I can probably scrounge the necessary hardware, and MIT has decent
bandwidth. Of course it might be better to simply have the server at
the IETF location.
-Jeff
On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 08:47:28AM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> At 07:33 AM 12/22/2000 +0100, Harald Alvestrand wrote:
>
> >At 20:17 21/12/2000 -0500, Tony Hansen wrote:
> >>so too can using instant messaging be a valuable tool during a meeting.
> >tangential....I wonder whether the IETF could host an IRC server with one
> >channel per working group and BOF, as part of the "remote participation"
> >effort?
> >
> >if some organization were to volunteer (and advertise!) this for
> >Minneapolis, it could be fun to try.....with the number of laptops in the
> >rooms, we could see an interesting example of simultaneous multilevel
> >conversations......
>
> I originally missed this thread.....
>
> I run an IRC server for my interop workshops. It is HIGHLY
> effective. Even the one developer in Armenia was able to
> participate. Interestingly, it was the corporate participants that had a
> problem with IRC; most firewalls are set up to block it. A few would open
> up to the specific IP address and ports of my server. A few testers had to
> use dialup to get to the IRC server and the interop servers (CMP specifies
> port 829).
>
> I DID password my server to keep the rifraff out. I also ran a client on
> the same subnet to get a log of the conversation.
>
> I MIGHT be willing to open up my IRC server for the duration of next IETF
> as an experiment, but I see three problems. First I only have 144Kb
> bandwidth, and if people start using the server to transfer files, response
> will tank. Second, a password shared by 2000 people is not a password, so
> the server will end up being used by all sorts of users. And finally,
> there is no one here when I am away to fix any problems.
>
> What I might recommend is to get our host to supply the test IRC
> server. They could configure 'rooms' for each workgroup. They could also
> make the log files. I would be happy to work out details of this with our
> host and anyone that thinks this is worthwhile.
>
>
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