will find that nobody will accept email from you. - Solomon -- Solomon Peachy pizza at shaftnet dot org Delray Beach, FL ^^ (email/xmpp) ^^ Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur. signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [Operators] Jid spammer list

2017-02-18 Thread Solomon Peachy
On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 08:07:09PM -0500, Solomon Peachy wrote: > And IMO, this still-getting-worse spam problem is far more of a threat > to the XMPP network than Google's lack of encrypted S2S support. > > I've started blocking entire domains now, as they're clearly

Re: [Operators] Jid spammer list

2017-02-15 Thread Solomon Peachy
7;s lack of encrypted S2S support. I've started blocking entire domains now, as they're clearly not doing anything about preventing spammy signups... - Solomon -- Solomon Peachy pizza at shaftnet dot org Delray Beach, FL ^^ (email

Re: [Operators] Obtaining XMPP-enabled certificate for server

2016-07-19 Thread Solomon Peachy
does one for example.com suffice, given that that's what is actually > part of the JIDs? Or do I even need one that covers The latter is all I've ever done. - Solomon -- Solomon Peachy pizza at shaftnet dot org Delray Beach, FL ^^ (email

Re: [Operators] ECDSA certs score F

2014-08-18 Thread Solomon Peachy
On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 06:06:21PM +1000, shm...@riseup.net wrote: > i also wonder if mqas.net is the only photographer in the world to have > a dnssec signed zone...not sure how to research that one though Not the only one. :) - Solomon -- Solomon Peachy pi

Re: [Operators] Google status?

2014-08-13 Thread Solomon Peachy
rely. But hey, what do I know. I'm just a poor leaf jabber server operator with a total of three users whose entire rosters (save for two business contacts of mine) are hosted by Google. And I can talk to *all* of them just fine using the google account I need for my phone anyway. Ain&#x

Re: [Operators] The Google issue

2013-12-06 Thread Solomon Peachy
ven't said anything about what they intend to do to address that (not insignificant) userbase's needs. - Solomon -- Solomon Peachy pizza at shaftnet dot org Delray Beach, FL ^^ (email/xmpp) ^^ Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.

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

2013-12-06 Thread Solomon Peachy
an ill-defined problem. I could expand on my reasoning if there's interest, otherwise it's pretty off-topic. - Solomon -- Solomon Peachy pizza at shaftnet dot org Delray Beach, FL ^^ (email/xmpp) ^^ Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum vi

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

2013-12-03 Thread Solomon Peachy
er. ;) I don't understand where your sarcasm and defensiveness is coming from. XMPP, like any engineering effort, required tradeoffs between conflicting prinicples. The gains from using XML as a transport layer vastly exceeded the downsides. Over time, that tradeoff has only b

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

2013-12-03 Thread Solomon Peachy
it. (One could argue that Google Hangouts is an example of this principle...) I'm not saying XMPP is perfect or suitable to all situations, but its use of XML as its low-level transport goes a long way towards enabling XMPP goals of extensability, interopability, and robustness. - Solo

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

2013-12-03 Thread Solomon Peachy
ut those deployments aren't typically federated ouside their organizations, at least not in an open manner. - Solomon -- Solomon Peachy pizza at shaftnet dot org Delray Beach, FL ^^ (email/xmpp) ^^ Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. pg

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

2013-11-30 Thread Solomon Peachy
, in the name of TheChildren(tm)) you're still going to be vulnerable to traffic analysis which 9/10 times is more useful than the actual message contents. To paraphrase the old maxim -- Those who do not understand P2P are doomed to reimplement it. Poorly. - Solomon -- Solomon Peachy

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

2013-11-28 Thread Solomon Peachy
than a strength, which is an understandable, if highly disappointing attitude. Sigh. - Solomon -- Solomon Peachy pizza at shaftnet dot org Delray Beach, FL ^^ (email/xmpp) ^^ Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. pgpXalviq_Jqa.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [Operators] The Google issue

2013-11-22 Thread Solomon Peachy
ms to be the case. - Solomon -- Solomon Peachy pizza at shaftnet dot org Delray Beach, FL ^^ (email/xmpp) ^^ Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. pgpbCa9osFv0I.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [Operators] The Google issue

2013-11-22 Thread Solomon Peachy
ipate on this (and future) interop/test days. 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. - Solomon -- Solomon Peachy pizza at shaftnet d

Re: [Operators] The Google issue

2013-11-21 Thread Solomon Peachy
;cool kid's darknet" that you'll need to abandon in order to communicate with your colleagues, clients/vendors, and/or your mother. Anyway. - Solomon [Man of many hats] -- Solomon Peachy pizza at shaftnet dot org Delray Beach, FL ^^ (email/xmpp) ^^ Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. pgpzXkJF3HOqn.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [Operators] DNSSEC

2013-11-20 Thread Solomon Peachy
stuff like whois masking either. Their tagline is "no bullshit", and so far they've lived up to it. - Solomon -- Solomon Peachy pizza at shaftnet dot org Delray Beach, FL ^^ (email/xmpp) ^^ Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.

Re: [Operators] DNSSEC

2013-11-20 Thread Solomon Peachy
rar (Dotster) kept putting off implementing. - Solomon -- Solomon Peachy pizza at shaftnet dot org Delray Beach, FL ^^ (email/xmpp) ^^ Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. pgpPKNMKmCsDL.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [Operators] Google still broken externally?

2013-10-24 Thread Solomon Peachy
unicate with the majority of my roster as they "upgrade". Sigh. - Solomon -- Solomon Peachy pizza at shaftnet dot org Delray Beach, FL ^^ (email/xmpp) ^^ Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. pgpbKZeM48kJw.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [Operators] S2S problems

2013-09-13 Thread Solomon Peachy
ts to ALL:!LOW:!SSLv2:!EXP:!aNULL) so I was curious to what that translated to on the wire, so to speak. I wonder if there's any risk of losing interop if I disable RC4-*.. Thanks for runnig this test for me. - Solomon -- Solomon Peachy pizza at shaftnet dot org

Re: [Operators] S2S problems

2013-09-13 Thread Solomon Peachy
on) Thanks, - Solomon -- Solomon Peachy pizza at shaftnet dot org Delray Beach, FL ^^ (email/xmpp) ^^ Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. pgp3fNx5_OKSz.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [Operators] Some thoughts on xmpp security

2013-08-22 Thread Solomon Peachy
generic TLS connection testers out there; this could be mostly automated. - Solomon -- Solomon Peachy pizza at shaftnet dot org Delray Beach, FL ^^ (email/xmpp) ^^ Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. pgpUtSvBoYgfo.pgp Description: PGP signature