Actor

Infrastructure

self-hosted messaging server

SHOW HN2015

110points
38comments
#221of 2,565 in 2015
Top 9%of 2015 by points

How HN took it

LovedMost comments that take a side are positive

4 positive, 16 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 20 comments about the project. Thread score +0.18.

Privacy: 1 for, 0 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Good luck and interesting project

    From 1 comment
    • Understandable. Other than that the project looks quite interesting -- good luck!
      Rafert on HN

Objections

  • GPL license prevents use of Moxie's encryption in App Store apps

    From 1 comment
    • I want to implement full e2e encryption with Moxie's encryption and I can't because it is GPL( GPL is not comparable with mobile apps at all. Also I think that implementing…
      ex3ndr on HN
  • Lacks end-to-end encryption

    From 1 comment
    • Thanks for opening the source. You might want to contact the EFF to see if they will add you to their "scorecard" for secure messaging programs:…
      jcr on HN

Requests

  • Add end-to-end encryption

    From 1 comment
    • I want to implement full e2e encryption with Moxie's encryption and I can't because it is GPL( GPL is not comparable with mobile apps at all. Also I think that implementing…
      ex3ndr on HN
  • Email authentication for mobile apps

    From 1 comment
    • Yeah, that's what I meant. Is it possible to get mobile app authentication working with email? Thanks!
      0xdragon on HN

Questions

  • How does the multi-server architecture work

    From 1 comment
    • Thank you for sharing the code! I read through your documentation and noticed there is documentation of server-client but not server-server. How do you achieve a multi-server…
      tinco on HN
  • How does it compare to Layer Atlas

    From 1 comment
    • Is this like Atlas from Layer.com? I.e. open-sourced client SDK for their proprietary messaging platform?
      wiradikusuma on HN

Alternatives named

  • Layer (Atlas)

    From 1 comment
    • Is this like Atlas from Layer.com? I.e. open-sourced client SDK for their proprietary messaging platform?
      wiradikusuma on HN
  • Pond

    From 1 comment
    • You're free to re-implement the public-domain protocol[1] under your own license. Pond has a 3-clause BSD licensed Golang implementation[2] that Moxie even references in the…
      Rafert on HN

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