Overview

Jabber is an open, secure, ad-free alternative to consumer IM services like AIM, ICQ, MSN, and Yahoo. Under the hood, Jabber is a set of streaming XML protocols and technologies that enable any two entities on the Internet to exchange messages, presence, and other structured information in close to real time.

Server Configuration

• Jabber Server: xmpp.codehaus.org
• Protocol: Enable TLS
• Port: 5222 (default XMPP port)
• User: <user>@codehaus.org

Server Discovery

Modern clients can use DNS RR discovery to determine the server names to use to connect. This means that with any modern client, you should (it's not a mandatory feature) be able to just set your account to <user>@codehaus.org and then use your Credentials to connect.

We are not linked with any other servers at present

Resources

See http://www.jabber.org for clients and other useful software.

Common clients include

• Adium for Mac OSX
• Spark for all platforms (supports DNS RR discovery)
• Psi for Windows
• Gaim for Linux or similar platforms