[liberationtech] Connecting to XMPP servers over Tor hidden services

[Chris Ballinger]

ChatSecure for iOS will be shipping Tor+XMPP functionality soon that should
be relatively easy for people to use. In the meantime you can compile a
preview version if you have Xcode installed:
https://github.com/chrisballinger/Off-the-Record-iOS/tree/2.2-onionkit


On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 3:55 PM, Nicholas Merrill <lists at calyx.com> wrote:

>
>
> The Calyx Institute has been doing some work promoting adding Tor hidden
> service protocol to XMPP servers, to improve security, privacy and
> anonymity.
>
> Along those lines, I wanted to send a quick update:
>
> 1) There is now a list of XMPP servers that are reachable via Tor hidden
> services at this URL:
> https://xmpp.net/reports.php#onions
>
> 2) Also, XMPP.net's server scanner now works with servers that are
> reachable via .onion addresses
> Here is an example:
> https://xmpp.net/result.php?domain=jabber.calyxinstitute.org&type=client
>
> Unfortunately it's still not that easy for average Internet users to
> connect to services ( other than websites ) over Tor, but we will be
> releasing some how-to documentation shortly.  I'll report back when that's
> ready for peer review.
>
> best,
>
> Nick
>
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> The Calyx Institute
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