Category Archives: Features

Simple single command to post a files data to your Etherpad instance: curl -X POST -d @yourfile.here http://youretherpad/post This command will return the URL to a pad containing the contents of the file you selected. To get this functionality: 1. Visit /admin/plugins 2. Install ep_post_data Enjoy! And merry festive period, may all be red and […]

Shut up rambling John. Just tell me what’s New and why should I upgrade/care? Performance: * Huge MySQL performance improvements (InnoDB to MyISAM) Hooks: * User Leave * Export File Name * Preprocessor Hook for DOMLine attributes Scripts * Script to reinsert all DB values of a Pad Configuration: * Allow for absolute settings paths […]

Until today the example Nginx reverse proxy config for Etherpad allowed for weaker SSL encryption than is acceptable. You can see if your instance is vulnerable by checking your instances SSL cert Check your Nginx config to see if this line exists: ssl_ciphers ALL:!ADH:!EXPORT56:RC4+RSA:+HIGH:+MEDIUM:+LOW:+SSLv2:+EXP; If so replace with: ssl_ciphers “EECDH+ECDSA+AESGCM EECDH+aRSA+AESGCM EECDH+ECDSA+SHA384 EECDH+ECDSA+SHA256 EECDH+aRSA+SHA384 EECDH+aRSA+SHA256 […]

We’re tired of being spied upon and we’re tied of tech companies colluding. With no sign of an end we think it’s time to take control. So.. We’re Introducing an Etherpad instance to serve as an alternative to Microsoft Skype and Google Hangouts, we’re using it internally but we’re inviting you to try it out […]

Over time Etherpad has grown, it’s become more than we aimed for it to ever be with many large tech and activist organizations deploying their own instances. However, one problem we have is the ability for smaller organizations to easily roll their own Etherpad instance on the web. Don’t get us wrong, there are some […]

TLDR; Update your OpenSSL to at least 1.0.1e(Ubuntu) and consider re-keying your Etherpad deployment if you use OpenSSL for your SSL certificates. beta.etherpad.org has been updated. Find out more about ~

Today we’re proud to announce Etherpad 1.4. Let’s be honest here, there are no killer features in this release however this release does contain LOTS of bug-fixes and security patches. All of the killer features exist as Plugins, once you upgrade Etherpad we suggest you check out the available plugins because some really great ones […]

We just implemented SSL / HTTPS by default for all connections to beta.etherpad.org Thanks to GlobalSign for the free cert. Thanks to Nginx for making it easy to implement. Thanks to Jesus for staying holy. Enjoy and remember beta.etherpad.org is a play-ground, don’t use it for any real science. 1.4 is due soon, feel free […]

You can now test the first release candidate of the upcoming 1.4 release! The most apparent change should be stability. We have tried to take care of lots of bugs that caused frequent crashes and corrupt pads in the past. Still, a few new features have made it in, such as support for recording metrics. […]