SytheChat BETA Released

[Star]

I have no idea what I'm doing since the original chat won't work, I went to http://xmpp.org/xmpp-software/clients/ and downloaded one and now it's asking me to do this

 

[Sythe]

I have no idea what I'm doing since the original chat won't work, I went to http://xmpp.org/xmpp-software/clients/ and downloaded one and now it's asking me to do this

Chloecat, go to http://sythe.org/xmpppass.php use what comes up there as your password. Use [email protected] as your username.

If it still won't connect, try your sythe password instead.

 

[Sythe]

Just to let people know you can't currently login with a third party client. I'm adding two factor support to the server at the moment and there's a bug in that code. I'll fix it shortly but for now you can only use the webclient.

 

[roundkickkid]

Sythe, I like the chat but... As you can login normally with a username and password where does the two step authentication system take its part in this? Has this been implemented yet? If not, will it be?

Would you be able to choose a seperate password for the Sythe chat and your own Sythe account? If so you could add a feature where everybody gets a randomly generated password which cannot be obtained easily, say you can only get the password via sms to your mobile that would make the accounts themselves a lot more secure I guess..

I've seen VB plugins before which allow only the real owner login which is based around the owners ip range so even if worst case scenario somebody did get a hold of my password it wouldn't let them in.

Or maybe even a system that it checks your HWID, because I'm guessing that everybody here used maybe 1 laptop and or a computer, so basically hackers cannot get in.

Keep me updated

 

[Sythe]

Sythe, I like the chat but... As you can login normally with a username and password where does the two step authentication system take its part in this? Has this been implemented yet? If not, will it be?

Would you be able to choose a seperate password for the Sythe chat and your own Sythe account? If so you could add a feature where everybody gets a randomly generated password which cannot be obtained easily, say you can only get the password via sms to your mobile that would make the accounts themselves a lot more secure I guess..

I've seen VB plugins before which allow only the real owner login which is based around the owners ip range so even if worst case scenario somebody did get a hold of my password it wouldn't let them in.

Or maybe even a system that it checks your HWID, because I'm guessing that everybody here used maybe 1 laptop and or a computer, so basically hackers cannot get in.

Keep me updated

I am adding two factor to the chat server. The way it will work is this:
If you log in to chat using your sythe username and password and you have two factor enabled on your sythe account, then you will need to append your generated two factor code (from your phone) to your password every time you login.

However the webchat uses a single signon mode where you don't need to enter anything as long as you're already signed into sythe.

 

[Thor]

Hmm, this does not work for me. it just says authentication failed...

 

[Almond Joy]

When I try to /pm username message, nothing happens.

EDIT: I guess the sender can't see his message that he PM's to the other person. One thing that would be a neat feature is if we can just press "/" which will automatically types in /pm "user that you last msged".

 

[Lean]

Edit: just saw the report a bug thread.

 

[mmorpg]

Awesome update! Skype hijacking and scams going along with this solved

 

[I_DONT_BOT]

Just a question, who can see the chatlogs on here? Just wondering for trading purposes, it's safer than any form of IM, as it's virtually a Sythe PM, but other than that, it's also going to be a pain if all staff can see it. Is it just the highest-clearance admins who can view it, as there could be a massive scam pulled off by a moderator who just kept getting account details from chatlogs and recovering for their own personal gain. Thanks.

 

[Galaxy]

I would like to suggest that when you send someone a pm on sythe chat that you be able to read the message you sent them.

 

[Sythe]

Just a question, who can see the chatlogs on here? Just wondering for trading purposes, it's safer than any form of IM, as it's virtually a Sythe PM, but other than that, it's also going to be a pain if all staff can see it. Is it just the highest-clearance admins who can view it, as there could be a massive scam pulled off by a moderator who just kept getting account details from chatlogs and recovering for their own personal gain. Thanks.

Only Matt and I can see the chatlogs. But this is a good point. The security model for the chatlogs will be the same as SVU. -- We only deliver details when there is an investigation going on (i.e. someone made a scam report.)

 

[Stickly]

So while making my own chat, after saving the configuration setting and getting it unlocked I tried to invite stopsign - error has occurred, user is invalid. Tried then with superman and it also doesn't work. Maybe I'm doing something wrong but I do not think so.

Edit: clicking invite instead of enter works. Thanks Roary.

 

[Almond Joy]

People are having trouble signing on Sythe chat. A lot of them say authentication failed..