From f3bd26f33ea244430460e2e194d93f82ae02c8a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: 46halbe <46halbe@berlin.ccc.de> Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 16:30:26 +0000 Subject: committing page revision 1 --- updates/2015/jabbercccde.en.md | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+) create mode 100644 updates/2015/jabbercccde.en.md (limited to 'updates') diff --git a/updates/2015/jabbercccde.en.md b/updates/2015/jabbercccde.en.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..68807a49 --- /dev/null +++ b/updates/2015/jabbercccde.en.md @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +title: The future of jabber.ccc.de +date: 2015-09-30 15:07:00 +updated: 2015-09-30 16:30:26 +author: 46halbe +tags: update, pressemitteilung + +Tomorrow jabber.ccc.de will continue its service and be run by a new team of admins from now on. + + + +jabber.ccc.de will stay available for everyone in the future. The +current team of admins will turn its attention towards new projects, +though. The members of the CCC as well as many users can be thankful for +a decade of voluntary dedication. + +With the chat protocol XMPP commonly known as Jabber decentralized +setups can be created, which are much more resistant to failure than +centralized systems. The CCC team of admins ran such a server for the +past several years at jabber.ccc.de. Unfortunately, this server was so +well received it became the de facto central service of the hacker +crowd. This is running contrary to the idea we always advocated: +Practice decentralization and run many interconnected servers. We +therefore wish to combine this announcement of the continuation of +jabber.ccc.de with a strong appeal again to run your own jabber servers! + +When our team of admins started to run jabber.ccc.de ten years ago, +jabber was rather unknown and running a server required a lot of +knowledge, experience and sometimes some luck and patience. Meanwhile +plenty of easy to set-up and maintain server implementations exist, and +there is no excuse left not to get active yourself. + +A new team of volunteer admins has formed within the CCC. The +jabber.ccc.de service will therefore be continued. We nonetheless +recommend all users to set up their own, decentralized servers or to +obtain accounts on different servers. + +For updates follow [\@jabbercccde](https://twitter.com/jabbercccde) on +twitter. The new team will publish detailed information about the new +terms and conditions of jabber.ccc.de shortly. + +The temporary discontinuation of the service became necessary since some +users have incorrect assumptions about its nature. jabber.ccc.de is a +piece of infrastructure that is run by volunteers in their spare time. +To use it is a privilege and not a right. To prevent incidents that +might trigger another service discontinuation, new rules for the usage +of jabber.ccc.de will be introduced and published soon. + +Many thanks to the current team of admins for ten years of reliable +work! -- cgit v1.2.3