From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Oct 15 19:16:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA18121 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Thu, 15 Oct 1998 19:16:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from kaschynna.com (kaschynna.com [206.63.164.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA18108 for ; Thu, 15 Oct 1998 19:16:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from flerll@kaschynna.com) Received: from localhost (flerll@localhost) by kaschynna.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id TAA11311; Thu, 15 Oct 1998 19:16:42 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 19:16:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Jerry Blancher To: Andrew McNaughton cc: Edwin Culp , FreeBSD-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Web-based Chat In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org _______________________________________________________________________ Kaschynna Communications mailto:flerll@kaschynna.com Internet Presence Provider mailto:flerll@drachenforge.com Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 208.765.9312 208.769.7337 Interactive MU* Hosting http://kaschynna.com/mudhost/ Drachen Forge MUD-telnet drachenforge.com 8000-http://drachenforge.com/ On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, 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? Yes, it actually compiled pretty nicely. > > > > 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 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message