Let's Talk About Security

It seems like every Instant Messaging app these days is touting itself as having the latest security... But what about XMPP?

Is XMPP "secure"? From what? And what does that really mean, anyway?

Some of the leading experts in XMPP security - not just in the UK, either - are coming to talk to us about encryption, strong authentication, content controls and more, in an all-round great evening of talks and discussion - fuelled and followed by the odd glass of something.

We'll learn about XMPP's use of both well-established certificate-based technology and the bleeding edge of end-to-end encryption. We'll discover how XMPP is used securely across a vast array of wildly different ecosystems. And most importantly, there will be pizza.

Space is unfortunately very limited, so please let us know if you're coming - it's free to attend, all we want in return is your voice in the discussions.

Steve Kille - Content Marking
Steve has been working with Internet technologies for decades, and was present when the Internet arrived in the UK. CEO of Isode Ltd, one of the instigators behind LDAP, and a renowned expert in secure messaging, Steve will be giving us his expertise in Security Labelling.

Daniel Gultsch - End to End Cryptography
Daniel is lead developer of the popular Android client, Conversations, and also one of the authors of the OMEMO XEP bringing Double-Ratchet cryptography to XMPP. Currently serving on the XMPP Council, he has implemented three different forms of end-to-end encryption in Conversations, and will be discussing their strengths and weaknesses.

Dave Cridland - S2S Security
Dave has put bugs into many of the leading XMPP Servers, and is currently project lead for IgniteRealtime's Openfire, lead developer for Surevine's Metre, and serves on the XMPP Council. He'll be talking DANE, DNSSEC, PKIX, and Dialback and server to server security.

Kevin Smith - XMPP Trunking
Kev leads Isode's XMPP team, including both M-Link and Swift development, and has previously led development on the well-known Psi client. Currently serving on the XMPP Editor team managing the specifications, he has previously served a record length of time on the XMPP Council. He will be discussing non-traditional ways of linking XMPP servers.

Matthew Wild - Comparative Theology
Matthew currently serves on both the Board of the XMPP Standards Foundation and as project lead of Prosody, a leading XMPP server. He has previous served a number of years on the XMPP Council. He'll be comparing the security found in XMPP with other protocols.

See you there - don't forget to RSVP!