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author | mathieui <mathieui@mathieui.net> | 2014-02-14 01:37:18 +0100 |
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committer | mathieui <mathieui@mathieui.net> | 2014-02-14 01:37:18 +0100 |
commit | 77811e91b4bb78e25ab6b9c7de04586bf3c784f3 (patch) | |
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-rw-r--r-- | doc/source/misc/correct.rst | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/source/misc/index.rst | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/source/misc/personal_events.rst | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/source/misc/ssl.rst | 24 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/source/misc/troubleshooting.rst | 50 |
5 files changed, 73 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/source/misc/correct.rst b/doc/source/misc/correct.rst index a5d7a9c7..61100634 100644 --- a/doc/source/misc/correct.rst +++ b/doc/source/misc/correct.rst @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ The **9** here represents the number of times this message has been corrected. You can show the revisions of a message by loading the -*display_corrections* plugin, and you +:ref:`displaycorrections-plugin` plugin, and you can correct your own messages with the :term:`/correct` command. diff --git a/doc/source/misc/index.rst b/doc/source/misc/index.rst index 182f35c3..08349437 100644 --- a/doc/source/misc/index.rst +++ b/doc/source/misc/index.rst @@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ Contents: personal_events separate ssl + troubleshooting diff --git a/doc/source/misc/personal_events.rst b/doc/source/misc/personal_events.rst index 37a388ad..32cda72b 100644 --- a/doc/source/misc/personal_events.rst +++ b/doc/source/misc/personal_events.rst @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Personal Events =============== -Starting from poezio 0.8, poezo now supports `user mood`_, `user activity`_, +Starting from poezio 0.8, poezio now supports `user mood`_, `user activity`_, `user tune`_, and `user gaming`_. Those extensions are standardized ways to broadcast informations that might be diff --git a/doc/source/misc/ssl.rst b/doc/source/misc/ssl.rst index f4995f3f..0f7ecd52 100644 --- a/doc/source/misc/ssl.rst +++ b/doc/source/misc/ssl.rst @@ -1,9 +1,24 @@ -TLS Management -============== +TLS in poezio +============= + +.. _security settings: Security of the connection ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Enabling or disabling TLS +------------------------- + +Starting from version 0.8, poezio is configured to reject unencrypted connections +by default, in accordance to the `TLS manifesto`_. Users can still allow +unencrypted connections by setting the :term:`force_encryption` option to false. + +If you cannot connect to your server, maybe it does not allow encrypted connections, +in which case you should reconfigure it if it is yours, or contact your admin +to let him know he should try to protect your privacy and credentials, at least +a little. + + .. _ciphers: Ciphers @@ -23,8 +38,8 @@ case, you should notify the administrator that his XMPP server configuration is probably not great), or if you want to be even more restrictive (only allowing 256 bits of security *and* forward secrecy, for example). -Cert valididty -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Certificate validation +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Starting from version 0.7.5, poezio offers some options to check the validity of a X.509 certificate. @@ -84,3 +99,4 @@ can set the :term:`ignore_certificate` value to true, and let the .. _Forward Secrecy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward_secrecy .. _TOFU/TUFU: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dotdotike/Trust_Upon_First_Use .. _PEM format: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1422.html +.. _TLS manifesto: https://github.com/stpeter/manifesto/blob/master/manifesto.txt diff --git a/doc/source/misc/troubleshooting.rst b/doc/source/misc/troubleshooting.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ae2494d2 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/source/misc/troubleshooting.rst @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +Troubleshooting +=============== + +I cannot connect. +----------------- + +1. Check that you are still connected to the internet. +2. Double-check your credentials. +3. Check the :ref:`security settings <security settings>`, maybe your server does not support encryption, or only with weak parameters. +4. Maybe your DNS are wrong, try setting the :term:`custom_host` option with the server IP. +5. Overzealous firewall? +6. Running poezio with -d file.txt (debug mode) might reveal your issues. +7. Come see us from the `web client`_ to discuss your issues further. + + +The outline of poezio is not displayed and unicode characters are broken +------------------------------------------------------------------------ +We believe we (or unrelated people) have reported the bug of python3 compiled against the wrong +ncurses to every_ significant_ distribution_ `out there`_, but if there is still +one with it, please go ahead and report it. + +Poezio tracebacks with weird encoding errors +-------------------------------------------- +Please check your locale for utf-8 compatibility. + +Reconnecting sucks +------------------ +We know. + +Some weird graphical glitches appear once in a blue moon and go away after a refresh +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +We know. + +Python is too heavy +------------------- +We know. It’s too late to change that. If you are running your XMPP client on a toaster, +please try mcabber_. + + +Other issues +------------ +Some things may appear in ``$XDG_DATA_HOME/poezio/errors.log``. + + +.. _web client: https://jappix.com/?r=poezio@muc.poezio.eu +.. _mcabber: http://mcabber.com/ +.. _every: https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2156 +.. _significant: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=602720 +.. _distribution: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=539917 +.. _out there: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python3.2/+bug/789732 |