Randy, Jabber is a client/server protocol. For clients inside a firewall there should not be a problem since the connection is made from the client to the server. No matter how many chat sessions the user is in, there is only one connection to the server required. (the communication is multiplexed on the connection) For servers inside a firewall and clients outside, there is one port that would need to be opened in the 5000 range for clients to connect in. These connections can be all required to be SSL if the server is configured to only accept SSL connections. No matter how many venues the server is configured with, there is only one port for the chat.
Deb -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Deb Agarwal e-mail:[email protected] MS50B-2239 phone :(510)486-7078 Lawrence Berkeley National Lab URL: http://www-itg.lbl.gov/~deba Berkeley, CA 94720 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] Will the Moo resurface? > Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 15:38:37 -0700 > From: Randy Groves <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > References: <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > > Sounds like a nice idea. I realized however, that we need to make sure > that we don't start proliferating protocols and ports that need to be open > on a firewall. That to me was one of the major problems with AG 1. AG 2 > goes a long way to fixing this, and will be one of the ways that I may be > able to solve the perimeter problem to the satisfaction of the security > folks (that is yet to be tested, though). Unfortunately, I think the trend > is to more firewalls rather than less. I would hate to start crippling > those unfortunate enough to have to live behind them. > > -randy > > At 02:57 PM 4/23/2004, Deb Agarwal wrote: > >> Michael, >> >> I actually think we should consider moving to a jabber (XMPP-based) >> chat instead. This would provide something that worked inside and >> outside the AG and had many other modern features. I plan to >> present this position at the AG retreat. This presentation would >> provide a good opportunity for us all to discuss what we want to >> have chat be in the future and what capabilities it should have. >> >> Deb > > > > > >
