On my flight home yesterday a free, but limited, wifi option was available that allowed only for messaging (WhatsApp, Messenger, and I think the Google and Apple ones were specifically mentioned), but not web browsing. I checked and, sure enough, I couldn’t get web browsing to work, but WhatsApp and Messenger worked fine. I decided to try my XMPP client and I was pleasantly surprised to that that worked fine as well.

I know it’s a limited use case, where XMPP is one of the few unblocked protocols, but are there things I can do with it besides chatting? Could I use it to receive status updates from my server? Is there a way to use it for SSH somehow? I guess some sort of bot running on my server would be required. Seems like there are lots of possibilities, like bots that fetch websites or interact with ActivityPub. Has anyone found or tried anything like that?

cross-posted from: https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/p/crimedad/598286716239948208

Dog on a plane

My wonderful neighbor, Juicy, on our flight home.

#italiangreyhound #dog #gooddog

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    -3111 months ago

    Bad bot

    This is a community for people who self host their own services, you think we need you to define SSH?

    • @[email protected]
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      2311 months ago

      Exactly, how ever would we keep our own tribal community safe from people who want to learn /s

    • @[email protected]
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      1311 months ago

      it’s a single comment from a single bot that you can block. it’s probably useful for new people, there’s always mountains of acronyms in tech