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The last time I looked into it - it required: - buy a VM - buy a domain - configure DNS - apt-get install - fiddle with SSL certificates - debug out a mem
by eeZah7Ux 6y ago
The last time I looked into it - it required:
- buy a VM
- buy a domain
- configure DNS
- apt-get install
- fiddle with SSL certificates
- debug out a memory leak bug
- ask upstream and be told to use an unstable alpha release
- implement a workaround
- start investigating bridges for IRC, Slack, Telegram
- give up
In 2020 we should expect something like Briar:
- install Briar on your ws / phone. There is are no servers. Done.
- remirk 6y agoWell you must have has a real bad experience. That's unfortunate indeed and I understand your frustration. It is not representative though. You do need a server and a domain name, but that isn't out of place when hosting internet based services like a chat server.
- eeZah7Ux 6y agoThe technology to run a low bandwidth protocol over onion services has been around for 10+ years. That avoids most of the need for domain, DNS configuration, SSL and SSL certificates. A centralized chat server e.g. IRC runs on a raspberry. Briar, as I said, runs without servers and provides also blogs and forums.
- ptman 6y agohttps://matrix.org/docs/guides/free-small-matrix-server/ https://matrix.org/docs/guides/free-small-matrix-server/