[wplug-web] Java IRC

[Zach Paine]

I see it as a potentially useful resource for people who wander onto 
the page and want Linux help, but are not going to join the list or go 
to a meeting.

Then again, I don't know how many wanderers we get.

	-Zach

On Sunday, March 30, 2003, at 05:23 PM, Evan DiBiase wrote:

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> On Sunday, March 30, 2003, at 05:16 PM, Zach Paine wrote:
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>> I think we discussed this before and were concerned about security
>> issues involved.  I would support a java irc app that would *only*
>> connect to #wplug if we could be sure it wouldn't be a risk.
>
> Unless we're going to be running an IRC proxy or something equally
> bizarre, I think the easiest way to go about this sort of thing would
> be "a full-fledged IRC client running in a browser." It wouldn't be
> impossible to make it so that it the only possible actions were getting
> a username and going to #wplug, but security concerns are certainly
> relevant.
>
> I guess I'm not opposed to sticking a Java IRC client up on the page,
> although I don't think it'll be used very often. (I would be happy to
> be proven wrong.) The only question from that point on for me, really,
> is whether Henry would be willing to write a Java IRC client that would
> be pretty near neutered.
>
> Evan
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