Security Concerns Paramount After Early Reviews of Diaspora Code 206
Stoobalou writes with this excerpt from Thinq.co.uk:
"Following the release of the source code for the Diaspora social networking platform, hackers and tinkerers the world over have been poring over the code in order to improve, enhance, and otherwise help the project in its attempt to unsettle Facebook. Sadly, the current opinion is that the code just isn't up to scratch. While the team clearly stated that 'we know there are security holes and bugs' in the code that was released, it's possible that they weren't aware of just how many show-stopping issues there are — issues which make it hard to recommend that you roll your own Diaspora server just yet."
Pre-alpha (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Good thing it's free... (Score:3, Informative)
Specialized servers offering ad-free accounts (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Good thing it's free... (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Questioning the Whole Concept (Score:3, Informative)
If you think XMPP is only about instant messaging, you haven't looked into the protocol at all. I'm actually on facebook, so I know very well what's required for a direct competitor.
Here, let me help you with the spec on pubsub via XMPP [xmpp.org].
In other words: Maybe you should brush up on just what this XMPP is all about before you comment.
Re:Questioning the Whole Concept (Score:3, Informative)
Re:After how long? (Score:2, Informative)
Re:And that was to be expected (Score:5, Informative)