On Friday, 10 April 2020 11:37:01 BST Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> Something they don't mention is the source code for the central server
> is available and can be run on your own equipment instead of relying on
> their hosted server. Given the media is encrypted to and from that
> server, but decrypted within it, that might be of interest to some. One
> of the DLUG #dorset IRC members got it running to play around with.
This is the Guardian :-) I think it's a major step forward that they cited
Open Source as a plus and not a cancer :-)
> Also, if only two parties are in a room then the two Jitsi's end up
> sending packets directly to each other most of the time, with the server
> only being involved during the set-up. This can be observed by the IP
> addresses/hostname shown with tcpdump(1).
Yes that came up in the Meeting.
> What appends the ‘[1]’ at the end of the URL? The terminal here thinks
> it's part of it, as shown by the underline drawn on hover, and passes it
> to The Grauniad.
That's KMail, the '[1]' is like a document reference with the real address
underneath the Sig. It caused mega problems when it first came out, but most
people have got used to it now.
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