Snikket Blog

News, announcements and thoughts from the Snikket team

Server updates for ARM systems

by Snikket Team.

We have a couple of important announcements relevant to people running the Snikket server software on ARM devices, including Raspberry Pi.

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January 2022 server release

by Snikket Team.

Welcome to 2022! We have published a new release of the Snikket server with support for account import/export, improved resource monitoring, and more.

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Snikket Server - 2022-01-13 security release

by Matthew Wild.

Snikket Server - 2022-01-13 security release A security flaw has been found and fixed in a core component of the Snikket server software, Prosody. A fix has been released today, and it is recommended that everyone upgrades as soon as possible to receive the fix. The flaw would allow an attacker to trigger the Snikket server to consume extreme amounts of resources (CPU and RAM), resulting in a denial of service.

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November 2021 server release

by Matthew Wild.

We’re pleased to introduce a new release of the Snikket server, with file sharing improvements, iOS support, and more.

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Snikket iOS app now publicly released

by Matthew Wild.

After some time in beta, we’re excited to finally announce the public release of Snikket for iOS!

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Improving Snikket’s usability in collaboration with Simply Secure

by Matthew Wild.

Thanks to funding from the Open Technology Fund’s Usability Lab, we are starting a collaboration with Simply Secure, experts in UI/UX design for apps specializing in privacy, security and transparency.

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May 2021 server release

by Matthew Wild.

We’re pleased to introduce a new release of the Snikket server, with security enhancements, user role management, and other changes.

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XMPP Account Portability funded by NGI DAPSI

by Matthew Wild.

We have some exciting news to share! An important piece of the Snikket roadmap has been selected for funding by NGI DAPSI, an EU-funded project focused on data portability and services.

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Products vs Protocols: What Signal got right

by Matthew Wild.

This past weekend I gave a talk at the (virtual) FOSDEM conference about a topic I’ve been thinking about a lot the past few years - the differences between developing a product (such as Signal) and developing a protocol (such as XMPP).

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February 2021 server release

by Matthew Wild.

It’s time to announce a new, and very exciting, server release! With a load of new features, including a web administration interface, and Raspberry Pi/ARM support, this is definitely our biggest release yet!

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