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It should be mentioned that it also allows for distributed authentication providers (home servers). A very important feature and big tech strategy is not hiding

It should be mentioned that it also allows for distributed authentication providers (home servers). A very important feature and big tech strategy is not hiding this. But you can keep Google, Apple, Microsoft and similar completely out of the loop. The name of the protocol is very badly chosen though.

scrollaway 5y ago
Do you know if they have a mechanism for hosted servers with your own domain name yet? This feels like a big thing missing for wider enthusiast adoption.
- raxxorrax 5y ago
  To be honest, I am no expert on Matrix, but I thought you can just host your own server on your own domain. That was the base assumption for my comment and I hope that is correct. They have a server reference component (synapse) that you could host anywhere I think.
  - scrollaway 5y ago
    Right but maybe you don't want to host your own server, but do want your own domain. Like emails.
    - karmanyaahm 5y ago
      That's not possible yet, see https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/neilalexander/identities/proposals/2787-portable-identities.md#goals https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/neilalexander/...
    - karmanyaahm 5y ago
      That's not possible yet, see this proposal https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/neilalexander/identities/proposals/2787-portable-identities.md#goals https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/neilalexander/...
      - cvwright 5y ago
        The proposal that you linked is all about portable identities, tied to public keys. Is that really necessary for Element to host a server on a user's domain? I would have thought it would work just like outsourcing your web server or your email service. You generate a DNS name and point it at their IP address. Then they get a certificate and start serving traffic for your domain. Easy peasy.
    - gary-kim 5y ago
      Element's primary paid service is Element Matrix Services [1] which is exactly for that. They run a Matrix server for you, optionally on a domain that you provide. [1]: https://ems.element.io/ https://ems.element.io/
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- curryst 5y ago
  Yeah, they've had that for a long time. I ran my own server on my own domain name a couple years ago or so.

scrollaway 5y ago

Do you know if they have a mechanism for hosted servers with your own domain name yet? This feels like a big thing missing for wider enthusiast adoption.

raxxorrax 5y ago
To be honest, I am no expert on Matrix, but I thought you can just host your own server on your own domain. That was the base assumption for my comment and I hope that is correct. They have a server reference component (synapse) that you could host anywhere I think.
- scrollaway 5y ago
  Right but maybe you don't want to host your own server, but do want your own domain. Like emails.
  - karmanyaahm 5y ago
    That's not possible yet, see https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/neilalexander/identities/proposals/2787-portable-identities.md#goals https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/neilalexander/...
  - karmanyaahm 5y ago
    That's not possible yet, see this proposal https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/neilalexander/identities/proposals/2787-portable-identities.md#goals https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/blob/neilalexander/...
    - cvwright 5y ago
      The proposal that you linked is all about portable identities, tied to public keys. Is that really necessary for Element to host a server on a user's domain? I would have thought it would work just like outsourcing your web server or your email service. You generate a DNS name and point it at their IP address. Then they get a certificate and start serving traffic for your domain. Easy peasy.
  - gary-kim 5y ago
    Element's primary paid service is Element Matrix Services [1] which is exactly for that. They run a Matrix server for you, optionally on a domain that you provide. [1]: https://ems.element.io/ https://ems.element.io/
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curryst 5y ago
Yeah, they've had that for a long time. I ran my own server on my own domain name a couple years ago or so.