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XMPP/Jabber

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XMPP / Jabber: WHY?!

With this protocol (xmpp is just an other name for jabber) you can chat with other people that have such an account. Not neccessarily on the NURDspace server; any account will do. As the NURDspace server uses regular tls, it should be safe as well to use. Only when someone hacks either the NURDspace-xmpp-server or the xmpp-server of the opponent you're chatting with (well or your computer or the computer of the opponent), only then your messages can be read. Well... unless you install the "off the record"-plugin (OTR) - if you enable that in a chat (and exchange the fingerprints via some other channel), then hacking your chats will be rather difficult.

It is also convenient to have if you want people in #nurds (irc) to be able to send you a message by using "!summon nickname text". This is disabled by default and can be enabled by folkert.

XMPP & NURDspace

Every NURDspace member has an account on our server. The server can be reached at: space.nurdspace.nl. So for example a username is folkert@space.nurdspace.nl.

We also have a group-chat: nurdspace@nurdchat.nurd.space.


technical details

  • runs on xmpp.vm.nurd.space
  • listens on xmpp.vm.nurd.space and also allows space.nurdspace.nl domain
  • certificate is installed from revproxy01 from cron:
0 0 * * * /usr/bin/scp -C /var/lib/caddy/.local/share/caddy/certificates/acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org-directory/space.nurdspace.nl/* root@xmpp.vm.nurd.space:/root/certificate

On the XMPP host, the new certificate is installed on 00:05 (/root/bin/update-prosody-certificates.sh).

  • add user:
    • prosodyctl register USERNAME space.nurdspace.nl PASSWORD
  • ^ Just add the user to the LDAP


miscellaneous

See also the nurdspace phonebook