Hi! On Fri, Feb 09, 2007 at 11:20:24AM +0000, David Chisnall wrote: > [...] we might want to consider including a Jabber server in the ?toil? > distribution it if we are thinking of using XMPP as an object > transport, since it would be available for communication between > users on the same machine or on the local network. If we did this, > then installing transports locally would be trivial.
It's definitely very useful for a pre-installed Etoile system, a Etoile distribution or the Live-CD, as it means we don't have to rely on an external Jabber server providing these transports and we can assume everybody on the computer has access to Jabber. How lightweight are those Jabber servers? Does it make sense to run one at system startup on each machine? Running many network services by default also means open doors for attackers when security related bugs are found in those services. The Apple solution to this problem is that many network services come pre-installed, but they are turned off by default. For user-to-user communication within the bounds of the computer, I'd actually prefer the UNIX talk protocol. Even if it's a bit older and less sophisticated, it provides you with user-to-user communication without relying on a daemon. -Guenther _______________________________________________ Etoile-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/etoile-dev
