From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Oct 15 17:37:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA05301 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Thu, 15 Oct 1998 17:37:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dns.webwizard.net.mx (dns.webwizard.com.mx [148.245.50.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA05248 for ; Thu, 15 Oct 1998 17:37:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eculp@webwizard.org.mx) Received: from webwizard.org.mx (dns.webwizard.com.mx [148.245.50.27]) by dns.webwizard.net.mx (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id TAA04829; Thu, 15 Oct 1998 19:36:25 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from eculp@webwizard.org.mx) Message-ID: <36269508.C5759864@webwizard.org.mx> Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 19:36:24 -0500 From: Edwin Culp X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5b2 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.0-BETA i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: andrew@squiz.co.nz CC: FreeBSD-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Web-based Chat References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Andrew McNaughton wrote: > On Thu, 15 Oct 1998, Edwin Culp wrote: > > > This is probably a dumb question since I have never used a chat program, > > but can anyone recommend a web-based chat that runs on FreeBSD? > > This sort of stuff tends to run with perl and or java, and your OS isn't > going to be much of an issue. There's a bit of a range between CGI > bulletting boards and JAVA clients for pretty much any system you want to > put on a port on your machine, including things like irc and muds. > > Bullettin board type systems are better for browsing archives of previous > discussions, but are slower to use, so they are less social in feel. > they're suited to discussions among larger groups of people. > > For a more interactive chat system, you're probably best to use something > along the lines of a MUD and put a java client program on your web page. > Users have the option of using standalone software instead. > > Has anyone tried to get the Lambda MOO server going on FreeBSD I wonder? > > > > Is there some reason why I wouldn't want a web-based chat? > > Most approaches to chat systems have potential security pitfalls. As with > any software, do search the web and security archives for any security > issues. > > Andrew McNaughton > Thanks a lot. At the worst I'm developing a chat culture :-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message